South Carolina · Nonprofit
The Young Men's Christian Assoc of Columbia SC
The Young Men's Christian Assoc of Columbia SC (South Carolina) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,593,763 to it, the largest being National Council of YMCAs of the USA ($579,174). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $12M
What The Young Men's Christian Assoc of Columbia SC does
Mission
The ymca of columbia's mission is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all staff and volunteers include the promotion of the organization's five core values of caring, honesty, respect, responsibility, and faith as an integral part of all programming. The ymca of columbia is a fellowship of people, both members and participants, whose purpose is to enhance the lives of individuals, families, and community groups through programs we offer equitable access to all who desire to join us in achievement of this purpose without regard to age, gender, income, national origin, disability, race, creed, or religion. The metropolitan board of directors of the ymca of columbia consists of 13 individuals representing local business, governmental agencies, and a variety of professions collectively, they support the ymca's goals to enhance the lives of individuals, families, and community groups through programs
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Holistic development of children & youth for the first time in our nation's history, demographers project that children will live shorter lives than their parents and face a declining standard of living every day. The ymca helps young people deepen positive values, their commitment to service and their motivation to learn. Ymca programs offer a range of experience that enrich a child's cognitive, social, physical and emotional growth expenses include subsidies and direct financial assistance that enable many of our young people to participate.
$9,965,907 spentof which $703,000 as grants$9,683,468 earned by the program100% of program spendingHealth and well-being for all at a time when 17 percent of children and nearly two-thirds of adults are classified as obese, the ymca provides people with the supportive relationships and environments they need for their successful pursuit of health and well-being in spirit, mind and body men, women and children of all ages, faiths, backgrounds, abilities and income levels improve health and well-being.
$1 spent$1 earned by the program0% of program spendingFamily strengthening parents now spend an average of 10-12 hours less per week with their children than they did in 1960. The ymca is committed to helping families build stronger bonds by bringing them together in a variety of activities that help form stable relationships, enhance communication and promote healthier lifestyles. Our ymca helps families build stronger bonds, achieve greater work/life balance and become more engaged with their communities.
$1 spent$1 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,965,909.
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 2020 to 2021, from $18M to $23M (+28%).
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 0% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 21% · 2022 16% · 2023 7% · 2024 3% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
7% of The Young Men's Christian Assoc of Columbia SC’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. 3 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
James M Vietti
CEO
Board chair
Hampton Jordan
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $314k → $89k.
6 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 Young Men's Christian Assoc of Columbia SC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 14 of 15 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
The Young Men's Christian Assoc of Columbia SC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 Young Men's Christian Assoc of Columbia SC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 58% · 2019 75% · 2020 59% · 2021 50% · 2022 82% · 2023 34% — 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
56% of The Young Men's Christian Assoc of Columbia SC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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 Young Men's Christian Assoc of Columbia SC draws 50% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $314k 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
The Young Men's Christian Assoc of Columbia SC receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1.6M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like The Young Men's Christian Assoc of Columbia SC
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 Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 The Young Men's Christian Assoc of Columbia SC: 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 The Young Men's Christian Assoc of Columbia SC?
- The Young Men's Christian Assoc of Columbia SC (South Carolina) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,593,763 to it, the largest being National Council of YMCAs of the USA ($579,174). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Young Men's Christian Assoc of Columbia SC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,593,763 in grants to The Young Men's Christian Assoc of Columbia SC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Young Men's Christian Assoc of Columbia SC?
- National Council of YMCAs of the USA is the largest funder on record, with $579,174 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Young Men's Christian Assoc of Columbia SC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 15 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