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THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CARLISLE PA
THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CARLISLE PA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,808,788 to it, the largest being RESPECT TOGETHER ($1,619,174). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $5.4M
What The Young Women's Christian Association of Carlisle Pa does
Mission
The young women's christian association of carlisle, pennsylvania is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and girls and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Ywcas across the country are distinguished by programs that focus on these mission pillars. Last year, the agency provided mission-focused programs and services to 10,126 men, women, and children with the help of 130 volunteers. The agency's advocacy committee's efforts to promote awareness and understanding of eliminating racism and empowering women issues result in earned media, displays and promotion within the community, collaboration with partners such as the local library and nearby colleges, pushing voter registration to residents, facility lobby educational displays and much more centered around these two mission themes.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Sexual assault/rape crisis services of cumberland county (sa/rcs): with a staff of eight full time employees, plus a corps of volunteers helping to staff the hotline crisis service weekly; sa/rcs provides direct victim services including accompaniment for medical and legal proceedings, counseling services, trauma therapy services, support groups, age- appropriate prevention education programs and advocacy/education programs to help the community better understand the dynamics of sexual assault. Number served: 3,991
$691,948 spent$8,808 earned by the program68% of program spendingPreschool: ywca preschool programs are known for their unique 4-hour per day class time and strong curriculum addressing our mission pillars. Number served: 75 including 11 child with a scholarship.
$169,048 spent$94,207 earned by the program17% of program spendingYouth programs: ywca is known for its strong youth programs. Empower and equip, amplify, are all empowerment programs which address academic and social/personal growth skills as well as strong mental health and healthy relationship building. Students are referred to the groups by school personnel and are identified as generally needing additional support. These groups take place both during school hours and immediately after school. Idea camp, our summer learning series, is geared towards elementary and middle school students and supports continued learning throughout the summer. All ywca programs focus on leadership, self-esteem building, cultural influences, and advocacy. Number served: 2,636
$118,930 spent$4,631 earned by the program12% of program spendingRacial justice: annually the agency offers programs to help bring about awareness, understanding and a path towards change as it relates to the mission of eliminating racism. Each fall, as part of "week without violence", the annual youth leadership conference for high school students in the county is hosted. This workshop hits head on, current events and issues impacting youth and their school campuses providing education and action steps. Quarterly community conversations and forums provide the community with listening & learning opportunities related to various 'isms'. Each january, we offer kings kamp for elementary students honoring the legacy of rev. Dr. Martin luther king, jr. And helping children actively learn about his peaceful approach to ending racism. Our annual race against racism 5k brings community members together for a physically fit way to consider their collective role in bringing about change. Beginning in 2017, each march is the african american read-in with local chapter alpha kappa alpha sorority offering a free family event. Learning about african american authors, illustrators and black culture. Number served: 2,976 adult fitness/wellness services: ywca…
$37,397 spent$1,375 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,017,323.
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 $4.5M to $5.1M (+14%).
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 39% · 2018 36% · 2019 34% · 2020 53% · 2021 54% · 2022 45% · 2023 41% · 2024 34% · 2025 38%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CARLISLE PA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% 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.
Board chair
Emily Kelahan
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $290k → $333k.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CARLISLE PA’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 WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CARLISLE PA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 OF CARLISLE PA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 58% · 2019 54% · 2020 61% · 2021 52% · 2022 59% · 2023 65% — growing more concentrated.
“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
75% of THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CARLISLE PA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% 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
99% of THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CARLISLE PA's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $210k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 OF CARLISLE PA is better cushioned than half 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
Organizations like THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CARLISLE PA
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CARLISLE PA?
- THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CARLISLE PA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,808,788 to it, the largest being RESPECT TOGETHER ($1,619,174). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CARLISLE PA have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $2,808,788 in grants to THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CARLISLE PA, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CARLISLE PA?
- RESPECT TOGETHER is the largest funder on record, with $1,619,174 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CARLISLE PA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 12 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