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Young Men's Christian Association of Paterson NJ INC
Young Men's Christian Association of Paterson NJ INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $365,079 to it, the largest being National Council of YMCAs of the USA ($187,542). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.0M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $365k
- Net assets
- $3.8M
What Young Men's Christian Association of Paterson NJ INC does
Mission
The young mens christian association of paterson aka the y is an alliance of people of all ages, incomes, races, religions and ethnic groups dedicated to building a healthy body, healthy mind, and healthy spirit using christian principles such as love, righteousness, caring, humility, justice and unity. The y is a bridge that unites people.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Residence Program - The YMCA offers affordable permanent housing and shelter for free or for an affordable fee to the young, elderly, poor, unemployed, homeless and retired people. The purpose is to provide a wholesome environment designed to foster good citizenship and sound character. A variety of services such as counciling, tv and reading room, use of gym and pool are available to the residents. The program benefits approximatley 203 individuals. Case Management and consultation with social workers are also provided.
$821,315 spent$1,846,600 earned by the program35% of program spendingPreschool Program - The mission of the Preschool program is to provide vital educational and community programing that will enhance the mind, body and spirit of the preschoolers and their families. The program is a collaboration with the Paterson Board of Education to provide free education to residents with preschool aged children residing in the city of Paterson
$1,548,823 spent$1,510,111 earned by the program65% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,370,138.
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 2024 to 2025, from $5.6M to $4.6M (−18%).
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 42% · 2018 45% · 2020 49% · 2021 45% · 2022 54% · 2023 44% · 2024 38% · 2025 39%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
41% of Young Men's Christian Association of Paterson NJ 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. 2 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
Gerard Gilliam
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $25k → $26k.
2 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 Paterson NJ INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 11 of 15 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 Paterson NJ INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
62% 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 Paterson NJ INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 61% · 2019 76% · 2020 85% · 2021 97% · 2022 58% · 2023 55% — 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
40% of Young Men's Christian Association of Paterson NJ INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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 Paterson NJ INC draws 79% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 Paterson NJ INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Young Men's Christian Association of Paterson NJ INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $760 on record.
- GRANT IN AID$760
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 Paterson NJ 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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 Paterson NJ INC?
- Young Men's Christian Association of Paterson NJ INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $365,079 to it, the largest being National Council of YMCAs of the USA ($187,542). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Young Men's Christian Association of Paterson NJ INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $365,079 in grants to Young Men's Christian Association of Paterson NJ INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Young Men's Christian Association of Paterson NJ INC?
- National Council of YMCAs of the USA is the largest funder on record, with $187,542 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Young Men's Christian Association of Paterson NJ INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 15 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