Connecticut · Nonprofit
MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC
MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,140,666 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY INC UNITED WAY OF CENT & NE CONNECTICUT ($340,673). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $22M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Meriden-New Britain-Berlin Young Men's Christian Association Inc does
Mission
The meriden-new britain-berlin ymca seeks to become a 'master link' in our communities to enhance the quality of life for all people who live and work in meriden, new britain and berlin. The meriden-new britain-berlin ymca provides all people opportunities that can open doors to an exceptional life. The meriden-new britain-berlin ymca was founded in 1866 and is part of the largest nonprofit community service organization in america. Ymcas are the heart of the community life in neighborhoods and towns across the nation. Ymcas work to meet the health and social service needs of over 16 million men, women and children. The meriden-new britain-berlin ymca, like all ymcas, serves all faiths, races, abilities, ages and incomes. No one is turned away for inability to pay. Our strength is in the people that we bring together. The meriden-new britain-berlin ymca programs are the tools for building the core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. The ymca is about youth developmen
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Youth development - the meriden-new britain-berlin ymca is a community leader in affordable child care for working families. The ymca offers childcare services at over 30 convenient locations. Programs include infant and toddler, preschool, child day care, before and after school care, head start and school readiness preschool. Field trips and quality socialization and education are offered. In 2024, the ymca provided preschool and daycare services to over 1,600 families. The ymca offered sports programs such as soccer, basketball, flag football and gymnastics for all abilities regardless of inability to pay.
$11,700,573 spent$5,788,050 earned by the program63% of program spendingHealthy living - in 2024, over one half of the meriden-new britain-berlin ymca community was touched by our healthy living activities which include fitness, aquatics, food programs, and healthy cooking classes. Service is provided for all faiths, races, abilities, ages and income levels. No one is turned away for inability to pay. We bring individuals and families together and offer support, recreational and social balance that builds relationships and strengthens bonds for mental and physical well-being. The ymca coordinates with over 80 other organizations to help our members. In 2024, program subsidies were awarded to over 3,000 families or individuals. Swim instruction was provided to 1,000 children in grades 1- 12. We provided over 45 programs and services that maintain or improve overall health. The y offered crossfit for adults and kids including local student athletes and our child care students. In addition to physical activity, the y teaches healthy cooking programs for children and adults to help them improve physical activity and overall health and wellness. The ymca provided usda subsidized meals to 20 of our childcare locations, serving over 1,528 meals on a daily…
$2,905,949 spent$1,343,612 earned by the program16% of program spendingSocial responsibility - a total of 575 children attended each session of mountain mist day camp (meriden) and camp thundermoon (new britain-berlin). Over 80% of scholarships awarded attended mountain mist day camp. Both camps are full service state licensed day camp operations. Our camp facilities include a pool, playscapes, soccer fields, basketball courts, baseball fields, rock climbing apparatus and covered picnic areas. These camps provide transportation and extended hours, making it convenient for working parents. The ymca summer camps provide an enriching experience for children ages 3-16 and ensures children are having a fun, productive summer. Scholarships were provided to over 40% of the campers and no one is turned away for inability to pay. Hart house at the new britain ymca provides a home for up to 88 adult male members-in-residence offering a caring, clean, safe, affordable living experience to those in need. We have community partnerships with agencies to provide support services to those in need. Our y offers various arts and enrichment programs including youth theater, dance, clay and drawing, screenwriting, and stem including coding and robotics as well as home…
$4,099,762 spent$852,470 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,706,284.
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 2020 to 2021, from $15M to $20M (+36%).
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 36% · 2018 33% · 2019 33% · 2020 61% · 2021 70% · 2022 64% · 2023 61% · 2024 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
63% of MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION 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. 2 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
John Benigni
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $48k → $71k.
8 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC’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
MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% 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
72% 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 MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 45% · 2019 38% · 2020 46% · 2021 44% · 2022 34% · 2023 42% — 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
55% of MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
82% of MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $212k 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.
Against its field
MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,288 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,288 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $14.2M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$14.2M
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 MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: 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 MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC?
- MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,140,666 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY INC UNITED WAY OF CENT & NE CONNECTICUT ($340,673). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $1,140,666 in grants to MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC?
- UNITED WAY INC UNITED WAY OF CENT & NE CONNECTICUT is the largest funder on record, with $340,673 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN-BERLIN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 19 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