Connecticut · Nonprofit
The Waterbury Young Men's Christian Association
The Waterbury Young Men's Christian Association (Connecticut) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,122,493 to it, the largest being LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ($500,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $18M
What The Waterbury Young Men's Christian Association does
Mission
The mission of The Waterbury Young Men's Christian Association (ymca) is to advance our cause of strengthening community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. The ymca is a powerful association of men, women, and children committed to bringing about lasting personal and social change. With a focus on nurturing the potential of every child and teen, improving the communities health and well-being, and providing opportunities to give back and support neighbors, the ymca enables youth, adults, families, and communities to be healthy, confident, connected, and secure.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Ymca youth development: the waterbury ymca is committed to nurturing the potential of every child and teen. We believe that all kids deserve the opportunity to discover who they are and what they can achieve. That is why we help young people cultivate the values, skills, and relationships that lead to positive behaviors. Our ymca programs such as child care, youth sports, camp programs and other youth programming, offer a range of experiences that enrich cognitive, social, physical and emotional growth. The waterbury ymca child development center served over 270 children daily and 550 overall through our naeyc accredited school readiness preschool and the before and after school programs. These programs are run at the west main street and prospect street locations and 6 off-site locations in the greater waterbury area through partnerships with the local school districts and boards of education. The school readiness program is based on a sliding fee scale and helps provide high quality preschool programming to over 260 children within the waterbury community. As part of the ymca mission to promote youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility, the ymca school…
$5,840,151 spentof which $156,403 as grants$2,841,014 earned by the program69% of program spendingHealthy living: the ymca is a leading advocate promoting health and well-being. We bring families closer together, encourage good health and foster connections through fitness, sports, fun, and shared interests. As a result, people in our community are receiving the support, guidance, and resources they need to achieve greater health in spirit, mind, and body. This is particularly important as our nation struggles with an obesity crisis, families struggle with work/life balance, and individuals search for personal fulfillment. Member services at the waterbury ymca includes access and use of a state-of-the-art wellness center, gymnasium, 2 racquetball courts, lap swimming pool, warm water therapeutic pool, indoor track, group fitness studio, fully-equipped locker rooms and other services. The ymca offers a welcoming atmosphere where health seekers can feel comfortable and receive the encouragement and support needed to continue healthy living through the guidance of trained professionals. The ymca programs are designed to serve people of all ages, abilities and incomes. All ymca programs focus on addressing several public health issues including obesity, diabetes, and heart…
$2,075,853 spentof which $97,758 as grants$1,516,989 earned by the program24% of program spendingSocial responsibility: the waterbury ymca believes in giving back and supporting our neighbors. We have been listening and responding to our community's most critical social needs. Ymca programs such as workforce, learn to swim, livestrong at the ymca, and other programming are examples of how we deliver training, resources, and support that empower our neighbors to effect change, bridge gaps, and overcome obstacles. We engage ymca members, participants, and volunteers in activities that strengthen our community and pave the way for future generations to thrive. The berkeley warner recreation center serves youth and teens in the adjacent berkeley heights housing complex and is well attended with structured activities for different age groups, ensuring an easily accessible safe and supervised environment for at-risk youth living in the neighborhood. The ymca brings a variety of academic, enrichment, athletic and prevention programs to the center. Other activities and events include the berkeley warner knights drill team. The waterbury ymca is committed to using its resources in cooperation with the greater community and its associated agencies including saint mary's hospital,…
$588,397 spentof which $8,264 as grants$8,264 earned by the program7% of program spendingOther
$296,325 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,504,401.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $20M to $23M (+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 35% · 2018 37% · 2019 41% · 2020 50% · 2021 63% · 2022 54% · 2023 36% · 2024 39%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
James O'Rourke
CEO
Board chair
Adam Simonsen
CVO-Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $111k → $128k.
4 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 The Waterbury 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
The Waterbury Young Men's Christian Association has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
95% 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 The Waterbury Young Men's Christian Association.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 57% · 2019 49% · 2020 35% · 2021 42% · 2022 41% · 2023 37% — 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
36% of The Waterbury Young Men's Christian Association's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
The Waterbury Young Men's Christian Association draws 53% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $548k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Government funding The Waterbury Young Men's Christian Association receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $12.8M on record.
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$6.0M
- Educational Services$4.6M
- Other Program Expenses$1.2M
- State Aid Grants$964k
- Client Services-General$50k
- Client Subsidies$2k
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.
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In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The Waterbury Young Men's Christian Association?
- The Waterbury Young Men's Christian Association (Connecticut) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,122,493 to it, the largest being LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ($500,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Waterbury Young Men's Christian Association have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $2,122,493 in grants to The Waterbury Young Men's Christian Association, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Waterbury Young Men's Christian Association?
- LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Waterbury 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 Connecticut. 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 20 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