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YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY (Iowa) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,915,764 to it, the largest being Marie H Bechtel Charitable Trust ($2,284,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $6.9M
- Net assets
- $52M
What Young Men's Christian Association of the Iowa Mississippi Valley does
Mission
The mission of the ymca is to put judeo-christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. The cause of the y is to strengthen community. This work is achieved through three focus areas: youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Healthy living with three state-of-the-art facilities constructed in the past five years anchoring our exceptional service to members of the association and the surrounding community, our ymca continues to serve as one of the leading organizations in our region. In 2025, we provided scholarships and different levels of financial assistance to 15,485 total members out of the over 90,000 people of all ages, backgrounds, socio-economic levels and religions we served through membership and programs. Senior membership subsidies have become an important component of our service line to our community. On average, we cover half of the monthly charges for older adults who receive membership through their insurance providers. In 2025, we provided direct subsidies to 3,635 senior members, which includes coverage to health plans that provide fees, to ensure that the older adults of our community had a safe and caring environment to be healthy. A crucial driver of member satisfaction is access to unlimited group exercise classes. We provided over 13,000 total classes as opportunities to join together in person with others. We had over 190,000 participations in land and water exercise classes.…
$6,789,375 spent55% of program spendingYouth development our y began by serving disengaged youth 167 years ago, and this remains a major focus of our community-building work. We continue to be a leader in quality child care and preschool in the three counties we serve. 63 students in our high-quality childcare program are able to do so because of assistance from a scholarship or through dhs funding. Our continued focus on services to families with young children made additional impacts in our local economy. Although staffing levels continued to be a challenge that limited our capacity, our childcare and preschool programs were able to maintain operations at two early learning centers, which 60% were on a form of financial assistance. Weeks through kindergarten, and we successfully report that 100% of our participants graduated preschool and tested "ready for kindergarten" which is a key indicator in educational outcomes for a student's life. As social emotional stress and negative behaviors continued to create obstacles for students and staff in our schools, the need for the ymca outreach programs have become more critical than ever. Increased burdens are being placed on educators and the juvenile justice program,…
$5,391,957 spent44% of program spendingSocial responsibility volunteers, donors and community support continue to drive our charitable mission forward. Together, our community resources ensure that no one is turned away due to an inability to pay as we maintain our brand promise of service to all. One of the best indicators of the support we provide to our local children, adults, families and seniors is the amount of direct financial assistance. In 2025, we provided $2.1million that provided immediate opportunities to those in need. Our annual fundraising campaign ensures we can provide the level of assistance required by the needs of our community. In 2025, 1,777 donors provided $1,130,343 in pledges and donations. For 167 years, volunteers have led our ymca to ensure we are engaging the community appropriately, prioritizing challenges, and setting the best strategic agenda. Both our corporate ymca, and our branches, have their own volunteer leadership teams. We work to ensure these boards are reflections of the communities we serve, and cover a spectrum of leaders from different aspects of business, education, nonprofit and faith-based communities.
$88,384 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,269,716.
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 $42M to $61M (+45%).
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.
20% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY’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. 0 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.
Chief executive
Brad Martell
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $79k → $1.1M.
7 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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: $3.2M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way Quad Cities). These are real filings, and they are not money YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY raised.
From the IRS filings of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
39% 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 THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 62% · 2019 48% · 2020 26% · 2021 27% · 2022 30% · 2023 31% — 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
50% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
87% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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 THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
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In Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 of the Iowa Mississippi Valley · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY?
- YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY (Iowa) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,915,764 to it, the largest being Marie H Bechtel Charitable Trust ($2,284,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $6,915,764 in grants to YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY?
- Marie H Bechtel Charitable Trust is the largest funder on record, with $2,284,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 29 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