North Carolina · Nonprofit
Gaston County Family YMCA
Gaston County Family YMCA (North Carolina) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,159,176 to it, the largest being THE W DUKE KIMBRELL FAMILY FOUNDATION CO JULIA B SINGH ($3,000,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $6.2M
- Net assets
- $39M
What Gaston County Family YMCA does
Mission
The Gaston County Family YMCA is a charitable community service organization that includes men, women and children of all ages, abilities, incomes, races and religions. We are dedicated to building strong kids, strong families and strong communities by putting christian principles into practice through programs that promote healthy lifestyles, strong values, leadership development, community interaction and international understanding. All persons are welcome at our YMCA, regardless of their ability to pay. Our YMCA is founded and led by volunteers from our community. Volunteers also serve as mentors, coaches, program leaders, instructors and more.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Healthy Living: The Y is a leading voice on health and well-being. We bring families closer together, encourage good health, and foster connections through fitness, water activities, fun and shared interests. This is particularly important as our nation struggles with isolation, obesity, chronic disease, and work/life balance. Individuals search for personal fulfillment. It is our mission to ensure the Y is always affordable and open to all faiths, backgrounds, abilities, and income levels.
$4,252,938 spent$6,090,545 earned by the program52% of program spendingYouth Development: Our Y is committed to nurturing the potential of every child and we continue to be committed to supporting youth and families with childcare options. We believe that this focus on social and emotional health, values education, skill development, and relationship building leads to positive behaviors, better health and educational achievement. Our YMCA programs such as Safety Around Water, Youth Sports, Summer Day Camp, Y Afterschool, and Teen Mental Health Awareness offer a range of life skills that enrich cognitive, social, physical and emotional growth. Our YMCA believes every family should have access to affordable programs.
$3,737,096 spent$2,158,071 earned by the program46% of program spendingSocial Responsibility: Our Y believes in giving back and supporting our community. We have been listening and responding to our community's most critical health and social needs for more than 60 years. Throughout the year we engaged in programs and initiatives focused on strengthening Gaston County. This includes working with youth, adults, seniors, families, staff, and volunteers to pave the way for future generations to thrive.
$175,536 spent$52,271 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,165,570.
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 2022 to 2023, from $30M to $35M (+18%).
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 9% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 6% · 2021 27% · 2022 19% · 2023 13% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Sharon Padgett
CEO
Board chair
Rochelle Skarpalezos
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 9 funders, grant income fell $1.8M → $184k.
8 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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: $6.2M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Gaston Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money Gaston County Family YMCA raised.
From the IRS filings of Gaston County 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
Gaston County Family YMCA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 76% · 2019 76% · 2020 48% · 2021 64% · 2022 64% · 2023 54% — 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
33% of Gaston County Family YMCA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
96% of Gaston County Family YMCA's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $266k 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.
Organizations like Gaston County 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 North Carolina
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
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Gaston County Family YMCA: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Gaston County Family YMCA?
- Gaston County Family YMCA (North Carolina) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,159,176 to it, the largest being THE W DUKE KIMBRELL FAMILY FOUNDATION CO JULIA B SINGH ($3,000,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Gaston County Family YMCA have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $6,159,176 in grants to Gaston County Family YMCA, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Gaston County Family YMCA?
- THE W DUKE KIMBRELL FAMILY FOUNDATION CO JULIA B SINGH is the largest funder on record, with $3,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Gaston County Family YMCA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 25 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