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YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER RICHMOND (6769)
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER RICHMOND (6769) (Virginia) receives grants from 103 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,818,213 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($5,934,249). 66 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $58M
- Funders on record
- 103
- Grants received
- $22M
- Net assets
- $88M
What Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Richmond (6769) does
Mission
The ymca of greater richmond's mission is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. The organization served approximately 205,770 people in 2025.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Healthy living is the largest of the ymca's program expenses. The y's commitment to advancing whole health - spirit, mind, and body - makes it a leading voice on health and well-being in the communities that we serve. Our healthy living philosophy runs through every program we offer and it is central to our mission. We bring families closer together, encourage good health, and foster connections through fitness, fun and shared interests. At the end of 2025, the association was serving 193,318 members at seventeen branches. Financial assistance of over $4.85 million was provided to individuals who may otherwise not have been able to afford the full cost of membership and programming.
$22,143,650 spent$34,111,923 earned by the program45% of program spendingYouth development is the second largest of our program expenses. The y provides enriching learning opportunities to youth through education, support, physical and emotional guidance to prepare them for a lifetime of thriving. We do this by providing academic support, physical activity, social connectivity, family engagement, while promoting healthy eating habits in all of our programs. We offer children and teens the opportunity to cultivate the values, skills and relationships that lead to educational achievement, positive behaviors and better health. Over 12,184 children were enrolled in youth sports in 2025 across the association. 16,922 individuals were involved in swimming programs, as the y emphasized its drowning prevention programming both at its facilities and in cooperation with local school systems. The y served 3,069 children in its after-school programs, while over 1,300 of these students received financial assistance. The ymca served over 5,682 children in its summer camp programs and power scholar academy services were offered in henrico county and the city of petersburg. Financial assistance of over $1.46 million was provided to individuals who may otherwise not…
$19,438,271 spent$13,016,138 earned by the program39% of program spendingSocial responsibility is the third largest of our program expenses. The y is committed to being accessible to everyone by identifying, addressing and eliminating economic, geographical and cultural barriers. At the y, everyone has the opportunity to belong. Through our new community impact initiative, we are emphasizing community health, adaptive programs, active older adults, welcome centers, and spirituality. We do this by engaging and convening the varying demographics in our community to live, work and play through our program services and volunteerism. In 2025, 15,562 individuals volunteered their time, talent, and treasure to ymca of greater richmond programs. The y provides subsidized school aged programs in multiple communities to allow children the opportunity to attend before and after school programs. The y continued its longstanding bright beginnings program by collecting school supplies from community groups and providing special events for the distribution of the supplies to 2,483 students through local elementary schools. The y expanded its social needs navigation programs in the richmond region providing access to food, shelter, and healthcare resources to over…
$7,896,723 spent$1,901,476 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $49,478,644.
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 2018 to 2019, from $90M to $112M (+24%).
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 0% · 2019 17% · 2020 14% · 2021 20% · 2022 16% · 2023 6% · 2024 5% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
13% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER RICHMOND (6769)’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. 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.
Chief executive
Jody Alexander
President & CEO
Board chair
Christopher M Shockley
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 24 funders to 43 funders, grant income rose $2.5M → $2.7M.
23 of 103 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 RICHMOND (6769)’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 103 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 RICHMOND (6769) has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
70% 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 RICHMOND (6769).
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 27% · 2019 38% · 2020 32% · 2021 28% · 2022 27% · 2023 40% — 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
54% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER RICHMOND (6769)'s funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
75% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER RICHMOND (6769)'s grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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 RICHMOND (6769) is better cushioned than half of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER RICHMOND (6769)
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER RICHMOND (6769)?
- YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER RICHMOND (6769) (Virginia) receives grants from 103 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,818,213 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($5,934,249). 66 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER RICHMOND (6769) have?
- IRS filings report 103 organizations giving $21,818,213 in grants to YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER RICHMOND (6769), 66 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER RICHMOND (6769)?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,934,249 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER RICHMOND (6769) find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 103 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