Connecticut · Nonprofit
NORTHWESTERN CT YMCA INC
NORTHWESTERN CT YMCA INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,765,671 to it, the largest being NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($3,059,434). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.2M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What Northwestern Ct YMCA Inc does
Mission
Our cause - the y is a powerful association of men, women and children joined together by a shared commitment to nurture the potential of kids, promote healthy living and foster a sense of social responsibility. We believe that lasting personal and social change can only come about when we all work together to invest in our kids, our health and our neighbors. That's why, at the y, strengthening community is our cause.the y is, and always will be, dedicated to building healthy, confident, connected and secure children, adults, families and communities. By offering affordable child care to low- and middle-income families, by developing anti-vaping, drug prevention and coping skills, development programs for at-risk youth, by helping adults and youth of our communities to read and write, by providing homeless and low-income individuals and families a dignified place to live and through so many other programs that promote a healthy spirit, mind and body we are strengthening our communities
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Health and wellness for allthe y views health holistically: a healthy person has unity of body, mind and spirit. The y has identified the growing youth and adult obesity rates and youth anxiety as critical social issues that must be addressed. Our health and well being programs are designed to help people develop new skills and grow in spirit, mind and body by setting realistic goals for self-improvement and emphasize disease prevention through regular exercise, proper nutrition, stress management, and health education. The northwestern connecticut ymca does not discriminate against any person or group of persons on the grounds of race, color, religious creed, age, marital status. Familial status, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity of expressions, sexual orientation, intellectual disability, mental disability, learning disability, lawful source of income, physical disability, blindness or deafness and we provide financial assistance to those who need it.in 2021, 6,928 people were northwestern connecticut y members or participated in programs, including 2,438 youth, 3,235 adults and 1,255 seniors. In addition, people from the general public, who were not y members,…
$1,619,594 spent$747,382 earned by the program36% of program spendingHousing programsthe y is a safe haven for up to 74 individuals at one time who rest their heads each night and call the y home. We offer a 17 bed homeless shelter for families and single adults in winsted, 15 single rooms in winsted and 42 sros in torrington. Y supportive housing is long-term housing with social services for the formerly homeless, people with medical disabilities, and individuals with low income. Supportive housing is a proven, effective means of reintegrating individuals and families into the community by addressing their basic needs for housing and on-going support. It combines affordable accommodations with services like counseling, education and community activities. In effect, our housing is a bridge to the community and the future and many of our residents go on topursue better jobs, additional permanent housing and higher education. Winchester emergency shelter provides a minimum of 30 days of safe housing for those who find themselves homeless. Guests are placed through our region's coordinated access network (can), and can be single adult males, females or families with children. Single adult shelter guests who qualify will move to permanent section 8…
$1,169,707 spent$721,610 earned by the program26% of program spendingChildcareour y provides high quality child care by providing comprehensive activities for infant/toddler, preschool and school age children drawing on diverse members of the community. Woven into the fabric of the y mission is a commitment to strengthening families. Y childcare programs relieve the burden of balancing work and family and make it possible for parents of children in our care to remain employed, knowing that their children are thriving in a safe, developmentally sound environment.we provide aid to families who need help due to family violence, substance abuse, etc. By collaborating with other social service agencies. We also provide a variety of activities that emphasize parent education and help parents learn more about how to raise healthy, happy children with a high self-esteem and moral and ethical values.
$899,775 spent$670,066 earned by the program20% of program spendingOther program services 4: youth development programsy youth and teen programs give kids good role models to help them develop self-esteem and good values, including caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. Over 300 "at risk youth" are served each year with education and taught coping skills, along with comprehensive support services and life-skills training. Many programs are provided at no cost. Financial assistance is available for fee-based programs, so a young person's economic circumstances are not a barrier to participation.the winchester youth service bureau (wysb) and the torrington youth service bureau (tysb) are part of a state-wide network of agencies that serve at-risk youth and their families. The work of ysbs was actually codified in state statue, when they were penned in 1975. While the majority of ysbs are municipal agencies, some like the wysb and tysb are a part of a larger non-profit organization like the y.the winchester youth service bureau (wysb) serves at-risk youth who are dealing with the stress of family issues, homelessness, domestic violence, financial hardship, abuse, school problems, and mental health issues. Our goals include assisting young…
$809,797 spent$438,120 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,498,873.
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 $5.8M to $7.1M (+22%).
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 3% · 2018 3% · 2019 3% · 2020 5% · 2021 32% · 2022 4% · 2023 32% · 2024 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
42% of NORTHWESTERN CT YMCA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Greg Brisco
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $117k → $259k.
4 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% 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: $437k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of Northwest Connecticut Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money NORTHWESTERN CT YMCA INC raised.
From the IRS filings of NORTHWESTERN CT YMCA 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
NORTHWESTERN CT YMCA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 NORTHWESTERN CT YMCA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 74% · 2019 70% · 2020 98% · 2021 87% · 2022 72% · 2023 99% — 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
25% of NORTHWESTERN CT YMCA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
83% of NORTHWESTERN CT YMCA INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $645k that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.1M 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.
Against its field
NORTHWESTERN CT YMCA INC's revenue grew 55% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NORTHWESTERN CT 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 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
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Y House LLC · disregarded
- Torrington Y Limited Partnership · partnership
- Northwest Y Corporation · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTHWESTERN CT YMCA INC?
- NORTHWESTERN CT YMCA INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,765,671 to it, the largest being NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($3,059,434). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NORTHWESTERN CT YMCA INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $3,765,671 in grants to NORTHWESTERN CT YMCA INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHWESTERN CT YMCA INC?
- NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,059,434 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHWESTERN CT YMCA 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 18 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