Maine · Nonprofit
PENOBSCOT BAY YMCA
PENOBSCOT BAY YMCA (Maine) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,406,893 to it, the largest being C Wilkes Babb Trust co Camden National Bank ($209,944). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.3M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Penobscot Bay YMCA does
Mission
The Penobscot Bay YMCA is a cornerstone of our healthy community, fostering partnerships, providing programs and services and promoting youth development, healthy living and social responsibility to improve the quality of life for everyone.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Wellness/grants - through fitness, aquatics, recreation, community health promotion, social, and other wellness activities, the Penobscot Bay YMCA teaches the y's core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. Members and program participants range in age from infants to senior citizens, and we serve approximately 11,000 people annually, including over 5,000 members, at our facilities in rockport, rockland and through community outreach efforts in schools, libraries and senior living communities. By creating community collaborations, and thanks to government and foundation grant funding, our community health promotion department offers substance misuse prevention, tobacco use prevention, and nutrition education programs. The Penobscot Bay YMCA welcomes everyone regardless of ability, age, cultural background, ethnicity, faith, gender, gender expression, gender identity, ideology, income, national origin, race or sexual orientation. Membership and program fees are designed to be affordable, with financial assistance available for those who cannot afford to pay. In 2024, we provided financial assistance to 17% of our members.
$2,251,327 spentof which $86,407 as grants$2,268,414 earned by the program49% of program spendingChildcare -our y's three early learning and four after school programs offer quality and licensed care for children ranging in age from infants to school age. Our accredited early learning centers offer full-day, year- round care for babies as young as 6 weeks old through pre-school, providing a safe and nurturing environment for little ones to grow and thrive and allowing parents to rejoin the workforce. Our after school programs for grade k to 5 help school age children to develop self-esteem, strong values, and positive social skills. Our mission is to nurture the spirits, minds and bodies of individuals and families within our service area. Thanks to collaboration with community agencies such as the department of health and human services, as well as our generous donors, we ensure that financial assistance is available for families who cannot afford to pay for these life-changing programs.
$1,975,654 spentof which $44,099 as grants$1,473,390 earned by the program43% of program spendingCamp - the Penobscot Bay YMCA's summer camp programs offer campers ages 4 through 13 an experience that lasts a lifetime, promoting physical well- being, social growth and self-respect. Through fun-filled activities, summer camp helps campers build character, emphasizing the y core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. Our camps are open to all, regardless of income or identity, so that children appreciate diversity and inclusivity, become community leaders, and develop life-long values. In addition to traditional summer day camp, we offer competitive swim camp, and school break week vacation camps to provide fun-filled, safe environments for kids to grow and reach their potential. In 2024, we offered over 1,280 camper weeks of programming, served 321 children, and provided financial assistance to 20% of participants.
$367,564 spent$269,781 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,594,545.
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 2022 to 2023, from $11M to $13M (+14%).
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 6% · 2018 5% · 2019 5% · 2020 7% · 2021 21% · 2022 23% · 2023 31% · 2024 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
20% of PENOBSCOT BAY YMCA’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. 5 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
Whitney Files
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $74k → $105k.
10 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 PENOBSCOT BAY YMCA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 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
PENOBSCOT BAY YMCA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% 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
61% 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 PENOBSCOT BAY YMCA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 70% · 2019 19% · 2020 33% · 2021 35% · 2022 35% · 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
38% of PENOBSCOT BAY YMCA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
65% of PENOBSCOT BAY YMCA's grant income comes from Maine funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $505k 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
PENOBSCOT BAY YMCA is better cushioned than half of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding PENOBSCOT BAY YMCA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $125k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$125k
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 PENOBSCOT BAY 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 Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PENOBSCOT BAY YMCA?
- PENOBSCOT BAY YMCA (Maine) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,406,893 to it, the largest being C Wilkes Babb Trust co Camden National Bank ($209,944). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PENOBSCOT BAY YMCA have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $1,406,893 in grants to PENOBSCOT BAY YMCA, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PENOBSCOT BAY YMCA?
- C Wilkes Babb Trust co Camden National Bank is the largest funder on record, with $209,944 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PENOBSCOT BAY YMCA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. 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 38 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