Ohio · Nonprofit
DARKE COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
DARKE COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Ohio) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $651,519 to it, the largest being OHIO CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL ASSOCIATION ($429,556). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $652k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Darke County Young Mens Christian Association does
Mission
To develop the whole person - spirit, mind, and body - through character development programs that reinforce Christian principles and that build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Childcare programs - our childcare programs offer high quality childcare activities for pre-school and school age children from all segments of our community, ages 6 months to 10 years. We offer a variety of state licensed childcare programs, both full and part-time, which provides a safe and nurturing environment where youth can develop self esteem, good values and an appreciation of learning and charitable service. We believe every child is a unique creation with special talents and capabilities. The ymca childcare program supports and strengthens family relationships and provides a sense of community with other families. Specific objectives of the program include: program curriculum to help children grow physically, mentally, spiritually, and socially. Planned programs for learning, recreation, and fun. Creating an environment for healthy creative expression. Providing an environment conducive to learning. To develop respect for individuals, accepting each other and self. To help children in their understanding of manners, health, and nutrition. To engage children in new experiences and the opportunity to learn different skills. To support and strengthen the family unit. We…
Health and well being for all - the ymca of darke county views health holistically- a healthy person has unity of body, mind, and spirit. The ymca has identified the growing national obesity rates in this country as a critical social issue that must be addressed and our health and wellbeing programs are designed to help people develop new skills and grow in spirit, mind, and body by setting realistic goals for self improvement and disease prevention education. Ymca programs promote interaction, teamwork, accountability, social skills, positive self esteem, and moral and ethical behavior. Our health and well being programs serve all ages and abilities, and we provide financial assistance for those who are in need.
Family strengthening: a mission of community service. For over 40 years, the ymca of darke county has been working to put christian principles into practice through quality family programming and engagement. We're not just a gym, or a health club, or a childcare center, but rather a deeply rooted non-profit community service association of people with a united purpose... A purpose of working for the greater good. The ymca is a place where everyone can belong, where everyone is welcome. Forever mission driven, the ymca of darke county and its members recognize the importance of the family unit and the role they play in the health and vitality of our community. Together with numerous other non-profit service organizations and the local church community, we exist to inspire the kind of people who care about the world and each other, who have a firm sense of worth, who foster understanding and respect, who accept responsibility for their own lives and who are committed to helping improve the lives of others. There is a deep need within our community for what the ymca offers each and every day. Today over 2,500 families call themselves ymca family units in darke county.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $0.
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 2024 to 2025, from $2.7M to $1.4M (−47%).
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 2% · 2018 0% · 2019 1% · 2020 0% · 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 2% · 2024 1% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
18% of DARKE COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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
Sam Casalano
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $21k → $220k.
From the IRS filings of DARKE COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 8 of 9 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
DARKE COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% 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 DARKE COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 67% · 2019 100% · 2020 46% · 2021 48% · 2022 74% · 2023 89% — 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
83% of DARKE COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
88% of DARKE COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
DARKE COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like DARKE COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
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In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% 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
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DARKE COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
- DARKE COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Ohio) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $651,519 to it, the largest being OHIO CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL ASSOCIATION ($429,556). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DARKE COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $651,519 in grants to DARKE COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DARKE COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
- OHIO CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $429,556 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DARKE COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 9 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