Maine · Nonprofit
BANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
BANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Maine) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,298,741 to it, the largest being STEPHEN & TABITHA KING FOUNDATION INC ($3,100,000). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 60
- Grants received
- $8.3M
- Net assets
- $26M
What Bangor Young Men's Christian Association does
Mission
The bangor region ymca is a community leader in supporting children, adults, and families in their lifelong quest for physical, emotional, and social wellness.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Youth development: early childhood education, before & after school, summer camps. Maines parents and families depend on the bangor ys best practice and affordable youth development programs so they can join or remain in the workforce, a critical contributor to the regions economic and social vitality. Early childhood education: licensed through the state of maine, this program ensures the academic, social, and emotional growth of children ages one year 5 years. Before & after school: this licensed program offers comprehensive steam education programs for children and youth, pre-k through 6th grade, in partnership with numerous regional school districts. Summer camps: the ys summer camps camp jordan wilderness overnight camp in ellsworth, camp g. Peirce webber day camp in hampden, and camp acorn at the y ensure maines children and families have access to year-round support with programs that help youth thrive and excel. In 2024, the y spent nearly 3 million on youth development, a 5% increase over 2023, and the biggest expenditure of its three largest programs. Almost 4,400 young mainers enrolled in early education, school age programming, and summer camps in 2024, a 10% increase…
$2,834,175 spent$2,652,602 earned by the program56% of program spendingHealthy living: evidence-based chronic disease prevention, healthy, lifestyle, aquatics. The bangor ys healthy living programs are vital to the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of mainers, from babies to older adults in their 90s and beyond. It spent 1.9 million on healthy living programs in 2024, a 9% increase over 2023. Its extensive chronic disease prevention offerings include cancer, cardiac rehabilitation, alzheimers disease, parkinsons disease, arthritis, and healthy aging programs. Healthy lifestyle programs range from group and dance fitness classes to yoga, tai chi, cycling, youth sports, and personal training for all ages. An acknowledged aquatics leader and water safety expert in the region, the y has taught mainers how to swim for more than 100 years. Its dedication to diversity and inclusion means every mainer is welcome, from children and teens with diverse abilities to adults who need help overcoming their fear of water. Overall, 9,702 mainers participated in the y's healthy living programs in 2024, a 9% increase over last year.
$2,140,813 spent$1,524,597 earned by the program42% of program spendingSocial responsibility: teen center, community food pantry, second wind social club, financial assistance. Teen center: launched in 2019, the ys free, no barrier teen center is the ys social contract with its community to support at-risk and other maine teens ages 12-18. Programs include mental health counseling, workforce development, social activities, meals, and field trips, providing a strong and resilient foundation for maines youth. The teen center welcomes teens of all backgrounds including vulnerable and at-risk youth. Teens are encouraged to demonstrate social responsibility by volunteering for a variety of y initiatives, including its food pantry. Community food pantry: launched in 2022 to address gaps in the region's food insecurity delivery system, the food pantry is evidence of the y's commitment to modeling ethical leadership and caring for maines most vulnerable residents. Operating the pantry is a joint effort between y staff and the teen center. Second wind: devoted to promoting overall, lifelong health and social connection, the second wind social club continues the ys long-term dedication to maines older adults and is free with y membership. Financial assistance:…
$125,986 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,100,974.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $11M to $21M (+85%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 4% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
56% of BANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Diane Dickerson
CEO & cmo
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $82k → $1.7M.
7 of 60 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $359k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Bangor YMCA Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money BANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of BANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 60 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
28% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 37% · 2019 40% · 2020 15% · 2021 61% · 2022 53% · 2023 60% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
21% of BANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
BANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION draws 57% of its grant income from funders outside Maine, across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $967k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,288 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,288 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding BANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.5M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$5.0M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.5M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Bangor Y-Vision LLC · disregarded
- Bangor YMCA Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
- BANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Maine) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,298,741 to it, the largest being STEPHEN & TABITHA KING FOUNDATION INC ($3,100,000). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 60 organizations giving $8,298,741 in grants to BANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
- STEPHEN & TABITHA KING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 60 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing