Kentucky · Nonprofit
the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc
the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc (Kentucky) receives grants from 91 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,434,973 to it, the largest being METRO UNITED WAY INC ($2,876,585). 55 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $44M
- Funders on record
- 91
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $121M
What the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc does
Mission
The YMCA of Greater Louisville is a mission-based organization of people of all ages, faiths & abilities, all working side-by-side to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to live life to its fullest. Our mission is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. The YMCA is committed to strengthening communities we serve through the delivery of programs and services in three areas: Youth Development, Healthy Living and Social Responsibility. We believe that lasting personal and social change can only come about when we work together to invest in our kids, our health and our neighbors. At the root of our Movement is our commitment to character development embodied in the Y's core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility; everything we do stems from this. With the help of our community's contributions, we provide financial assistance to those who are in need of YMCA programs and services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Healthy Living- improving the Greater Louisville community's health and well-being means building healthy spirit mind and body for all. The YMCA is a leading voice on health and well-being. We bring families closer together, encourage good health, and foster connections through fitness, sports, character development and shared interests. YMCA health enhancement programs are medically based and stress the value of prevention through balanced efforts of good exercise habits, and overall health including proper nutrition, stress management and health education. This is particularly important as our nation struggles with an obesity crisis, families struggle with work/life balance and individuals search for personal fulfillment. Our programs are family oriented and offered at affordable fees, with financial assistance for those that are unable to pay the full fees. The YMCA provides a variety of programs that assist our community with attaining healthier habits and includes adventure guides, family camps, fitness classes, CPR and First Aid, lifeguard training, starter fitness programs, aquatic exercise, sports and swim lessons for adults, indoor cycling and senior social groups. The…
$23,224,047 spent$24,101,023 earned by the program46% of program spendingYouth Development- nurturing the development of every child and teen means we believe that all children deserve the opportunity to discover who they are and to foster growth and development of not only the child but also the family. We help young people cultivate the skills, values and relationships that lead to positive behaviors, better health and educational achievement. Our YMCA programs such as before/after school child care, child watch, preschool child development centers, achievers, youth sports, swim lessons, day & resident camps offer variety and a wide range of experiences to help foster social and emotional learning. Parents play an important role in programs such as child care. As such, social events are scheduled at appropriate times to include interaction with and between the children and their parents.
$21,240,438 spent$13,174,051 earned by the program42% of program spendingSocial Responsibility - the YMCA has been listening and responding to the Louisville community's most critical social needs since 1853. The YMCA supports our community through programs such as housing for runaway and homeless youth at our YMCA Safe Place Services branch, permanent housing for men trying to break out of the cycle of homelessness at our Chestnut Street YMCA branch, and teaching Safety Around Water, a drowning prevention initiative, to children. With these programs, we deliver training, resources and support to empower our neighbors to produce change, bridge gaps and overcome obstacles. The outreach shelter and counseling services offered at YMCA Safe Place Services enable teens that may come from abusive homes or struggle with chemical dependency a "Safe Place" to land. Here, youth are provided emergency shelter, individual and family counseling, opportunities for spiritual activities, and life skills learning sessions that aim at healing and re-uniting families. Street outreach and programs directed toward children of incarcerated parents -YNOW (YMCA's New Outlook Within) provide mentors and peer education groups that stress problem prevention and personal fitness…
$6,000,869 spentof which $263,979 as grants$6,785,298 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $50,465,354.
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 $92M to $107M (+17%).
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 7% · 2018 7% · 2019 6% · 2020 26% · 2021 32% · 2022 34% · 2023 28% · 2024 13% · 2025 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
30% of the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Laura Lewter
Executive Director
Board chair
Howard Holloman Jr
Board Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 32 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $1.2M.
17 of 91 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 Association of Greater Louisville Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 91 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 Association of Greater Louisville Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
69% 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 Greater Louisville Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 35% · 2019 42% · 2020 25% · 2021 22% · 2022 30% · 2023 23% — 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
47% of the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
75% of the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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 Association of Greater Louisville Inc is better cushioned than half 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
Government funding the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.5M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$5.7M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.7M
- Department of Veterans Affairs$179k
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 the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc
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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- National Safe Place Inc · exempt
- Health Equity Partner Properties Inc · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc: 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 Association of Greater Louisville Inc?
- the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc (Kentucky) receives grants from 91 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,434,973 to it, the largest being METRO UNITED WAY INC ($2,876,585). 55 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc have?
- IRS filings report 91 organizations giving $12,434,973 in grants to the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc, 55 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc?
- METRO UNITED WAY INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,876,585 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 91 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