Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
HANOVER AREA YMCA
HANOVER AREA YMCA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,822,730 to it, the largest being AIRIE KNIPEL HARRY V AND J WILLIAM WAREHIME FOUNDATION ($1,209,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $26M
What Hanover Area YMCA does
Mission
To put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The purpose of the Hanover Area YMCA academy of early learning (ael) is to provide developmentally appropriate activities for young children to enhance and development cognitive, physical, social and emotional skills. Our early childhood program has been operating for over twenty-five years. The ael program is located at our north hanover ymca branch and operates monday through friday from 6:15am to 6:00pm. The ael served children ages 6 weeks to 5 years. The ael is naeyc accredited, keystone star 4 and a cacfp sponsored program.children enrolled in the ael received breakfast and two snacks throughout the day as well as daily activities that adhere to pennsylvania's early learning standards. These activities are planned within creative curriculum's guidelines. Each child participates in an hour and a half of outdoor play daily, weather permitting. On fridays, older toddlers and preschoolers participate in music instruction lead by a credentialed volunteer. Currently the ael serves 77 children daily. This year, 29 children will transition to kindergarten classrooms in our local community. Seventy-four percent are caucasian, fourteen percent are bi-racial, seven percent are african…
$1,694,222 spentof which $136,817 as grants$1,185,919 earned by the program20% of program spendingHanover ymca gymnastics is a multifaceted program that enriches the lives of the children in our community. Our program is divided into four key groups.preschool: ages 14 months - 4 years.developmental ages 4 and up. In this program children are given progress reports and may move from beginner to intermediate and pre-team based on the proficiency of skills taught.team: our pre-team and team programs are available by invitation only to children ages 4-18. Specials: these are programs such as tumbling classes, open gyms and birthday parties. These programs provide an introduction to gymnastics.what are the benefits of gymnastics training at the hanover ymca?physical1. Muscle strength: gaining muscle strength through tumbling, jumping, static flexing, and holding one's own body weight in various positions helps children develop strong and powerful bodies.2. Healthy bones: these same types of movements assist children with developing strong healthy bones since gymnastics is a weight-bearing activity. 3. Flexibility: the ability to move the muscles through their full range of motion.non-physicalour gymnastics program provides stimulating age-appropriate curriculum and terrific…
$690,681 spentof which $16,832 as grants$608,657 earned by the program8% of program spendingMembership: the Hanover Area YMCA is a membership based, charitable, community service organization dedicated to helping people build healthy spirit, mind and body through programs and memberships. We welcome and serve all people regardless of age, income, race, religion, gender, or ability to pay. Membership to the ymca enables people to utilize equipment and facilities designed specifically for improving personal health and wellness goals. Ymca staff assists and lead members through training of use of equipment and by assisting them with setting realistic goals. The ymca is a recreational and community hub in our town, people gather to socialize and feel a great sense of belonging at the ymca. All programs are open to non-members, as well, financial assistance is available to anyone unable to afford membership fees. The ymca is utilized by dozens of community groups, agencies, government, schools, churches, clubs, and more for a vast variety of activities and events. Ymca has an average 7,037 membership units/15,358 members the calendar year 2025.
$850,688 spentof which $131,946 as grants$5,206,587 earned by the program10% of program spendingDay camp, youth and adult sports, aquatics, and wellness programs
$5,241,972 spentof which $111,841 as grants$1,878,835 earned by the program62% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,477,563.
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 2023 to 2024, from $18M to $29M (+59%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 5% · 2021 15% · 2022 13% · 2023 2% · 2024 1% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Cam'Ela Bisch
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Donald B Smith Jr
Chairman of the trustees
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $107k → $1.2M.
4 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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: $192k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Heritage Foundation of Hanover Area YMCA). These are real filings, and they are not money HANOVER AREA YMCA raised.
From the IRS filings of HANOVER AREA 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
HANOVER AREA YMCA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
50% 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 HANOVER AREA YMCA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 37% · 2019 86% · 2020 56% · 2021 84% · 2022 44% · 2023 90% — 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
40% of HANOVER AREA YMCA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
94% of HANOVER AREA YMCA's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $172k 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.
Organizations like HANOVER AREA 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 HANOVER AREA YMCA?
- HANOVER AREA YMCA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,822,730 to it, the largest being AIRIE KNIPEL HARRY V AND J WILLIAM WAREHIME FOUNDATION ($1,209,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HANOVER AREA YMCA have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $2,822,730 in grants to HANOVER AREA YMCA, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HANOVER AREA YMCA?
- AIRIE KNIPEL HARRY V AND J WILLIAM WAREHIME FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,209,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HANOVER AREA YMCA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 20 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