Massachusetts · Nonprofit
CAMBRIDGE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
CAMBRIDGE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $444,882 to it, the largest being CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($162,732). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $445k
- Net assets
- $7.4M
What Cambridge Young Women's Christian Association does
Mission
Ywca cambridge is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Emergency family shelter - provides residential emergency shelter for homeless women and their families and offers wrap-around support services that help parents and their children regain stability and secure permanent housing. Families receive intensive case management and trauma informed care, as well as two full years of post shelter stabilization services.
$924,168 spent$935,583 earned by the program63% of program spendingCommunity rentals - provides space for other organizations and their beneficiaries, as well as a warm inclusive center for residents and community members to receive enriching services and supports.
$324,910 spent$243,703 earned by the program22% of program spendingYouth leadership the girls only leadership development (gold), gender expansive youth (gey) and various summer programs offer programming that builds confidence, self-esteem and community. Through regular group sessions, mentorship and hands-on projects, local youth develop tools to advocate for themselves and others.
$222,357 spent$181,162 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,471,435.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $5.4M to $6.5M (+21%).
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 3% · 2018 4% · 2019 7% · 2020 42% · 2021 46% · 2022 16% · 2023 9% · 2024 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Cassandra Ling
Executive director
Board chair
Tiffany Wong
Board president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 10 funders, grant income rose $28k → $82k.
5 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 CAMBRIDGE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION’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
CAMBRIDGE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
68% 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 CAMBRIDGE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 57% · 2019 97% · 2020 45% · 2021 78% · 2022 61% · 2023 40% — 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
60% of CAMBRIDGE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
CAMBRIDGE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION draws 51% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $201k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Government funding CAMBRIDGE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $120k on record.
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$120k
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 CAMBRIDGE YOUNG WOMEN'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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Cyw Properties LLC · partnership
- Cyw Revitalization LLC · partnership
- Cyw Mm LLC · corp_trust
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CAMBRIDGE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
- CAMBRIDGE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $444,882 to it, the largest being CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($162,732). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CAMBRIDGE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $444,882 in grants to CAMBRIDGE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAMBRIDGE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
- CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $162,732 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAMBRIDGE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 21 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