Rhode Island · Nonprofit
OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA
OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA (Rhode Island) receives grants from 63 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,497,834 to it, the largest being THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATION ($1,203,026). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 63
- Grants received
- $5.5M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Ocean Community YMCA does
Mission
The Ocean Community YMCA is a cause-driven organization dedicated to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. We ensure equitable access to programs that build a healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Membership - Ocean Community YMCA provided membership access to over 19,000 individuals, offering a welcoming and inclusive environment that supports physical, mental, and social well-being. Membership included access to fitness facilities, group exercise classes, aquatics, and wellness programming designed to promote healthy lifestyles for people of all ages and abilities. The Ocean Community YMCA delivered more than 9,000 group exercise classes annually and engaged members in evidence-based health initiatives, including chronic disease prevention and senior wellness programs. See continutation on schedule o.membership programs also served as a gateway to deeper engagement, connecting individuals to volunteer opportunities, youth programs, and community outreach services.to ensure equitable access, the ymca provided $826,699 in financial assistance, with approximately 20% of members receiving some level of subsidy for membership and program access. This approach ensures that individuals and families can participate regardless of their ability to pay, reinforcing the ymca's commitment to inclusivity and community impact.
$6,262,416 spentof which $826,699 as grants$7,545,607 earned by the program69% of program spendingOther programs - Ocean Community YMCA engaged over 9,500 individuals of all ages in health and wellness programs, including chronic disease prevention, personal training, first aid/cpr training, aquatics, gymnastics, pickleball, and other sports programs. Specialized programs such as diabetes prevention and livestrong served more than 275 individuals, improving health and reducing risk factors. Sports programs promote teamwork, interactions, and the development of social and physical skills. Family programs develop and strengthen the family unit by improving quality of time that families spend together. Adaptive pickleball classes were offered to include an underserved segment of our community and provide inclusion. See continutation on schedule o.during 2025, the ymca oversaw the renovation of a portion of the westerly location to create additional space for e-sports and other innovative programming to reach new sectors of our community and further engage youth and teens with steam technology. This new programming space will allow the ymca to provide innovative access to steam classes, e-sports leagues and other group activities to foster collaboration, community and educational…
$1,392,812 spent$1,257,904 earned by the program15% of program spendingCamp programsOcean Community YMCA provides enriching and educational experiences during the summer at camp watchaug and camp cove, which together serve thousands of youths and families in the surrounding community. Programs include both indoor and outdoor activities and include specialty camps in water sports such as swimming, sailing and other boating activities. Additionally, Ocean Community YMCA now offers 'adaptive' support staff such as behavioral specialists at both camp sites to better serve children with special needs and allow them to attend camp alongside their peers. Campership scholarships are available and no child is turned away due to an inability to pay.
$1,438,247 spent$1,236,421 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,093,475.
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 $25M to $27M (+8%).
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: 2021 22% · 2022 3% · 2023 3% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
18% of OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Sarah Kelly
Chair as of 04/2025
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 24 funders to 32 funders, grant income rose $504k → $1.1M.
14 of 63 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 63 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
OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% 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
45% 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 OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 20% · 2018 23% · 2019 25% · 2020 32% · 2021 36% · 2022 18% · 2023 35% — 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
54% of OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA'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
OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA draws 59% of its grant income from funders outside Rhode Island, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $760k on record — $700k federal, $60k state.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$700k
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$55k
- Recreational Supplies$5k
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 OCEAN COMMUNITY 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 Rhode Island
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
76%
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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: 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 OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA?
- OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA (Rhode Island) receives grants from 63 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,497,834 to it, the largest being THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATION ($1,203,026). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA have?
- IRS filings report 63 organizations giving $5,497,834 in grants to OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA?
- THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,203,026 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. 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 63 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