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YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA (North Carolina) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,282,209 to it, the largest being DOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST ($1,809,805). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $33M
- Funders on record
- 66
- Grants received
- $8.3M
- Net assets
- $40M
What Young Men's Christian Association of Western North Carolina does
Mission
Our mission is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. The ymca is a place for being and belonging. We empower young people to reach their full potential, improve individual and community well-being, and give back and inspire action in our communities. The ymca welcomes all. We serve people of all ages, sizes, colors, beliefs, abilities, and incomes.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In an effort to serve everyone regardless of their ability to pay, the ymca of western north carolina provides financial assistance and subsidized services for individuals and families who might otherwise be unable to participate in ymca programs and services. The most important measure of the ymca is the impact we have on the lives of the people and communities we serve. Through our seven centers, 24 childcare sites, and programs throughout the community, the ymca has a positive impact on people of all ages and from all over the region. Our charitable work supports youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. Below are programs that make a positive impact in those areas. Youth development - afterschool childcare our afterschool programs provide students with developmentally appropriate activities that offer a combination of individual and group activities based on weekly themes and lesson plans. These programs adhere to the national healthy eating and physical activity (hepa) standards, increase the physical well-being of participants and promote health-promoting behaviors. - summer day camp we provide summer day camp at locations througout western north…
$23,658,074 spent$22,707,505 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $23,658,074.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $39M to $43M (+11%).
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 7% · 2018 9% · 2019 10% · 2020 13% · 2021 35% · 2022 29% · 2023 21% · 2024 14% · 2025 11%. 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 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
Tim Blenco
Current CEO
Board chair
John Pierce
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $273k → $1.4M.
20 of 66 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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: $327k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA raised.
From the IRS filings of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 66 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 WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
61% 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 WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 43% · 2019 27% · 2020 39% · 2021 31% · 2022 27% · 2023 38% — 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
42% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
70% of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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.
Organizations like YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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
- 30 Woodfin LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA?
- YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA (North Carolina) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,282,209 to it, the largest being DOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST ($1,809,805). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA have?
- IRS filings report 66 organizations giving $8,282,209 in grants to YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, 36 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA?
- DOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $1,809,805 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 66 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