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YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,368,379 to it, the largest being ELBERT H EVELYN J & KAREN H WALDRON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($2,250,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $5.4M
- Net assets
- $26M
What Young Men's Christian Association of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc does
Mission
At the ymca of virginia's blue ridge, we believe a strong community can only be achieved when we invest in our kids, our health and our neighbors. That's why our association of men, women and children is committed to bringing about lasting personal and social change by focusing on nurturing the potential of children, promoting healthy living and fostering social responsibility. Our policy of welcoming people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, faiths, abilities and backgrounds gives us the opportunity to serve one out of every ten people in virginia's blue ridge. Financial assistance is offered to individuals and families who cannot afford memberships and programs. We are a cause-driven organization founded and led by volunteers from our community who serve on our governing and policy making boards and as mentors, coaches, and more.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Healthy living the ymca focuses on healthy living by advocating health and well-being from the inside out - the spirit, mind and body. The ymca provides about 31,000 people with recreational and fitness programs that include individual and group exercise, swimming, sports and age-specific recreations. In 2025, we provided 320,238 in financial assistance for membership, wellness and aquatics programs to overcome economic barriers to participation. As a part of this, we provide affordable memberships to women in recovery from our local rescue mission. This is particularly important as our nation struggles with an obesity crisis, families struggle with work/life balance and individuals search for personal fulfillment. We offer complimentary fitness orientations and health assessments to help members set goals to improve their health. In coordination with the ymca of the usa's activate america initiative, all ymca programs promote the long-term health benefits of good diet and regular exercise to combat obesity. We bring families together, offer support, recreational and social networks that build relationships and strengthen bonds. Our programs are accessible, affordable and open to…
$9,867,478 spent$10,356,728 earned by the program74% of program spendingYouth development the ymca is a leader in nurturing the potential of every child and teen. Each day, the ymca helps young people deepen positive values, their commitment to service and their motivation to learn. Our ymca youth outreach programs serve more than 3,000 boys and girls from preschool through high school each year. Many of these youth come from low-income neighborhoods and households unable to pay regular membership fees, so ymca programs are offered at reduced fees or at no cost. In 2025, over 105,720 was provided to needy families for their children to participate in programs. These programs include tutoring for academic achievement, structured recreation and sports, and mentoring that stresses the character values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. Community leaders, involved in area churches too, provide mentoring through youth sports programs. Opportunities for education against aids/hiv and gang prevention/intervention are also shared through "teachable" moments. Youth and teen programs help to grow leaders for the next generation, completing service projects in our community and forming bonds with each other and positive adult role models.
$3,317,895 spent$2,499,704 earned by the program25% of program spendingSocial responsibility our ymca provides a variety of programs to develop educational, social and leadership skills, and we partner with other community organizations including five local school districts to identify and respond to community needs. In 2025, working parents and parents furthering their education on a full-time basis were awarded almost 103,720 in financial assistance for their children to attend y after school. During the 2024-25 school year, the ymca launched all day enrichment sites to support hybrid and virtual learning, meeting each community's individual needs. The ymca after school program is one of the largest providers of school-age child care in the region. In a typical year twenty schools are served throughout virginia's blue ridge with over 500 preschool and elementary-age children through weekday afterschool care programs that stress academic success, structured recreation and mentoring. Most important, the ymca after school program enables parents to have a feeling of confidence that their child is being well cared for.
$143,341 spent$7,819 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,328,714.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $30M to $33M (+10%).
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: 2018 4% · 2019 3% · 2020 14% · 2021 12% · 2022 14% · 2023 9% · 2024 5% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Mike Flint
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 11 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $532k → $591k.
11 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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 VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
40% 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 VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 45% · 2019 52% · 2020 46% · 2021 48% · 2022 53% · 2023 48% — broadly stable.
“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
45% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC'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
92% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $295k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.
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In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- YMCA of Roanoke Valley Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC?
- YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC (Virginia) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,368,379 to it, the largest being ELBERT H EVELYN J & KAREN H WALDRON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($2,250,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $5,368,379 in grants to YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC?
- ELBERT H EVELYN J & KAREN H WALDRON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 34 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