Colorado · Nonprofit
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN DENVER
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN DENVER (Colorado) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,822,168 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($2,473,087). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $24M
- Funders on record
- 45
- Grants received
- $7.8M
- Net assets
- $22M
What Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Denver does
Mission
The mission of the ymca of metropolitan denver is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. The ymca of metropolitan denver is recognized as the area's largest provider of family services. All persons are welcome at the ymca, regardless of age, gender, race, creed, or ability to pay. The ymca is led by volunteers from our community, providing mentoring, coaching, and program leadership. The ymca strengthens our community through our focus on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Youth development as one of the largest providers of youth programs in the state, the ymca of metro denver is nurturing the development of kids in early childhood, building life skills in early childhood, school and into youth adulthood. In the critical area of child care, the y is addressing access and affordability. At our two early child care centers, y academies, we supported families by providing 99 infants, toddlers and preschoolers with critical early child care allowing parents to work and, in 2024, extended our outreach with a partnership with goodwill of colorado excel center to provide care tuition-free to the children of students pursuing their high school diploma. Further, in 2024, the y partnered with parents and families and 12,143 children in the metro area gained confidence, made friends, boosted their skills in ymca youth development programs like sports, summer camp and out of school time. Of those, 4,517 in youth sports were learning teamwork, sportsmanship and character. Through our power scholars academy, students are experiencing an average of two months' gain in math and reading skills. The y is ideally positioned to help young adults navigate their…
$8,921,041 spentof which $681,318 as grants$8,743,217 earned by the program39% of program spendingCommunity health & well-being the ymca of metro denver continues to grow, adapt and serve our community with unwavering dedication. We are uniquely positioned to address community health needs now and, in the future, by taking a holistic approach- addressing family needs from newborns to older adults in our community. In 2024, 76,000 people were served in the denver metro area by the ymca through physical and mental health programs at our six ymca wellness centers and program sites. Programs range from group exercise, cycling and swimming to nutrition and health coaching to painting and cooking classes to book clubs and bingo activities. We continued our outreach to communities in 2024 and furthering our impact to address areas of chronic disease by supporting the 625+ individuals referred to our high-blood pressure self-monitoring, cancer, parkinsons and other programs through the ymca.
$13,890,653 spentof which $208,891 as grants$11,352,752 earned by the program61% of program spendingCommunity impact the y is one of the few non-profit organizations embedded throughout the community, and positioned to help address inequity. By partnering with municipalities, non-profits, corporations, foundations, school districts and individuals, we extend our reach to ensure the y is accessible to all. We are helping families in need by continuing to address food insecurity and, in 2024, distributed 56,640 meals and snacks through our beyond hunger food pantry program. Through a partnership with the city of centennial, our centennial ymca center of generations brings together youth and older adults in a multi- generational space. There, teens and older adults enjoy fitness and cooking classes, esports, movies, games and much more. Parents, families and community members are also contributing 7,264 volunteer hours in coaching youth sports, gardening projects, food distribution and teen service projects. At the y, we endeavor to provide programs and services that are affordable and accessible and, in 2024, granted 411,311 in financial assistance to individuals and families in our community. As we move into our 150th year, we are committed to building a stronger, more resilient…
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,811,694.
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 $45M to $40M (−13%).
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 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 4% · 2020 2% · 2021 16% · 2022 28% · 2023 16% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
13% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN DENVER’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. 4 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.
Board chair
Meridith Marshall
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 16 funders, grant income fell $2.1M → $804k.
17 of 45 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 METROPOLITAN DENVER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 45 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 METROPOLITAN DENVER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
83% 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 METROPOLITAN DENVER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 31% · 2019 45% · 2020 29% · 2021 30% · 2022 23% · 2023 33% — 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
38% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN DENVER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
52% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN DENVER'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 $3.8M that is directly attributable, 59% of it comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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 METROPOLITAN DENVER receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $7.8M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,288 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN DENVER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $350k on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$350k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN DENVER
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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 METROPOLITAN DENVER?
- YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN DENVER (Colorado) receives grants from 45 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,822,168 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($2,473,087). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN DENVER have?
- IRS filings report 45 organizations giving $7,822,168 in grants to YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN DENVER, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN DENVER?
- COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,473,087 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN DENVER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 45 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