Illinois · Nonprofit
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $410,150 to it, the largest being Bertrand Hopper Memorial Foundation ($230,850). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $410k
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What Young Mens Christian Association does
Mission
The mission and purpose of the ymca is to put christian principles into action through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. Ymca programs focus on four core values: caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility, we serve men, women and children of all ages, races, abilities, incomes and religions. We provide financial assistance to those who need it. We identify needs within our community and respond to them so that the entire community benefits from our efforts. No one is ever denied participation or membership to the ymca regardless of race, religion or inability to pay.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Health, wellness & fitness: the associations health, wellness and fitness programs help acheive a unity of spirit, mind and body through medically based programs that stress proper exercise, nutrition, stress management, avoidance of drugs and alcohol abuse, and health education. The association offers a lifelong progression of health and fitness activities, experiences and education including programs for children, teens, familiies and seniors. Some of these programs include: preschool movement, parent/child exercise, aerobics, strenth training and senior fitness. The vast majority of our 2,400 program members participate in these programs.
$396,198 spent$329,095 earned by the program37% of program spendingSports & recreation: these programs for youth and adults promote appreciation of ones own self worth. Youth sports focus on the full and equal participation of each youth. Youth programs help strengthen families through parent coaching and attendence. Youth participation in sports builds lifelong positive attitudes, habits of healthy exercise, good nutrition and instill recreational activities as important into adult life. Youth and adult programs include: indoor/outdoor soccer, basketball, tennis, volleyball, raquetball and other sports and recreational activities. Those with special needs are welcomed in both youth and adult programs. Programs at all levels value cooperation over competition, fair play over winning at all costs, good health over a good score, and building self-esteem over beating the opponent. The association knows that with this approach everyone wins-undefeated in spirit, mind and body.
$235,578 spent$194,625 earned by the program22% of program spendingAquatics: these programs are part of the associations overall goal of building healthy spirit, mind and body. The aquatic center facility offers lap swimming, areas for aquaerobics, water walk/ lazy river, vortex and over 100 slide, in addition to aquatic areas for infants and toddlers. In addition to providing specific swimming and water safety skills; aquatics programs promote good health through regular exercise, teamwork, self-confidence and leadership. These programs are offered at fees affordable to the community at large. Youth participate in progressive swim classes and adult participate in aquatic exercise programs. Seniors participate in specially designed classes to increase joint flexibility and help relieve pain. The association also provides an excellent resource for our local medical community to refer patients to for low impact rehabilitative programs. Lifeguard training and certification classes are also provided. The association aquatic programs offered activities for over 500 people from infants through seniors.
$203,454 spent$171,654 earned by the program19% of program spendingAll other programs including educational & social: the association also offers numerous other programs for youth and adults including: after school and schools out programs that offer youth an opportunity to be in a structured educational and social environment outside of school times led by trained staff. The association also offers
$235,578 spent$194,560 earned by the program22% of program spendingGrade school and jr. High aged youth teen centers weekly that offer a safe, fun environment to socialize that promotes the associations core values and mission.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,070,808.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.4M to $3.3M (+41%).
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: 2020 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
12% of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Bruce Blanshan
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $8k → $47k.
5 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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: $105k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Memorial Health System Group). These are real filings, and they are not money YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION’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 MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
26% 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 MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 80% · 2021 56% · 2022 70% · 2023 58% — 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
75% of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION'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
100% of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $80k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
- YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Illinois) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $410,150 to it, the largest being Bertrand Hopper Memorial Foundation ($230,850). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $410,150 in grants to YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
- Bertrand Hopper Memorial Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $230,850 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 10 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