Washington · Nonprofit
WALLA WALLA YMCA
WALLA WALLA YMCA (Washington) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,132,794 to it, the largest being BLUE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($872,846). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.0M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $13M
What Walla Walla YMCA does
Mission
The Walla Walla YMCA is committed to strengthening communities where all people, especially the young, are encouraged to develop to their fullest potential in spirit, mind, and body. The y connects people to their purpose, potential and each other and emphasizes diversity, inclusivity, equity, accessibility and affordability in all that it offers and does.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Walla Walla YMCA is the largest onsite, licensed, non-profit childcare provider in the walla walla valley. The y operates two onsite early learning programs for toddlers (ages 1-3) and preschool children (ages 3-5) ; one each in walla walla, wa and milton-freewater, or in response to community need. Both programs are part of the y's learning centers where the y also provides stem and social-emotional curriculum, an outdoor preschool in walla walla, and afterschool enrichment programming for children ages 3-12. The walla walla childcare center has 165 licensed slots and milton-freewater has 165 slots. Both programs operate throughout the school year with the exception of toddler care which operates yearround. (see schedule o)as licensed programs, eligible families may qualify for state funded childcare fee offset. Additionally, the centers provide fee assistance to eligible military families through childcare aware's military childcare in your neighborhood (mccyn).
$2,838,951 spentof which $58,740 as grants$2,589,384 earned by the program57% of program spendingIn 2025, 804 youth ages 3-12 were served by the y during the school year, over spring and winter breaks and in its multi week-long summer stem enrichment and sports camps held in walla walla and college place, wa and milton-freewater and athena, or. Y programs teach youth self-confidence, teamwork and leadership skills as kids grow, connect, and thrive.
$1,146,722 spentof which $36,823 as grants$755,500 earned by the program23% of program spendingThe y is committed to drowning prevention both through swimming lessons and lifeguard training. In 2025, 1035 children learned to swim in y-led drowning prevention and learn-to swim programs. This included elementary school children from area rural communities whose schools partnered with the y to transport children to the y's indoor pool for swim lessons during the school year. Lessons are provided at no cost, made possible through y-received grants and donations. In 2025, the y provided american red cross 1st aid/cpr and/or lifeguard training for 372 individuals, including students, families, educators and businesses throughout the walla walla valley.
$996,934 spentof which $2,569 as grants$394,628 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,982,607.
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 2024 to 2025, from $12M to $13M (+10%).
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 14% · 2021 18% · 2022 14% · 2023 8% · 2024 2% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of WALLA WALLA YMCA’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.
Chief executive
Karen Hedine
CEO & secretary/treasurer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $132k → $171k.
7 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 WALLA WALLA YMCA’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
WALLA WALLA YMCA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
75% 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 WALLA WALLA YMCA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 81% · 2019 27% · 2020 30% · 2021 69% · 2022 43% · 2023 70% — 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
29% of WALLA WALLA YMCA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
51% of WALLA WALLA YMCA'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, 86% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
WALLA WALLA YMCA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like WALLA WALLA YMCA
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WALLA WALLA YMCA?
- WALLA WALLA YMCA (Washington) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,132,794 to it, the largest being BLUE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($872,846). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WALLA WALLA YMCA have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $2,132,794 in grants to WALLA WALLA YMCA, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WALLA WALLA YMCA?
- BLUE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $872,846 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WALLA WALLA YMCA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing