Montana · Nonprofit
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HELENA INC
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HELENA INC (Montana) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $654,162 to it, the largest being HAWKINS MARTHA A CHARITABLE TRUST ($278,325). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $654k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Young Men's Christian Association of Helena Inc does
Mission
The helena family ymca is a non-profit orgainzation dedicated to building self-esteem and enriching spirit, mind and body for persons of all ages and economic levels. This mission allows us to build strong kids, strong families and strong communities. The helena family ymca accomplishes these goals by providing a safe and nurturing enviroment. Our purpose is "connecting our community!"
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Child care - to provide high-quality child care by providing comprehensive activites for preschool and school age chilren, drawing on diverse members of the community thorughout the school year and summer months. We provide both full and part-time options to serve a wide range of family scheduling needs. Ymca child care programs relieve the burden of balancing work and family, making it possible for parents of children in our care to remian gainfully employed, knowing that their children are thriving in a safe, developmentally sound environment. The ymca provides tuition assistance for child care services to defray expenses and provide a variety of activities that emphasize parent education and help parents learn more about how to raise healthy, happy children who develop self-esteem, moral and ethical values.
$356,323 spent$776,381 earned by the program43% of program spendingHealth and wellness for youth and adults: helping people of all ages and abilities develop health in spirit, mind and body. Our programs are designed to help people create realistic goals for self - improvement and emphasize disease and obesity prevention through regular exercise, proper nutrition, stress management, and health education. Sports programs for youth, families and adults promote teamwork, interaction, and development of social and physical skills. Our team sports programs offer a variety of activities that ehphasize teamwork, skill development, fun competition, and equal participation.
$194,436 spent23% of program spendingYouth development programs: ymca youth and teen programs give kids good role models to help them develop self-esteem and good values, including cooperation, respect, good citizenship, and a strong work ethic. Our youth and government programs expose young people to civic leaders and help them develop an understanding and appreciation of civic involvement. Our service learning and enviromental programs help youth develop an appreciation of charitable service and preservation of our natural resources. Our ymca resident camp programs provide a lasting experience of personal enrichments. Residential and day camps offer adventure and learning activities that provide challence and promote spiritual awarement, mental development, physical well-being, social growth and self-respect. Camping helps youth become aware of their physical and mental capabilities, to recognize the value of cooperation, and to gain confidence.
$226,524 spent27% of program spendingY swim lessons: participants learn and practice new swimming skills and feel a sense of achievement from mastering something new that they can enjoy the rest of their lives. While participating in fun water sports and games, children also increase their physical activity levels. Participans in y swim lessons are connected to others in the class, make new friends and recognize new role models. The participants are more comfortable and secrue around water, as they learn water safety and improve their swim skills. Children have a stronger bond with their parents and family members from the take home activities of family huddles and sharing boating safeting tips.
$60,576 spent$2,619 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $837,859.
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 2019 to 2020, from $2.0M to $2.6M (+31%).
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: 2021 15% · 2022 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
36% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HELENA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Judi Allen
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $56k → $50k.
3 of 11 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 HELENA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 11 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 HELENA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
55% 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 HELENA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 39% · 2019 41% · 2020 35% · 2021 66% · 2022 49% · 2023 72% — 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 YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HELENA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HELENA INC draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $140k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 HELENA INC is better cushioned than half of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HELENA 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 Montana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Helena y Service Club · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HELENA INC: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HELENA INC?
- YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HELENA INC (Montana) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $654,162 to it, the largest being HAWKINS MARTHA A CHARITABLE TRUST ($278,325). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HELENA INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $654,162 in grants to YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HELENA INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HELENA INC?
- HAWKINS MARTHA A CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $278,325 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HELENA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Montana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
Play a game about who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Helena →
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 11 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