New Jersey · Nonprofit
YMCA of Metuchen
YMCA of Metuchen (New Jersey) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $673,392 to it, the largest being National Council of YMCAs of the USA ($356,063). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $673k
- Net assets
- $20M
What YMCA of Metuchen does
Mission
The YMCA of Metuchen Edison Woodbridge and South Amboy (YMCA)'s mission is to advance our cause of strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. The YMCA is a powerful association of men, women, and children committed to bringing about lasting personal and social change. With a focus on nurturing the potential of every child and teen, improving the nation's health and well-being and providing opportunities to give back and support neighbors, the YMCA enables youth, adults, families and communities to be healthy, confident, connected and secure.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Childcare Centers - We believe that all kids deserve the opportunity to discover who they are and what they can achieve. In addition, we believe that kids need a safe, nurturing environment in which to learn, grow and develop social skills. We have 11 childcare programs which provide daily care for 1,200 children between the age of six weeks to 12 years old. We provide direct financial assistance enabling parents to go to work feeling secure that their child (Infants, toddlers, pre-school and elementary age school children) are being nurtured, developed and well cared for in a safe environment. We provide services to all families within Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge and South Amboy regardless of their ability to pay full cost of care.
$6,184,365 spent$5,733,833 earned by the program57% of program spendingHealth and Wellness - The YMCA of Metuchen Edison Woodbridge and South Amboy (MEWSA) is a leading service provider on health and well being within our service areas. The Y brings families closer together, encourages good health and foster connections through fitness, sports and enrichment programs. As a result, thousands of youth, adults and families are receiving the support, guidance and resources needed to achieve greater health and well-being for their spirit mind and body. Our Membership Scholarship Program is one of the important ways we work together to give back and support our neighbors so the most vulnerable in our community receive help, support and education when they need it most. The Open Door Membership Assistance Program is designed to provide financial assistance so that no child, family or adult is turned away.
$2,596,810 spent$3,634,832 earned by the program24% of program spendingSummer Camp - Summer Day Camp has been and remains a hallmark of YMCA programs. We provide services to 1,000 children within our 11 day camps each summer. We enrich the lives of children, through their camp experience and create memories of a lifetime. Our YMCA continues its commitment to families in the communities we serve, through the generous support of our donors and partners, providing financial assistance that allows children from deserving families to attend camp while their parents work, giving them the opportunity to experience the life-changing power of YMCA Summer Day Camp.
$2,060,551 spent$1,219,081 earned by the program19% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,841,726.
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 $17M to $20M (+17%).
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 7% · 2018 8% · 2019 7% · 2020 30% · 2021 35% · 2022 7% · 2023 8% · 2024 1% · 2025 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of YMCA of Metuchen’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% 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
Rose Marie Cushing
CEO
Board chair
Joseph Gaffney MD
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $43k → $68k.
4 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 Metuchen’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 26 of 28 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 Metuchen leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
84% 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 Metuchen.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 100% · 2019 57% · 2020 77% · 2021 29% · 2022 43% · 2023 33% — 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 YMCA of Metuchen's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
YMCA of Metuchen draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $125k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 Metuchen holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like YMCA of Metuchen
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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 YMCA of Metuchen: 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 YMCA of Metuchen?
- YMCA of Metuchen (New Jersey) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $673,392 to it, the largest being National Council of YMCAs of the USA ($356,063). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YMCA of Metuchen have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $673,392 in grants to YMCA of Metuchen, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YMCA of Metuchen?
- National Council of YMCAs of the USA is the largest funder on record, with $356,063 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YMCA of Metuchen find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 28 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