Tennessee · Nonprofit
YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH
YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH (Tennessee) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,675,136 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE MID SOUTH ($2,771,720). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $62M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $45M
What YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South does
Mission
To put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Healthy living: the YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South engaged in our cause of strengthening community through healthy living this year byassisting 110,294 members in their health and wellness journeywithin our ymca facilities. We provided instruction in the life-savingskill of swim lessons to over 2,211 youth and families.
$17,139,097 spent$1,836,140 earned by the program32% of program spendingYouth development: the YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South believes that all children deserve the opportunity to discover who they really are and what they can achieve. Our association continues to provide before and adter care at the majority of shelby county schools. For the 2025-2026 school year, 9,964 children registered for before and after school care. There were a total of 167 schools in 16 districts for this past school year. Our y-cap program engaged 300 at-risk students in activities that promote positive self-worth, goal-setting, improved behaviors, satisfactory academic performance, community service, and summer reading. Y achievers is designed for the development of youth grades 6-12. This is one of the national ymca signature programs designed to address the achievement gap while nurturing the potential of every youth and teen. Y achievers also engages parents with monthly sessions along with family and community events. This program serves schools in shelby county. Over 72 youth were impacted by this program during the 2025-2026 school year.nutrition services: our y continues to work with tennessee department of human services and usda and have provided over 10,000,000…
$33,056,658 spent$19,659,883 earned by the program62% of program spendingYouth sports & summer day camp: youth involved with these ymca programs are cultivating the values, skills, and relationships that lead to positive behaviors and better health. Our youth sports and specialty camp programs led 4,655 youth to explore and improve sports skills, problem-solving abilities, and increase creativity.
$2,965,662 spent$2,378,009 earned by the program6% of program spendingSocial responsibility: for the 2025-2026 school year, y on the fly served numerouscommunities in memphis, west tennessee and northern mississippi, with programming at that provided children and families access to meals, books, educational enrichment and opportunities to engage in physical activities and learn about water safety. In total. Positive impacts were made at schools, apartment complexes, community centers, public libraries, public parks, community festivals and even holiday parades. Books were distributed at these events, along with backpacks containing school supplies, meals and snacks.
$133,790 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $53,161,417.
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 2021 to 2022, from $46M to $69M (+50%).
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 5% · 2018 4% · 2019 1% · 2020 61% · 2021 60% · 2022 40% · 2023 31% · 2024 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH’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. 0 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
Brian Mclaughlin
President & CEO
Board chair
Hope Sneed
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $568k → $746k.
12 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 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
YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% 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
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 YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 75% · 2019 49% · 2020 44% · 2021 28% · 2022 39% · 2023 27% — 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
44% of YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
68% of YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.5M on record.
- Department of Labor$1.5M
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 YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- YMCA of the USA · exempt
- Memphis YMCA Support Corporation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH?
- YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH (Tennessee) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,675,136 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE MID SOUTH ($2,771,720). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $12,675,136 in grants to YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH?
- UNITED WAY OF THE MID SOUTH is the largest funder on record, with $2,771,720 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 39 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