Massachusetts · Nonprofit
YMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE INC
YMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 106 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,033,484 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,379,066). 65 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
- $84M
- Funders on record
- 106
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $116M
What YMCA of the North Shore Inc does
Mission
Our YMCA welcomes all. We strengthen communities, educate and nurture children, and promote healthy living in spirit, mind and body. Our strategic goals include providing youth and teen skill development, reversing the obesity epidemic, improving health outcomes for all community members, decreasing social isolation, and supporting basic needs for those with financial difficulties. Our team of over 2,400 employees and 400 volunteers are committed to serving all in our communities. This commitment can be seen in the high quality of service we provide and our strong financial assistance program, through which over $4,100,000 was distributed to over 5,600 children, adults and families who were unable to pay for Y membership and programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth Development - At the Y, we believe that all kids have amazing potential. Values and skills learned early are vital building blocks for life. Young people deserve an opportunity to discover who they are and what they can achieve. From the youngest in our child care programs to the teens in our leadership development initiatives, the Y gives kids and teens a safe place to belong, building confidence and learning positive behaviors grounded in our core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. Childcare - As the region's largest provider of high-quality affordable childcare, we support the healthy development of approximately 3,050 children each day. At our 40+ childcare centers, we focus on nurturing children by providing a safe and healthy place to learn foundational skills; develop healthy, trusting relationships; and build self-reliance through the Y values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. Our full-day and partial-day childcare programs for infants through middle school children enable parents and guardians to go to work knowing their children are in a safe, learning environment. The YMCA provided more than $1,000,000 in financial assistance and…
$37,678,596 spentof which $1,838,908 as grants$24,705,272 earned by the program55% of program spendingHealthy Living - At the Y, we believe that being healthy means more than simply being physically active. It is about maintaining a balanced spirit, mind and body. The Y is a leading voice on health and well-being issues, a leader in fighting chronic disease, and committed to empowering people to lead fuller lives. We bring families closer together, promote healthy living, and foster connections through fitness, sports, fun and shared interests. As a result, millions of youth, adults and families receive the support, guidance and resources they need to become and stay healthy. Membership and Fitness - The YMCA served over 62,000 members from in and around the North Shore region of Massachusetts. The organization's full-service facility in Plaistow, New Hampshire served more than 2,000 members. The YMCA provided more than $2,100,000 in financial assistance to those children, adults and families who were unable to pay for membership. More than $400,000 of memberships were provided at no cost to the approximately 960 individuals that participated in our Corner Stone program supporting cancer survivors and their families. Aquatics - Our Y is a leading voice in community water safety.…
$28,137,870 spentof which $2,295,652 as grants$24,190,233 earned by the program41% of program spendingSocial Responsibility - At the Y, we believe that when we work together, we move individuals, families and communities forward. Since 1858, our Y has responded to society's most pressing needs by developing innovative, community-based solutions and uniting people from all walks of life to participate in and work for positive social change. Whether advocating for healthy food options for underserved communities, or giving people an affordable place to live, the Y is committed to empowering people with the resources and support needed to live healthy, connected and secure lives. Residence - Our Y provides affordable housing facilities in Beverly, Ipswich, Cape Ann, and Haverhill. Approximately 550 residents are provided a safe, affordable and clean space to call home.
$2,209,391 spent$3,719,109 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $68,025,857.
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 $107M to $120M (+12%).
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 8% · 2018 9% · 2019 11% · 2020 21% · 2021 36% · 2022 21% · 2023 26% · 2024 23% · 2025 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
30% of YMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE INC’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 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
Brandon Ruggieri
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 42 funders, grant income rose $779k → $3.7M.
19 of 106 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 YMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 106 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 THE NORTH SHORE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 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 THE NORTH SHORE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 36% · 2019 40% · 2020 41% · 2021 22% · 2022 45% · 2023 54% — 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
38% of YMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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 YMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE INC'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 $9.4M that is directly attributable, 54% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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 THE NORTH SHORE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half 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
Government funding YMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $27.4M on record — $1.2M federal, $26.2M state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.2M
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$24.3M
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$1.5M
- (HH) CONSULTANT SVCS (TO DEPTS)$300k
- (JJ) OPERATIONAL SERVICES$176k
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 THE NORTH SHORE INC
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 20 related entities
- Wadleigh House LLC · disregarded
- Yns Affordable Housing Inc · exempt
- Fuller Schoolhouse Road Inc · exempt
- Winter Street Housing LP · partnership
- Powder House Village LP · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE INC?
- YMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 106 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,033,484 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,379,066). 65 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 YMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE INC have?
- IRS filings report 106 organizations giving $19,033,484 in grants to YMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE INC, 65 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,379,066 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 106 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