Tennessee · Nonprofit
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE (6273)
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE (6273) (Tennessee) receives grants from 101 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,116,902 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($18,869,678). 62 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $98M
- Funders on record
- 101
- Grants received
- $38M
- Net assets
- $151M
What Young Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273) does
Mission
Our mission: a worldwide charitable fellowship united by a common loyalty to jesus christ for the purpose of helping people grow in spirit, mind and body. The ymca of middle tennessee is the region's leading nonprofit dedicated to strengthening community by nurturing the potential of children and teens, improving health and well-being and providing opportunities to give back and support our neighbors. For 150 years, we've been giving people of all ages and backgrounds the tools and support they need to learn, grow and thrive. With a presence in six middle tennessee counties, our y reached 238,823 lives in 2025.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Healthy living we're committed to improving the health and well-being of our community because we believe a community is strongest when everyone in it has the opportunity to live healthier in all areas of life-spirit, mind and body. Unfortunately, too many people in our community are suffering from a health and obesity crisis that is causing unnecessary harm and costing our state billions of dollars in preventable health care costs. Research shows that by investing in the health of our neighbors now, we can stop illnesses before they start, and the savings quickly add up in our community through: * improved quality of life * fewer illnesses * increased school performance * healthy aging * a better workforce how? We're committed to providing community-based health solutions that offer everyone, regardless of age, income or background, the opportunity to improve their health and well-being. Our strategies: prevention as a leading provider of holistic health and wellness services in our community, we help individuals and families practice the healthy lifestyle habits that have been proven to prevent illnesses ranging from diabetes and stroke to heart disease and many forms of cancer.…
$52,992,308 spentof which $2,959,313 as grants$58,792,678 earned by the program64% of program spendingYouth development why? We're committed to nurturing the potential of children and teens in our community because we believe the values and skills learned early on are the vital building blocks of life. Research shows that the way a child or teen spends their time away from school can play a critical role in their future success. Specifically, programs like those the y offers help youth: * find inspiration and meaning * do better in school * learn essential skills * develop socially and emotionally * gain confidence * feel safe and welcomed how? Every day we give thousands of youth the opportunity to discover their true potential and to cultivate the values, skills and relationships that will lead to positive behaviors and better health and educational achievement. Our strategies: provide a place to belong the y gives youth and teens in our community a safe place to belong while offering quality programs and services that make sure our kids' learning and development does not begin and end with the sound of the school bell. Develop character values and life skills the y connects kids to caring adult role models whose example and leadership teach kids critical character values and…
$28,254,154 spentof which $267,871 as grants$22,899,650 earned by the program34% of program spendingSocial responsibility why? Our y has been listening and responding to our community's most critical social needs for 150 years, and we remain committed to fostering a sense of social responsibility by providing people with opportunities to give back and support neighbors. History has taught us that lasting personal and social change only comes when we join hands to work together and support one another. How? Following christ's great commandment to love our neighbor, the y strives to provide places and environments where people can feel like they can belong, and where they can make a difference in their own neighborhood. Every day we work side-by-side with neighbors to provide opportunities for people to give back and to develop the community support and resources needed to address our region's most pressing challenges. Our strategies: nurturing supportive communities science is starting to prove what the y has long known: that when people form positive and mutually supportive relationships with one another, they can accomplish remarkable things for both themselves and their community. From group exercise to teen centers to senior social clubs, the y seeks to provide opportunities…
$992,530 spentof which $60,287 as grants$2,427,470 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $82,238,992.
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 $144M to $199M (+38%).
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 3% · 2018 3% · 2019 4% · 2020 17% · 2021 12% · 2022 18% · 2023 12% · 2024 10% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
11% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE (6273)’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. 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 27 funders to 44 funders, grant income rose $964k → $3.5M.
20 of 101 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.8M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest YMCA Foundation of Middle Tennessee). These are real filings, and they are not money YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE (6273) raised.
From the IRS filings of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE (6273)’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 101 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 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (6273) leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
82% 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 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (6273).
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 20% · 2019 38% · 2020 60% · 2021 87% · 2022 31% · 2023 24% — 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 OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE (6273)'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
67% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE (6273)'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 $12M that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 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 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (6273) runs a healthier operating margin 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 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (6273)
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 Tennessee
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
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- YMCA Foundation of Middle Tennessee · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE (6273)?
- YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE (6273) (Tennessee) receives grants from 101 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,116,902 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($18,869,678). 62 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% 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 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (6273) have?
- IRS filings report 101 organizations giving $38,116,902 in grants to YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE (6273), 62 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE (6273)?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $18,869,678 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE (6273) find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 101 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