Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC
MERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,081,091 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($909,685). 53 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 79
- Grants received
- $5.1M
- Net assets
- $28M
What Merrimack Valley Young Men's Christian Association Inc does
Mission
The merrimack valley ymca intentionally commits to facilitating positive and lasting change within our communities. The y delivers more than $5 million in services that support the essential needs and health and wellness of children, adults, families and seniors.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth development - through camps, child care, youth programming, swim lessons, and teen leadership development, and jobs the y impacts the lives of thousands of young people. Unique outdoor experiences are offered at our three camp locations, giving children, teens and young adults a transformational experience to learn skills, build confidence, and create positive relationships. More than 750 children participate in daily child care and after-school programs where the ymca provides an enriching environment that is built for learning and growing in a safe, supportive space. External partnerships in the community provide over 500 children with outdoor education, thousands of swim lessons, and kindergarten and school readiness support.
$10,574,767 spentof which $297,649 as grants$8,177,822 earned by the program54% of program spendingHealthy living - the ymca is making healthy lives accessible and achievable for all. Community-based pricing and financial assistance means that the y provides membership for all, giving families access to fitness centers, exercise programs, chronic disease prevention, swimming, sports and recreation. More than 50,000 people of all ages are impacted by these programs each year.
$8,416,574 spentof which $79,644 as grants$8,523,061 earned by the program43% of program spendingSocial responsibilty - the ymca food and housing programs are a vital lifeline for individuals and families. More than 350,000 pounds of food is distributed directly to families and seniors through weekly and monthly food pantries and meal programs. The ymca-run single room occupancy housing program supports 70 men with housing, health care resources, and job training.
$758,067 spent$921,658 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,749,408.
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 2024 to 2025, from $44M to $48M (+10%).
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 5% · 2018 1% · 2019 0% · 2020 4% · 2021 20% · 2022 12% · 2023 2% · 2024 8% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
27% of MERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 35 funders, grant income rose $220k → $879k.
12 of 79 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 MERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 79 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
MERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
60% 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 MERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 29% · 2019 19% · 2020 16% · 2021 32% · 2022 32% · 2023 24% — 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
33% of MERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
62% of MERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
MERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 135 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 135 youth development nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding MERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $243k on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$243k
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 MERRIMACK VALLEY 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Merrimack Valley Young Men's Christian Association of Nh Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC?
- MERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,081,091 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($909,685). 53 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 79 organizations giving $5,081,091 in grants to MERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC, 53 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $909,685 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MERRIMACK VALLEY 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 Massachusetts. 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 79 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