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THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY
THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY (Wisconsin) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,357,293 to it, the largest being EAU CLAIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($643,794). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $29M
What The Young Mens Christian Association of the Chippewa Valley does
Mission
Our mission is to build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities. The YMCA of the Chippewa Valley is a community centered association dedicated to building a healthy spirit, mind and body for all people, while maintaining an emphasis on youth. 'YMCA programs focus on four core values - caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. We serve men, women and children of all ages, races, abilities, incomes, and religions. We provide financial assistance (facility membership and programs fees) to those who need it. We identify needs within our community and respond to them so that our entire community benefits from our efforts. Our mission comes alive through the efforts of paid staff, volunteers and members. YMCAs help participants to grow personally, develop values, improve relations, appreciate diversity, become leaders and supports, develop specific skills, have fun and enjoy life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Other program services: sports, aquatics & other programs: aquatics - part of the y's overall goalof building healthy spirit, mind and body. In addition to providing specific swimming and water safety skills, they promote good health through regular exercise. They also promote teamwork, self-confidence, and leadership. These programs are offered at fees affordable to the community, with financial assistance for those who can't afford the full fee. Health and wellness - the y has a network of programs that fulfill the y's mission of spirit, mind and body. Programs and facilities are designed to impact wellness of the community. The y offers a lifelong progression of medically based health and fitness activities, experiences and education, including programs for children, teens, families and seniors. People with disabilities and those with chronic ailments find ymca programs that are tailored to them. Ymca programs/facilities are designed to attract people of all ages, all abilities and all incomes. The y offers a welcoming atmosphere, where new exercisers can feel comfortable and receive the support they need to improve their health, most people can afford low-cost ymca health…
$6,731,678 spent$6,394,305 earned by the program55% of program spendingChild care services - the eau claire ymca has been and continues to be the largest provider of child care in our area. Currently, we provide high quality child care to approximately 650 children each week during the school year (approximately 300 in the summer months), ranging in age from infants to middle school youth. We provide full and part time options to serve a wide range of family scheduling needs. Our programs are based on years of research and are designed to meet the individual needs of the child and the family as a whole. Providing high quality child care is central to the y's mission. We work closely with the human services department in providing services to w-2 families. We also assist families through an assistance program. Our before/after program and summer day camp program are safe, high-quality alternatives for working parents. Knowing that a child is being cared for in a y program enables these parents to remain gainfully and productively employed. Our summer teen leadership middle school program gives kids good role models to help them develop self-esteem and good values, including, cooperation, respect for the body, good citizenship, and a strong work ethic.…
$3,582,660 spent$5,073,927 earned by the program29% of program spendingCamp manitou-the y residential camp develops self-confidence and self-respect when campers meet challenges and learn to cooperate. Y camping is educational; promoting spiritual awareness, mental development, physical well being, social growth, and a respect for the environment. Through a variety of activities and the use of natural surroundings, ymca camping seeks to help participants achieve their fullest potential in spirit, mind, and body. As in the case of other ymca programs, financial assistance is available for those who cannot afford the customary fee, and those with special needs are welcome. Approximately 17% of the over 1,200 youth campers received financial assistance. Families and community organizations also utilize the camp.
$1,019,874 spent$1,156,395 earned by the program8% of program spendingTennis center/gymnastics: tennis is a lifelong sport that promotes health and fitness. The center serves youth and adults of all ages. Instructional programs are offered which promote appreciation of one's own worth, focus on full and equal participation, and teach skills. The center is the only indoor tennis facility in the area and serves a community need. This complex also houses a gymnastics program for community youth.
$858,015 spent$806,482 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,192,227.
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 2017 to 2018, from $9.6M to $20M (+107%).
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: 2021 12% · 2022 16% · 2023 22% · 2024 3% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
22% of THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY’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. 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
Derek White
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income fell $199k → $176k.
11 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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: $731k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY raised.
From the IRS filings of THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY’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 MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% 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
89% 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 MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 33% · 2019 65% · 2020 55% · 2021 38% · 2022 38% · 2023 33% — 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
33% of THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY'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
56% of THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY'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 $1.0M that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from funders outside Wisconsin, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY 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 THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY
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In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% 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 2 related entities
- Young Mens Christian Association of Eau Claire Endowment Trust · exempt
- Chippewa Valley Family YMCA Endowment Trust · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY?
- THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY (Wisconsin) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,357,293 to it, the largest being EAU CLAIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($643,794). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $2,357,293 in grants to THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY?
- EAU CLAIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $643,794 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 28 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