Tennessee · Nonprofit
THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,185,946 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,574,035). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.7M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $10M
What The Young Women's Christian Association does
Mission
Young women's christian association is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Keys of hope women's program assists women in achieving permanent, independent living situations within the community by providing a comprehensive program to adult women that includes a safe place to live for a maximum of two years. Keys of hope serves women in knoxville who are homeless, at risk of homelessness and who have previously experienced homelessness due to financial instability, domestic violence, mental illness, disability, addiction, previous incarceration and other life-long obstacles.
$3,606,239 spentof which $3,441,267 as grants$23,602 earned by the program61% of program spendingVictim advocacy program is a community-based non-shelter program that assists victims with orders of protection, accompanies victims to court, conducts danber assessments, develops safety plans, leads support groups and provides referrals to other local services as needed. Services are accessible in both criminal and civil courts and offered by bilingual/bicultural advocates who speak spanish, english, arabic and french.
$983,957 spentof which $124,473 as grants17% of program spendingPhyllis wheatley center provides youth with the tools necessary to overcome obstacles and to succeed in school and beyond through the afterschool enrichment program and summer kids in play program. Phyllis wheatley center has been a trusted community center serving east knoxville since 1920.
$397,684 spentof which $14,822 as grants7% of program spendingSocial services are geared toward working with low-income families and individuals to meet basic and emergency needs while focusing on educational and career goals. Program staff provide evidence-based and research- focused services to individuals in six counties, focusing on reducing dependency on government benefits and increasing household wealth.
$882,205 spentof which $403,573 as grants15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,870,085.
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 2023 to 2024, from $11M to $13M (+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: 2017 18% · 2018 41% · 2019 26% · 2020 47% · 2021 41% · 2022 29% · 2023 35% · 2024 29% · 2025 48%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% 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
Natalie Stair
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $24k → $185k.
7 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% 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: $9.7M from 8 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest YWCA Knoxville Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 25 of 26 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 WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% 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 WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 89% · 2019 33% · 2020 40% · 2021 95% · 2022 43% · 2023 47% — 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
46% of THE YOUNG WOMEN'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
78% of THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION'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 $480k that is directly attributable, 66% of it comes from funders outside Tennessee, across 10 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.6M on record.
- Department of Justice$3.6M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$2.0M
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 WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: 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 WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
- THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,185,946 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,574,035). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $2,185,946 in grants to THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,574,035 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 26 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