New Jersey · Nonprofit
YMCA of Westfield NJ
YMCA of Westfield NJ (New Jersey) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $246,830 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($126,016). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $247k
- Net assets
- $25M
What YMCA of Westfield NJ does
Mission
The westfield area ymca is a nonprofit human service organization dedicated to developing the full potential of every individual and family in the communities it serves through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Westfield Area YMCA provides a wide range of stimulating, safe, and developmentally appropriate year-round and/or school year child care programs. The curriculum offers a well-balanced blend of social interaction and self-discovery through free play, art, music and learning centers. Full-day kindergarten is available and expands upon the public school curriculum and follows the public school calendar. The school age child care program provides a fun, active and nurturing learning environment for elementary school students before and/or after school in Cranford, Garwood, Mountainside and Westfield. Programs are offered at YMCA facilities and school sites. 935 children were served in 2025. The Westfield Area YMCA provides ACA-accredited summer day camps for children ages 3-15 for one week or the whole summer. (SEE ON SCHEDULE O)
$10,616,469 spentof which $21,200 as grants$9,660,768 earned by the program78% of program spendingThe Westfield Area YMCA welcomes people of every age, ability and life stage and supports those who need us most. At the Y programs are offered to strengthen people physically while sharpening their minds, helping them achieve wellness in spirit, mind and body. Throughout the year, the Y continued to serve the community as a food pantry drop-off site, hosted several clothing and hygiene product drives, and offers an angel tree in December so less fortunate children and families receive holiday gifts thanks to the generosity of our members. The Main Y Facility offers more than 170 pieces of cardio and strength training equipment, two pools, a double gym, racquetball courts, fitness classes and a free-weight room. The Cranford YMCA opened in 2024 and features over 50 pieces of fitness equipment and free weights, a multi-purpose room and indoor pool. The Westfield Area YMCA is a great place for everyone in the community to improve their health and wellness of spirit, mind and body.
$3,073,054 spent$4,770,202 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,689,523.
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 2022 to 2023, from $27M to $31M (+15%).
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: 2019 0% · 2020 17% · 2021 18% · 2022 6% · 2023 9% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
4% of YMCA of Westfield NJ’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. 1 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
Susan Morton
Chief Executive Officer
Board chair
Kristy Catlin
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $55k → $32k.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 Westfield NJ’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
YMCA of Westfield NJ leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
76% 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 Westfield NJ.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 55% · 2019 63% · 2020 51% · 2021 38% · 2022 51% · 2023 50% — 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
67% of YMCA of Westfield NJ's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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 Westfield NJ'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 $104k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from funders outside New Jersey, across 7 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $143k 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 Westfield NJ 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 Westfield NJ
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
90% 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 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for YMCA of Westfield NJ: 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 Westfield NJ?
- YMCA of Westfield NJ (New Jersey) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $246,830 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($126,016). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does YMCA of Westfield NJ have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $246,830 in grants to YMCA of Westfield NJ, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YMCA of Westfield NJ?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $126,016 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YMCA of Westfield NJ 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 14 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