California · Nonprofit
WEST END YMCA
WEST END YMCA (California) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,163,963 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($420,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.2M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $11M
What West End YMCA does
Mission
The purpose of the West End YMCA, in affiliation with the national council of young men's christian association of the united states, is to help persons of all ages, ethnic groups and religious affiliations who are united in a common effort to put judeo-christian principles into practice to enrich the quality of spiritual, mental, physical and social life for our families, our communities and ourselves.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Healthy living--the y is the leading voice on health and well-being. We understand that creating warm and welcoming spaces in our facilities and neighborhoods will bring people together to pursue their full potential by building and maintaining healthy habits for spirit, mind and body in their everyday lives. We foster connections through our well-being approach to programs which includes fitness, sports, shared interests, fun, support groups, health screenings, blood drives, and group exercise classes, just to mention a few. Approximately 12,000 people in our community are receiving the support, guidance and resources they need to achieve greater balance in the areas of social, physical, spiritual, and emotional well-being. We provide a broad range of accessible, affordable, inclusive, effective and quality programming that addresses a variety of emerging issues in our communities. This is particularly important as our communities struggle with an obesity crisis, family and work life balance, and individual search for personal fulfillment. Total financial assistance for 2025 equaled approximately $163,273.
$2,247,550 spent$1,727,960 earned by the program54% of program spendingYouth development--our y is committed to nurturing the potential of every child and teen through expanding opportunities that help them grow into happy, healthy, and productive adults. Our y youth development programs, serving over 6,000 youth annually and focus on four outcomes: 1) leadership development, 2) swim, sports and play, 3) camp, and 4) education. Our ymca addresses three barriers to youth development, childhood drowning, sedentary and obese children, and risk-taking behaviors. These barriers are strategically attacked through our initiatives process which in the past year committed over 15,000 hours of programming to over 4,000 children. Total financial assistance for 2025 equaled approximately $35,537.
$1,888,907 spent$2,445,933 earned by the program45% of program spendingSocial responsibility--at the y, we believe in giving back and supporting our neighbors we have been listening and responding to our community's most critical social needs since 1895. The y encourages personal involvement and investment to support, fund and lead the y's critical work in the community, so that we can reach more people and do more good we provide access to training, resources and support to help eliminate barriers and empower our neighbors to make positive change, so that they can create a better future for themselves. The y welcomes, engages and connects diverse populations in our community and around the world, so that all individuals can reach their full potential and our changing communities are united and strong. In 2023, we engaged over 25,000 y members, participants, and volunteers in activities, programs, and initiatives that empowered our neighbors to effect change, bridge gaps, and overcome obstacles. Because of these collective efforts the foundations of our community have been strengthened and we have paved the way for future generations to thrive.
$30,752 spent$114,940 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,167,209.
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.
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 $9.0M to $10.0M (+11%).
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 12% · 2018 12% · 2019 12% · 2020 34% · 2021 1% · 2022 1% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Farzad Yektafar
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $13k → $78k.
6 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 WEST END YMCA’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
WEST END YMCA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
94% 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 WEST END YMCA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 77% · 2019 57% · 2020 69% · 2021 78% · 2022 59% · 2023 89% — 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
25% of WEST END YMCA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
60% of WEST END 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 $468k that is directly attributable, 64% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $696k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
Organizations like WEST END 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 WEST END YMCA: 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 WEST END YMCA?
- WEST END YMCA (California) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,163,963 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($420,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WEST END YMCA have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $1,163,963 in grants to WEST END YMCA, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WEST END YMCA?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $420,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WEST END YMCA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 17 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