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THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLUE WATER AREA
THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLUE WATER AREA (Michigan) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,119,994 to it, the largest being State Alliance of Michigan YMCAs (0050) ($1,176,309). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.5M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $5.7M
What The Young Men's Christian Association of the Blue Water Area does
Mission
To put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. The ymca is a powerful association of men, women, and children of all ages and from all walks of life joined together by a shared passion: to strengthen the foundations of community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth development - the association is committed to nurturing the potential of every child and teen. The association believes that all children deserve the opportunity to discover who they are and what they can achieve. That is why the association helps young people cultivate the values, skills, and relationships that lead to positive behaviors, better health, and educational achievement.
$2,774,070 spent$1,693,199 earned by the program64% of program spendingHealthy living - the association is a leading voice on health and well-being. The association brings families closer together, encourages good health, and fosters connections through fitness, sports, fun, and shared interests. As a result, people in the community are receiving the support, guidance, and resources they need to achieve greater health in spirit, mind, and body.
$1,523,310 spent$2,136,321 earned by the program35% of program spendingSocial responsibility - the association believes in giving back and supporting its neighbors. The association has been listening and responding to its community's most critical social needs. These programs deliver training, resources, and support that empower its neighbors to effect change, bridge gaps, and overcome obstacles.
$21,649 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,319,029.
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 $4.3M to $5.2M (+22%).
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: 2020 5% · 2021 25% · 2022 27% · 2023 3% · 2024 4% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Joshua Chapman
President/CEO
Board chair
Duncan Smith
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $46k → $557k.
1 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $407k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation of St Clair County). These are real filings, and they are not money THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLUE WATER AREA raised.
From the IRS filings of THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLUE WATER AREA’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 YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLUE WATER AREA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 ASSOCIATION OF THE BLUE WATER AREA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 94% · 2019 53% · 2020 78% · 2021 72% · 2022 74% · 2023 64% — 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
50% of THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLUE WATER AREA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
82% of THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLUE WATER AREA's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $134k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLUE WATER AREA
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In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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
- Blue Water YMCA Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLUE WATER AREA?
- THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLUE WATER AREA (Michigan) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,119,994 to it, the largest being State Alliance of Michigan YMCAs (0050) ($1,176,309). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLUE WATER AREA have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $2,119,994 in grants to THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLUE WATER AREA, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLUE WATER AREA?
- State Alliance of Michigan YMCAs (0050) is the largest funder on record, with $1,176,309 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLUE WATER AREA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 11 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