California · Nonprofit
YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY
YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY (California) receives grants from 165 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,268,447 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($2,981,991). 96 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $372M
- Funders on record
- 165
- Grants received
- $28M
- Net assets
- $171M
What YMCA of San Diego County does
Mission
The YMCA of San Diego County is a nonprofit with a mission to nurture a healthy spirit, mind, and body so all can thrive while honoring our faith-based heritage.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth development: at the y, we create a safe place where youth achievement means more than just learning their abc's. Youth form meaningful relationships and a sense of belonging that develops sportsmanship, leadership, confidence, healthy habits, and values that will enable them to be our engaged and contributing adults of tomorrow. This program area includes child care and camping. The YMCA of San Diego County operates 219 child and youth development programs throughout the county where the mission is realized with 150,680 touchpoints for youth under age 18.(continued on schedule o)child care: 170 of these programs are before and after school programs where kids receive academic assistance, participate in character development, health and wellness, homework support, literacy, stem (science, technology, engineering and math), service learning, and social competence and conflict resolution. Preschool programs offered at 8 locations provide critical development support for the brain and body, build social-emotional skills, and meet family childcare needs so parents can work. Camping: the program categories within camping include day camping, resident camping, environmental…
$307,753,193 spent$43,293,070 earned by the program88% of program spendingHealthy living: because the y is for everyone, we bring together children, adults and families of all abilities like no other organization can. As a result, hundreds of thousands in san diego county are receiving the support, guidance and resources needed to achieve greater health and well-being for their spirit, mind and body during fiscal year 2025. For the year ending june 30, 2025, our y impacted the lives of 340,496 individuals, with an astonishing 553,494 personal well-being touchpoints. As the largest ymca in the nation, we proudly reach nearly 10% of san diego county's population, fostering a healthier and more connected community. Together, we remain committed to nurturing hope, resilience, and the potential of every individual.(continued on schedule o)prevention is the key word for physical education and health at the y. Exercise is a way of life that requires education in good nutrition, proper exercise, avoidance of drug and alcohol abuse, dealing with stress and reducing the problems associated with chronic diseases. Y exercise programs include strength training, group classes, walking clubs, martial arts, running clubs, yoga, stretch, soccer, gymnastics, swimming,…
$33,904,871 spent$20,527,428 earned by the program10% of program spendingSocial responsibility: thanks to the generosity of volunteers and public and private donors who give to the y, our community is stronger every day. We work side-by-side with our neighbors to make sure that everyone, regardless of age, income or background, has the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive. This program area includes group services, enrichment, outreach programs, skate parks, youth shelters, housing and transitional living programs, counseling, inclusion, respite care, drug/gang prevention, and more. (continued on schedule o)ymca childcare resource service serves the community through a variety of programs designed to foster education and development of child care professionals, provide resources and education for parents, and help families pay for child care. As an example of the programs provided is our child care resource services, embodying our y's unwavering commitment to provide county-wide affordable, safe child care. In fiscal year 24-25, more than 17,756 families were supported as they work to build brighter futures. 5,595 providers created nurturing environments where children can thrive and parents have peace of mind. We provided 6,948 child care referrals,…
$8,172,911 spent$35,610,941 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $349,830,975.
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 $277M to $246M (−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 37% · 2018 40% · 2019 44% · 2020 51% · 2021 62% · 2022 62% · 2023 63% · 2024 66% · 2025 69%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
72% of YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (17% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Margie Newman Tsay
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 37 funders to 65 funders, grant income rose $1.5M → $2.9M.
24 of 165 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $29M from 13 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The San Diego Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY raised.
From the IRS filings of YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 165 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 SAN DIEGO COUNTY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
65% 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 SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 55% · 2019 15% · 2020 22% · 2021 35% · 2022 16% · 2023 16% — 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 SAN DIEGO COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
58% of YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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 SAN DIEGO COUNTY has grown faster than half of the 180 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 180 human services nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $22.1M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$19.5M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$2.6M
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 SAN DIEGO COUNTY
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
93% 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 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- YMCA of San Diego County Jrfy Inc · exempt
- YMCA of San Diego County Housing Services Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: 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 SAN DIEGO COUNTY?
- YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY (California) receives grants from 165 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,268,447 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($2,981,991). 96 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 165 organizations giving $28,268,447 in grants to YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, 96 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,981,991 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY 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.
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 165 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