Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
SOUTH MOUNTAIN YMCA
SOUTH MOUNTAIN YMCA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,272,239 to it, the largest being BERKS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($772,234). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $7.1M
What South Mountain YMCA does
Mission
The mission of South Mountain YMCA is to provide a camping experience, educational and other programs that build personal leadership, character and life skills while developing caring, honesty, respect and responsibility in young people, families and communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The South Mountain YMCA camps, operating as an independent ymca camp and conference center since 1982, has been providing youth recreational and educational programs for over 60 years (prior to 1982 under the direction of the ymca of reading & berks county). Camp conrad weiser overnight camp and bynden wood day camp provide the primary backdrop for all activities; however, program opportunities today stretch into areas of outdoor education and environmental education programs, curriculum training, corporate conferencing, kindred group retreats, church retreats, parent/child programs, and more.see continuation on schedule o.the ymca serves over 7,831 individuals annually, with participants drawn mainly from the local area and surrounding communities. Our summer campers come from pennsylvania, neighboring states, and more than half a dozen other countries.our overnight camp served 686 unique campers for 1,068.5 weeks, day camp served 325 unique campers for 1,102 weeks, and our outdoor center served 6,820 children and adults. Each camper and group fills out evaluations to ensure we are meeting their expectations and our program goals.
$2,882,132 spentof which $138,821 as grants$1,969,065 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,882,132.
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 2021 to 2022, from $8.7M to $8.1M (−7%).
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 15% · 2022 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
26% of SOUTH MOUNTAIN 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. 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 10 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $157k → $215k.
8 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 SOUTH MOUNTAIN YMCA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 22 of 23 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
SOUTH MOUNTAIN YMCA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 SOUTH MOUNTAIN YMCA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 44% · 2019 85% · 2020 54% · 2021 82% · 2022 78% · 2023 56% — 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
29% of SOUTH MOUNTAIN YMCA'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
74% of SOUTH MOUNTAIN YMCA's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $325k that is directly attributable, 75% of it comes from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $947k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
SOUTH MOUNTAIN YMCA's revenue grew 47% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding SOUTH MOUNTAIN YMCA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $15k on record.
- NJ$15k
- FL$125
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 SOUTH MOUNTAIN 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% 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 SOUTH MOUNTAIN 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 SOUTH MOUNTAIN YMCA?
- SOUTH MOUNTAIN YMCA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,272,239 to it, the largest being BERKS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($772,234). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SOUTH MOUNTAIN YMCA have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,272,239 in grants to SOUTH MOUNTAIN YMCA, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH MOUNTAIN YMCA?
- BERKS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $772,234 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH MOUNTAIN YMCA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 23 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