Illinois · Nonprofit
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION JOLIET
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION JOLIET (Illinois) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,957,083 to it, the largest being MORRIS HOSPITAL ($4,534,091). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $27M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $9.0M
- Net assets
- $59M
What Young Men's Christian Association Joliet does
Mission
To put christian principles into practice by developing relationships among all persons and providing programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body. The y provides financial assistance, to all who are in need. No one is turned away for inability to pay.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The ymca's kid zone program is a recreation-based before and after school care program, serving approximately 2,000 children, that operates in local schools. The ultimate purpose of the program is to meet the ymca's mission to help the children we serve grow and develop in spirit, mind, and body, while supporting families in our communities and helping to meet educational needs. Children are supervised by trained ymca professionals who develop and deliver a program comprised of active games, crafts, independent study, and homework help. The ymca provides financial assistance to all who qualify and could not otherwise afford childcare.
$2,518,328 spent$4,517,915 earned by the program17% of program spendingThe ymca's summer day camp program serves over 1,300 children per summer and takes place in eight locations throughout the community. The program offers children a quality summer camp experience that is based on the ymca core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. Our summer camp program offers a strong focus on youth character development, in a safe, nurturing environment where children learn, develop, and grow under the watchful supervision of trained ymca professionals. The ymca provides financial assistance to all who quality and cannot otherwise afford ymca services.
$2,281,598 spent$1,656,872 earned by the program16% of program spendingThe ymca offers a diverse selection of aquatics programming for all ages, with a focus on swim lessons and drowning prevention for youth, in which approximately 2,500 children participate in throughout the year. As with all programs offered, the purpose of the program is to help children grow and develop in spirit, mind, and body through the ymca's core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. Children are taught the fundamentals of swimming skills and water safety , with an emphasis on personal, progressive development, while instilling a life-long love of the activity. The ymca provides financial assistance to all children who qualify and would otherwise be unable to afford to participate in the programs.
$1,799,855 spent$922,447 earned by the program12% of program spendingAdditional ymca program offerings include membership, preschool, birthday parties, senior activities, and wellness classes and opportunities. Also included is certain expenses that are not allocated to specific programs, including depreciation, interest, membership, and facility maintenance.
$8,058,001 spent$7,700,744 earned by the program55% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,657,782.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $59M to $78M (+32%).
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 0% · 2018 1% · 2019 11% · 2020 18% · 2022 6% · 2023 4% · 2024 22% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Kathryn Leclair
President & CEO
Board chair
Cheri Rubocki
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $172k → $2.4M.
13 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION JOLIET’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 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
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION JOLIET leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION JOLIET.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 75% · 2019 59% · 2020 43% · 2021 54% · 2022 33% · 2023 60% — 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
47% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION JOLIET'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
93% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION JOLIET's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.
Organizations like YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION JOLIET
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION JOLIET?
- YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION JOLIET (Illinois) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,957,083 to it, the largest being MORRIS HOSPITAL ($4,534,091). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION JOLIET have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $8,957,083 in grants to YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION JOLIET, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION JOLIET?
- MORRIS HOSPITAL is the largest funder on record, with $4,534,091 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION JOLIET find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 38 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