South Dakota · Nonprofit
RAPID CITY Y M C A
RAPID CITY Y M C A (South Dakota) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,136,981 to it, the largest being National Council of YMCAs of the USA ($1,108,727). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.5M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $4.1M
- Net assets
- $15M
What Rapid City y M C A does
Mission
The mission of the ymca of rapid city is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT The YMCA of the Black Hills is deeply committed to nurturing the potential of every child, dedicating over 50% of its annual budget to youth-focused programs that serve as a cornerstone of community well-being. In 2025, more than 8,500 youth and teens engaged in enriching experiences through early learning child care, K-5 afterschool programs, summer day camps, youth sports, swimming lessons, and water safety initiatives. These programs support children's social, emotional, and physical growth while also reinforcing the foundation of each community's economic development by enabling parents and caregivers to work, pursue education, and contribute to the local economy with confidence. The YMCA of the Black Hills operated 15 licensed child care sites and partnered with Rapid City Area Schools, Custer, Edgemont, and Douglas School Districts to offer 10 school-age program sites. The Y fosters a collaborative environment where families, staff, and volunteers work together to help children grow up healthy, happy, and strong. To ensure accessibility and equity, scholarships are available for all youth programs. In addition to academic and developmental support, the YMCA…
$4,327,075 spent$3,457,129 earned by the program53% of program spendingHEALTHY LIVING The YMCA of the Black Hills fosters a culture of healthy living within the Black Hills communities it serves, including Box Elder, Custer, Edgemont, and Rapid City. The Y provides access to high-quality fitness equipment, group exercise classes, personalized training plans, outdoor community wellness events, group hiking excursions, and social engagement for all ages that bring people together to stay active and healthy. In total, the Y was able to positively impact the lives of over 18,000 individuals throughout 2025.
$2,079,124 spent$2,754,493 earned by the program25% of program spendingSOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY The YMCA of the Black Hills is committed to giving back and supporting the most vulnerable in the community and has been doing so for over 75 years. The Y is committed to advancing equity in the local community through programs like Jumpstart Child Care, which provides early learning to children aged 0-5 whose parents are working to complete their high school education or who are seeking to break out of homelessness, addiction, or poverty through one of our partner programs. Currently, 1 in 3 early learners (aged 0-5), 1 in 4 children enrolled in afterschool programs, and 1 in 3 children in summer day camp are receiving subsidized care or scholarships-whether from federal, state, or local funding sources. Committed to addressing local needs, the Y regularly adapts programs to community needs, such as providing over 950 daily meals/snacks for children and adults aged 60+, as well as ensuring inclusivity, a sense of belonging, and support for individuals and families regardless of background or socioeconomic status.
$1,829,627 spent$577,681 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,235,826.
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 2018 to 2019, from $17M to $18M (+6%).
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 17% · 2018 16% · 2019 13% · 2020 26% · 2021 28% · 2022 29% · 2023 11% · 2024 9% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
25% of RAPID CITY Y M C A’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 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
Keiz Larson
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 14 funders, grant income fell $1.4M → $544k.
9 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 RAPID CITY Y M C A’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
RAPID CITY Y M C A leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
69% 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 RAPID CITY Y M C A.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 45% · 2019 52% · 2020 39% · 2021 33% · 2022 53% · 2023 49% — 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
53% of RAPID CITY Y M C A's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
68% of RAPID CITY Y M C A's grant income comes from South Dakota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $413k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
RAPID CITY Y M C A's revenue grew 18% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like RAPID CITY Y M C A
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 South Dakota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RAPID CITY Y M C A: 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 RAPID CITY Y M C A?
- RAPID CITY Y M C A (South Dakota) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,136,981 to it, the largest being National Council of YMCAs of the USA ($1,108,727). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RAPID CITY Y M C A have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $4,136,981 in grants to RAPID CITY Y M C A, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RAPID CITY Y M C A?
- National Council of YMCAs of the USA is the largest funder on record, with $1,108,727 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RAPID CITY Y M C A find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Dakota. 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 28 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