New York · Nonprofit
FROST VALLEY YMCA
FROST VALLEY YMCA (New York) receives grants from 78 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,503,138 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY ($4,572,860). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $21M
- Funders on record
- 78
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $22M
What Frost Valley YMCA does
Mission
Frost valley is a values driven organization that fosters youth development, healthy living and social responsibility through outdoor educational and recreational programs for all. (continued schedule o)
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Camping servicesFrost Valley YMCA offers day camp, traditional overnight summer camp, teen and pre-teen adventure trips, horse camps, farm camp, and an adventure survival camp, and the tokyo partnership camp. Children and teens grow exponentially in a safe and engaging environment, spending their first nights away from home, gaining skills as young leaders, and bonding with new friends. In keeping with frost valley's mission, as a nonprofit seeking to provide quality outdoor educational and recreational experiences for all, the organization provides financial assistance to over 60% of program participants. This ensures all children who want to attend camp are not prohibited because of their families' financial limitations. From jan 1, 2024 to december 31, 2024, 4004 day and overnight campers had a life-transforming experience at frost valley.
$12,258,358 spentof which $1,652,239 as grants$11,142,550 earned by the program65% of program spendingSchool conference and environmental retreat programFrost Valley YMCA's staff guide students from primary and secondary schools in the tri-state area in building connections with their classmates, strengthening their own self-awareness, and deepening connections with the environment and outside world. Our science programs are designed to provide direct engagement, stimulate curiosity and wonder, and increase science literacy and critical thinking. Our team-building curriculum emphasizes the value of working together while recognizing individual strengths within the strength of the entire group. From jan 1, 2024 to december 31, 2024, frost valley provided an immersive environmental education and/or team building experience for over 8,000 participants.
$3,400,690 spentof which $67,688 as grants$5,216,808 earned by the program18% of program spendingGroups and family and team retreat programFrost Valley YMCA's staff provide family and team building programs predominantly on weekends through the year. Families can participate and nature based programming. Between september and june, frost valley hosts, families, scout troops, y guides, religious groups, nonprofits, and corporations that flock to frost valley for team building and immersion in nature. Frost valley is home to a model forest, a 672-panel solar array, a raptor center, a maple sugaring house, and is part of the new york city watershed. Families come to frost valley year after year, some for as many as 50 years running, to unplug from technology and connect on a deeper level with each other, staying for a weekend or one of our week-long family camps. From january 1, 2024 to december 31, 2024, frost valley hosted 12,000 participants in its retreat programs.
$2,876,258 spentof which $122,085 as grants$547,731 earned by the program15% of program spendingOther programs
$235,100 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,770,406.
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 2019 to 2020, from $35M to $32M (−9%).
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: 2021 0% · 2022 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of FROST VALLEY YMCA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Riel Peerbooms
CEO & president
Board chair
Kate Lewis
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 22 funders to 40 funders, grant income rose $635k → $1.4M.
18 of 78 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 FROST VALLEY YMCA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 78 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
FROST VALLEY YMCA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 59%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
66% 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 FROST VALLEY YMCA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 37% · 2019 48% · 2020 77% · 2021 16% · 2022 36% · 2023 30% — broadly stable.
“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
54% of FROST VALLEY YMCA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
50% of FROST VALLEY YMCA's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $5.7M that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 16 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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
FROST VALLEY YMCA's revenue grew 42% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding FROST VALLEY YMCA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $39k on record — $37k federal, $2k state.
- Department of the Interior$33k
- Department of Veterans Affairs$4k
- GRANT IN AID$2k
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 FROST VALLEY 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% 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 2 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FROST VALLEY YMCA?
- FROST VALLEY YMCA (New York) receives grants from 78 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,503,138 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY ($4,572,860). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FROST VALLEY YMCA have?
- IRS filings report 78 organizations giving $11,503,138 in grants to FROST VALLEY YMCA, 54 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FROST VALLEY YMCA?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY is the largest funder on record, with $4,572,860 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FROST VALLEY YMCA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 78 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing