Virginia · Nonprofit
BEDFORD AREA FAMILY YMCA
BEDFORD AREA FAMILY YMCA (Virginia) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,532,181 to it, the largest being CENTER FOR EARLY SUCCESS ($500,095). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $5.1M
What Bedford Area Family YMCA does
Mission
The Bedford Area Family YMCA is a vital community organization serving a large and diverse population through a variety of programs and services. The mission of the ymca, to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all, is not only embraced by staff, board of directors and members, but is also evident in all programs and services. The ymca does not refuse memberships, programs or services to people because of their inability to pay but offers everyone the opportunity to participate by granting scholarship and fee reductions based on financial need.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Child care - as the largest child care provider in the county, the ymca currently provides before and after school childcare at seven sites around the county to over 300 children a day during the school year and all day childcare at three sites to over 400 children in the summer. All sites are licensed by the virginia department of social services. In conjunction with these programs, the ymca offers a licensed pre-school program for children ages 2 1/2 to 5 and is a charter member of the united way's success by six national initiative to ensure that preschool's are truly preparing children for kindergarten.
$1,119,709 spent51% of program spendingFitness - the Bedford Area Family YMCA is the largest and most comprehensive health, wellness and fitness facility in bedford city and county. With recent renovations, the facility is able to offer a comprehensive, state-of-the-art facility that not only includes programs, equipment and services for preventative wellness, but also continued challenging regimes for the physically fit and rehabilitative programs for those recovering from a multitude of physical issues.
$548,128 spent25% of program spendingAquatics - in collaboration with bedford city and county, the ymca aquatics program provides swimming lessons to nearly 1,000 youth and adults each year. The localities financially support swim lessons for every person who wishes to learn how to swim. As the only indoor pool in the county,the ymca supports four swim teams including all three county high schools and they team who train and compete at the y. Additionally, wellness classes and aquatic services are provided for a variety of individuals with arthritis, physical and mental challenges, home-schooled children, rehabilitation patients and athletes in training.
$343,743 spent16% of program spendingCommunity youth sports - the goal of the youth sport and recreation programs is to emphasize skill development as well as good sportsmanship, strong character values and positive adult role modeling. The ymca works closely with the county and city departments of parks and recreation to make sure that together we are meeting the needs of our entire community while not duplicating services to the detriment of any other provider.
$172,647 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,184,227.
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 $3.3M to $4.2M (+28%).
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: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 33% · 2022 30% · 2023 4% · 2024 0% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
16% of BEDFORD AREA FAMILY YMCA’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
Mary Jo Boone
Executive director
Board chair
Brenda Gibb
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 5 funders, grant income rose $85k → $236k.
4 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BEDFORD AREA FAMILY YMCA’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
BEDFORD AREA FAMILY YMCA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
77% 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 BEDFORD AREA FAMILY YMCA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 53% · 2019 47% · 2020 67% · 2021 52% · 2022 34% · 2023 42% — diversifying over time.
“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
22% of BEDFORD AREA FAMILY YMCA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% 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
86% of BEDFORD AREA FAMILY YMCA's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
BEDFORD AREA FAMILY YMCA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BEDFORD AREA FAMILY YMCA
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BEDFORD AREA FAMILY YMCA?
- BEDFORD AREA FAMILY YMCA (Virginia) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,532,181 to it, the largest being CENTER FOR EARLY SUCCESS ($500,095). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BEDFORD AREA FAMILY YMCA have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,532,181 in grants to BEDFORD AREA FAMILY YMCA, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BEDFORD AREA FAMILY YMCA?
- CENTER FOR EARLY SUCCESS is the largest funder on record, with $500,095 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BEDFORD AREA FAMILY YMCA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 18 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