Vermont · Nonprofit
GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC
GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC (Vermont) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,452,106 to it, the largest being Stiller Family Foundation ($2,750,000). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $21M
- Funders on record
- 56
- Grants received
- $9.5M
- Net assets
- $29M
What Greater Burlington YMCA Inc does
Mission
The ymca builds a strong community by involving youth, adults, and families in programs and activities that help them learn, grow, and thrive. We strive to eliminate barriers to participation by offering both direct financial assistance and subsidized and free programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth development: at our ymca one of our primary areas of focus is youth development. Our programsspread across four countiesoffer a safe, nurturing environment for children to learn new skills, develop healthy and trusting relationships, and to build self-reliance through the y values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. Y kids develop social-emotional skills, appreciate the importance of physical activity, and learn how to be themselves. That makes for confident kids today and contributing and engaged adults tomorrow.
$6,496,020 spent$5,992,663 earned by the program67% of program spendingHealthy living: at our ymca, one of our primary areas of focus is healthy living. Health and well-being are all about balance. That's why we help people and families build and maintain healthy habits for spirit, mind, and body. By helping kids, adults, families, and seniors from all backgrounds improve their health and well-being, we build stronger communities. At the y, you can learn to swim, join a swim team, and use our pools to get fit or have fun in a friendly, caring environment. Y swim programs and aquatic fitness classes emphasize safety, skill building, and how to enjoy water activities for a lifetime.
$3,181,203 spent$4,166,658 earned by the program33% of program spendingSocial responsibility: the y's community-based approach fosters opportunities for meaningful positive engagement among all ages, socio-economic groups, races, and religions. It is a place where people can find common ground and become part of a community. The y continues to work towards being a place where "everyone belongs" by prioritizing inclusion through a variety of programs and initiatives.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,677,223.
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 2017 to 2018, from $12M to $27M (+127%).
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 12% · 2018 8% · 2019 12% · 2020 36% · 2021 33% · 2022 11% · 2023 5% · 2024 3% · 2025 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
49% of GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Daniel Smith
President & CEO
Board chair
Noma Anderson
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 23 funders, grant income fell $2.0M → $440k.
11 of 56 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 56 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
GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% 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
53% 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 GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 43% · 2019 46% · 2020 40% · 2021 46% · 2022 24% · 2023 17% — 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
50% of GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC draws 62% of its grant income from funders outside Vermont, across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC
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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Greater Burlington YMCA Foundation Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC?
- GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC (Vermont) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,452,106 to it, the largest being Stiller Family Foundation ($2,750,000). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC have?
- IRS filings report 56 organizations giving $9,452,106 in grants to GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC?
- Stiller Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $2,750,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 56 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