Massachusetts · Nonprofit
SOUTH SHORE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
SOUTH SHORE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 69 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,090,569 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,920,443). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $48M
- Funders on record
- 69
- Grants received
- $8.1M
- Net assets
- $60M
What South Shore Young Men's Christian Association does
Mission
To promote a healthy spirit, mind and body for all with programs for youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth development - over 40% of those served are children and teens. Through our child care, after school and camping programs, we provide safe, engaging environments where children learn, grow and thrive while parents are away from home working. These programs also address the social isolation issues facing children today. Our programs incorporate our ymca core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility to help guide the youth of today to become the stewards of tomorrow. Through our aquatics, sports & recreation and health and well-being classes, we are providing imporant healthy activities to help address the nation's childhood obesity crisis.
$18,459,860 spentof which $541,516 as grants$17,248,710 earned by the program49% of program spendingHealthy living - with a commitment to accessibility for people of all ages, abilities, backgrounds and incomes, we serve over 60,000 members and program participants with services and programs that build health of spirit, mind and body for all. As the nation's health crisis grows, access to programs that improve health and well-being is essential to creating healthy communities. Through programs such as our partnership program where volunteers partner with individuals with disabilities, family workout where children ages 7 and up exercise along side their parents, or through our transition programs such as arthritis aquatics, cardiac care or diabetes prevention we create safe, supportive, caring environments where healthy living is attainable.
$13,187,474 spentof which $1,454,124 as grants$21,143,952 earned by the program35% of program spendingSocial responsibility - as a cause-driven organization our purpose is strengthening our communities. Through the development of partnerships and collaborations with other community organizations we work to identify and respond to community needs. At the germantown neighborhood center the ymca operates a food pantry, which is currently serving over 1,500 individuals monthly, provide essential services, programs and necessities to break the cycle of generational poverty and abuse. Through our volunteer program, we engage over 500 local volunteers to provide assistance with governancy on our boards, committees, programs and services. Additionally, our annual support campaign relies on volunteer fundraising to raise over $2.6 million dollars for scholarships and financial assistance. These funds help to break down barriers as we strive to ensure that no child, teen, adult or senior is excluded from participating in our programs or services regardless of ability to pay.
$5,732,099 spentof which $382,765 as grants$666,494 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $37,379,433.
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 $76M to $84M (+10%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 0% · 2020 17% · 2021 14% · 2022 4% · 2023 4% · 2024 4% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
16% of SOUTH SHORE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Trevor Williams
President & CEO - current
Board chair
Michael Mullin
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $587k → $830k.
11 of 69 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 SHORE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 69 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 SHORE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
74% 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 SHORE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 85% · 2019 78% · 2020 30% · 2021 32% · 2022 17% · 2023 26% — growing more concentrated.
“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
46% of SOUTH SHORE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
57% of SOUTH SHORE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION'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 $3.4M that is directly attributable, 60% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 SHORE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like SOUTH SHORE 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% 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
- Melody Woods Curtis Whiting Everson Hobard Reservation · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTH SHORE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
- SOUTH SHORE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Massachusetts) receives grants from 69 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,090,569 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,920,443). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SOUTH SHORE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 69 organizations giving $8,090,569 in grants to SOUTH SHORE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH SHORE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,920,443 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH SHORE 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 Massachusetts. 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 69 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