Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ERIE
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ERIE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,179,153 to it, the largest being Greater Erie Community Action Committee ($1,644,162). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $4.2M
- Net assets
- $23M
What Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Erie does
Mission
At the ymca of greater erie, we put christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
EARLY LEARNING & SCHOOL-AGE ENRICHMENT At the YMCA, we strive to help all children reach their potential. We cultivate the values and skills that lead to positive behaviors, better health, and educational achievement. Woven into the fabric of the YMCA mission is a commitment to strengthening families. YMCA child care programs relieve the burden of balancing work and family, and enable parents of children in our care to remain gainfully employed, knowing their children are thriving in a safe, high-quality environment that offers a range of experiences that enrich social-emotional, cognitive and physical growth. During weather related remote school days and closures, the Y provided a safe environment for students so their parents can go to work. Expenses include subsidies and reduced fees that make participation possible for more than 60% of the children we engage. Our YMCA provides reduced fees for child care services. In 2025, the YMCA provided $79,062 in scholarships to 89 children to assist with their fees. The Y continues to accept children through the state subsidy program. We participated in the Pennsylvania tax credit program (Pre-K EITC) that allows businesses to recieve…
$9,813,251 spentof which $84,062 as grants$2,089,005 earned by the program67% of program spendingHEALTH & WELL-BEING Our Y is committed to improving the overall wellbeing of our community. We strive to bring families closer together, encourage healthy habits, and foster connections through fitness, sports, fun and shared interests. As a result, thousands of people in our community are receiving the support, guidance, and resources they need to achieve greater health in spirit, mind, and body. Our programs are designed to help people create realistic goals for self-improvement and emphasize disease prevention through regular exercise, proper nutrition, stress management, and health education. We collaborate with other agencies to provide programs structured specifically for our Active Older Adults, including land and water exercise, as well as an opportunity for social interaction. In addition, the Y created a Community Wellness Resources page within our website to give online users access to health information, family activities, and more. Our aquatic programs start developing physical skills in infancy through parent/child swim class and continue up through our Arthritis aquatics class for seniors; our family swim program gives adults and children shared time in the pool to…
$3,703,016 spentof which $296,402 as grants$4,885,783 earned by the program25% of program spendingVOLUNTEERS In 2025 We had 223 volunteers generate almost 4,900 hours of volunteer service to the Y and other local nonprofits, totaling more than $73,000. We have been called on by peer Ys and other nonprofits to help them in their volunteer program evolution and are looked to by local nonprofits as an expert in volunteer management. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE YMCA programs are offered at affordable fees for the community at large, with reasonable accommodations for those with special needs, and with financial assistance available for those who cannot afford the full fee. The YMCA provided more than $380,000 in financial assistance and community outreach programs for more than 15,000 children, teens, families, and seniors to help them live happier, healthier lives. MEALS FOR KIDS The YMCA of Greater Erie provides over 16,500 free summer meals to kids in partnership with community sites throughout Erie County. Meals are offered in partnership with local school districts, community centers, and churches - in identified underserved neighborhoods. Meals adhere to nutrition standards outlined in Y-USA's Healthy Eating & Physical Activity Standards. Freshly prepared meals directly into…
$1,151,947 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,668,214.
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 2021 to 2022, from $35M to $31M (−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 41% · 2018 41% · 2019 37% · 2020 54% · 2021 60% · 2022 61% · 2023 48% · 2024 46% · 2025 44%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
50% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ERIE’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. 3 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
James Mceldowney
CEO
Board chair
Eric Weislogel
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 9 funders, grant income fell $1.3M → $220k.
4 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 OF GREATER ERIE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 16 of 18 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 OF GREATER ERIE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 OF GREATER ERIE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 76% · 2019 36% · 2020 29% · 2021 56% · 2022 39% · 2023 57% — 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
75% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ERIE'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
88% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ERIE's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $860k 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
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ERIE is better cushioned 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
Organizations like YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ERIE
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In Pennsylvania
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
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 OF GREATER ERIE?
- YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ERIE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,179,153 to it, the largest being Greater Erie Community Action Committee ($1,644,162). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ERIE have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $4,179,153 in grants to YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ERIE, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ERIE?
- Greater Erie Community Action Committee is the largest funder on record, with $1,644,162 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ERIE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 18 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