California · Nonprofit
SANTA MARIA VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
SANTA MARIA VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,064,020 to it, the largest being SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ($363,147). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10.0M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $9.5M
What Santa Maria Valley Young Men's Christian Association does
Mission
Santa maria valley ymca is a not-for-profit organization that is principally a fellowship of persons dedicated to the development of programs promoting strong families, healthy lifestyles, youth leadership international understanding and community services .
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Youth Development-The Santa Maria Valley YMCA also offers community programs to promote Youth Development and nurture the potential of every child and teen Youth Development programs. Program participants range in age from Preschoolers, kindergarten-age kids to summer camps and day camps, which provide youth/teens with opportunities for authentic outdoor experiences and positive out-of-school activities. The YMCA provides Career Day events in all the High Schools in Santa Maria and Orcutt. This program teaches Teen leadership and helps high school age kids develop leadership skills and self-confidence. This Y also teaches our teen youth job readiness by offering internships and on-the-job training at local businesses in the teens' area of interest. This past year, these Youth Development programs impacted at least 1,000 high school kids. Expanding the Y's focus on youth development, the Santa Maria Valley YMCA also leads 16 afterschool programs from K-6 grade. The program takes place directly on school campuses, providing a balanced curriculum of academics (aligned with state standards), nutrition/physical activity through the Healthy Behavior Initiative, enrichment/learning and…
$4,555,476 spent76% of program spendingHealthy Living-With a focus on Healthy Living, the YMCA is provides community-based solutions that influence positive change in individuals and in our community. The YMCA is for all people who are making their way toward a life of positive self-esteem, health, and well-being. The YMCA's commitment to support people's efforts to take personal responsibility and make good decisions around nutrition, positive activity, and self-care, spans across generational lines. The Santa Maria Valley YMCA's focus on Healthy Living is evident in numerous programs, including SPORTS, which promotes teamwork, interaction, and development of social and physical skills for more than 1,000 youth and adults, SWIM, which impacts more than 1,200 people, a fitness and well-being center that provides support to 6,000 active older adults, teens and families in their pursuit of healthy spirit, mind and body. The Santa Maria Valley YMCA is a training site for the California Healthy Behavior Initiative which addresses serious health problems facing students in low-income communities at high risk for obesity. This program is being implemented in the afterschool care, summer camp, preschool and kinderbridge…
$1,313,299 spent22% of program spendingSocial Responsability-The Santa Maria Valley Family YMCA's community programs promote Social Responsibility by engaging people in opportunities to support their neighbors and give back. The YMCA focuses on reaching out to underserved populations, creating new opportunities for inter-generational interaction, expanding volunteerism, and promoting togetherness among families and the community. The YMCA is a catalyst for bringing people together for the greater good. This past year, one example the Y led efforts to bring the community together was our annual Family Day in the Park providing free entertainment and activities for all ages. Over 5,000 children and families attended the event. Also, The Y recruited and engaged over 850 volunteer tutors in all the schools in the Santa Maria Bonita School District to help with children's homework in the after school care program.
$86,636 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,955,411.
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 2023 to 2024, from $6.2M to $9.8M (+58%).
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 18% · 2018 26% · 2019 29% · 2020 31% · 2022 37% · 2023 58% · 2024 69%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of SANTA MARIA VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION’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. 1 of the last 7 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
Shannon Seifert
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $60k → $135k.
4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 SANTA MARIA VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION’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
SANTA MARIA VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 SANTA MARIA VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 88% · 2020 62% · 2021 84% · 2022 42% · 2023 41% — 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
60% of SANTA MARIA VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 88% 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
99% of SANTA MARIA VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $476k 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
SANTA MARIA VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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
Organizations like SANTA MARIA VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Santa Maria Valley YMCA Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SANTA MARIA VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
- SANTA MARIA VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,064,020 to it, the largest being SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ($363,147). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SANTA MARIA VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $1,064,020 in grants to SANTA MARIA VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SANTA MARIA VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
- SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $363,147 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SANTA MARIA VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 8 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