New Jersey · Nonprofit
OCEAN COUNTY YMCA INC
OCEAN COUNTY YMCA INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $973,842 to it, the largest being THE JAY AND LINDA GRUNIN FOUNDATION D/B/A GRUNIN FOUNDATION ($330,075). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.6M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $974k
- Net assets
- $-1715312
What Ocean County YMCA Inc does
Mission
We are the leading provider of child care, aquatics and wellness programs to children, the disabled, and seniors; with an emphasis on outreach to the underserved. We are dedicated to ensuring that everyone, regardless of age, income, or background has the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive. Our programs, services and initiatives focus on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Our ymca is founded and led by volunteers from our community. Volunteers also work side by side with us as mentors, coaches, program leaders, fundraisers and in other ways to help strengthen our community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth development - our ymca programs, such as y-kids and summer day camp, offer a range of experiences that enrich social-emotional, congnitive and physical growth. Expenses include subsidies and direct financial assistance that make participation possible for 25 percent of the young people we engage. Our ymca is committed to nurturing the potential of every child and teen. We believe all kids have great potential and deserve the opportunity to discover who they are and what they can achieve. That is why we help young people cultivate the values, skills and relationships that lead to positive behaviors, better health and educational achievement.
$3,785,773 spent$3,676,896 earned by the program92% of program spendingHealthy living - the y is committed to improving americas health and well-being, community by community. We bring families closer together, encourage good health and foster connections through fitness, sports, fun and shared interests. As a result, about 8,600 people in our community are receiving the support, guidance and resources they need to achieve greater health in spirit, mind and body. This is particularly important as our nation struggles wit chronic disease and obesity, families wrestle with work/life balance and individuals search for personal fulfillment. Our programs are accessible, affordable and open to all faiths, backgrounds, abilities, and income levels.
$272,279 spent7% of program spendingSocial responsibility - in 2025, we provided $37,772 in financial assistance and susidies to the people who otherwise may not have been able to afford to participate. We engaged about 4,000 ymca members, participants and volunteers in activities that strengthen our community and pave the way for future generations to thrive. We have been listening and responding to our community's most critical social needs for over 50 years.
$37,772 spentof which $37,772 as grants1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,095,824.
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 2022 to 2023, from $4.4M to $3.2M (−27%).
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 9% · 2018 8% · 2019 9% · 2020 18% · 2021 37% · 2022 17% · 2023 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Gretchen Surette
Executive director
Board chair
Michael P Ritacco Crpc
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $38k → $60k.
3 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 COUNTY 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
OCEAN COUNTY YMCA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 66% · 2019 37% · 2020 29% · 2021 22% · 2022 72% · 2023 29% — 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 OCEAN COUNTY YMCA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
87% of OCEAN COUNTY YMCA INC's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k 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.
Government funding OCEAN COUNTY YMCA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $909k on record.
- GRANT IN AID$592k
- FEDERAL$290k
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$16k
- DEDICATED$12k
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 COUNTY 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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% 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
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OCEAN COUNTY YMCA 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 OCEAN COUNTY YMCA INC?
- OCEAN COUNTY YMCA INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $973,842 to it, the largest being THE JAY AND LINDA GRUNIN FOUNDATION D/B/A GRUNIN FOUNDATION ($330,075). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OCEAN COUNTY YMCA INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $973,842 in grants to OCEAN COUNTY YMCA INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OCEAN COUNTY YMCA INC?
- THE JAY AND LINDA GRUNIN FOUNDATION D/B/A GRUNIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $330,075 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OCEAN COUNTY YMCA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 25 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing