California · Nonprofit
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO (California) receives grants from 156 organizations whose IRS filings report $54,791,203 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($18,454,100). 90 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $122M
- Funders on record
- 156
- Grants received
- $55M
- Net assets
- $86M
What Young Men's Christian Association of San Francisco does
Mission
Our mission is to build healthy, sustainable, and equitable communities for all generations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Economic & social mobility: we champion economic and social mobility by fostering pathways to education, employment, and financial stability. We partner with city and county leadership to ensure long-term sustainability of anchor efforts towards generational economic and social mobility. Through career development programs, training, community navigation and referral services, barrier removal efforts, academic achievement, and digital access efforts, we empower individuals towards lasting economic and social mobility. We provide job readiness and skills development through learning hubs, alternative education, workforce/employment training, and internship/apprenticeship partnerships with local organizations and companies across the bay area. Our financial assistance and poverty alleviation efforts ensure that economic barriers do not prevent individuals from accessing life skill and career-building programs, improving quality of life, and personal development opportunities and that drive long-term financial and societal mobility for all.
$53,870,572 spentof which $1,782,395 as grants$10,868,778 earned by the program52% of program spendingCommunity well-being: the ymca is a leading catalyst and provider of whole-person health - spirit, mind and body. We create safe, welcoming, and inclusive spaces that promote physical and mental well-being, social connection, and community bridge-building. Our holistic and culturally responsive health and well-being programs consist of individual and group exercise, youth and adult sports, rehabilitation and reengagement programs, aquatics, mental wellness education, and more. We prioritize human-centered well-being opportunities through donor-funded financial assistance, and ensure all individuals, regardless of income or background, have access to high impact and quality opportunities, aligning with our efforts to build thriving communities. We ensure that our programs enhance quality of life for all ages and abilities focused on improving individual and community well-being. Through the generosity of ymca donors, financial assistance ensures accessibility for all in the community. No one is turned away for an inability to pay.
$34,853,669 spent$22,489,121 earned by the program33% of program spendingYouth development - all ages and life stages: at the ymca, we strive to create a safe and inclusive community where individuals and families of all ages - especially youth - can discover and nurture their potential. We believe that growth and learning are lifelong journeys and are privileged to support individuals at every stage of life. Through early childhood, youth and leadership development, and initiatives that bridge generations, we aim to cultivate strong values, encourage learning, and foster meaningful engagement. Our youth programs focus on building essential cognitive, social-emotional, leadership, and life skills, grounded in core values. We offer opportunities for empowerment, including therapeutic mentoring and leadership development, with the hope of fostering self-confidence, advocacy skills, and career readiness for lasting success. Recognizing that development encompasses all ages and life stages, we also offer programs and services for adults and seniors, including senior programming, brain health initiatives, and diabetes prevention. These programs contribute to combating social isolation and building vibrant, connected communities, strengthening…
$15,524,087 spent$18,706,577 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $104,248,328.
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 2020 to 2021, from $89M to $121M (+36%).
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 33% · 2018 31% · 2019 32% · 2020 35% · 2021 40% · 2022 54% · 2023 44% · 2024 44% · 2025 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
53% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (17% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Gina Gregory-Burns
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 41 funders to 54 funders, grant income rose $1.8M → $5.7M.
25 of 156 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 SAN FRANCISCO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 156 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 SAN FRANCISCO has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% 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
75% 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 SAN FRANCISCO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 20% · 2018 15% · 2019 13% · 2020 24% · 2021 66% · 2022 20% · 2023 53% — 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
41% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
53% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO'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 $26M that is directly attributable, 79% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $29M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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 SAN FRANCISCO runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 180 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 180 human services nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $9.0M on record.
- Department of Justice$9.0M
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 SAN FRANCISCO
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 2 related entities
- Charitable Remainder Trusts (3) · corp_trust
- Charitable Gift Annuities (8) · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO?
- YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO (California) receives grants from 156 organizations whose IRS filings report $54,791,203 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($18,454,100). 90 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% 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 SAN FRANCISCO have?
- IRS filings report 156 organizations giving $54,791,203 in grants to YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO, 90 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $18,454,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 156 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