Alabama · Nonprofit
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Alabama) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,797,202 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($10,011,500). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $21M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $43M
What Young Mens Christian Association does
Mission
The montgomery ymca, reflecting its judeo-christian heritage, is an association of volunteers, members, and staff open to and serving all, providing programs and services which develop spirit, mind, and body. Montgomery ymca statement of purpose "the young men's christian association, we regard as being in its essential genius, a world wide fellowship, united by a common loyalty to jesus christ, for the purpose of developing christian personality and building a christian society." the montgomery ymca seeks to help its members: develop self-confidence and self-respect and an appreciation of their own worth as individuals. Develop a faith for daily living based upon the teachings of jesus, that they may achieve their highest potential as children of god. Grow as responsible members of their families and as citizens of their communities. Appreciate that health of mind and body is a sacred gift, and that physical fitness and mental well being are conditions to be achieved and maintained. R
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Support assets - making connections between parents, extended family members, and non-related adults and youth. Constructive use of time - ymca sponsored activities and supervised recreation provide opportunities for positive use of our youth's time through after school programs, teen nights, summer day camps, holiday and school break camps and youth sports. Commitment to learning - tutoring and homework assistance in after school programs develops a sense of commitment and a healthy perspective on learning, while nurturing the all-important "mentor relationships." social and physical competencies - art programs and youth sports help develop skills that promote good decisions and a healthy outlook on competition. Positive identity - community-related programming such as "youth in government" encourages adolescents to take on leadership roles while establishing a sense of self-worth. In addition, creative venues and councils allow young people to contribute their ideas which are used to develop new programs, establish rules and guidelines and help plan youth events. Empowerment - young people learn the importance of serving others through program-specific volunteerism as well as…
$20,292,979 spent$14,895,024 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $20,292,979.
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 $34M to $42M (+26%).
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 9% · 2018 10% · 2019 12% · 2020 15% · 2021 26% · 2022 28% · 2023 37% · 2024 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
34% of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $175k → $200k.
8 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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: $3.4M from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest YMCA Endowment Foundation). 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 85% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 69% · 2018 75% · 2019 84% · 2020 88% · 2021 99% · 2022 83% · 2023 79% — 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
40% of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
86% of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION'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 $1.7M that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from funders outside Alabama, across 9 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10M 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.
Against its field
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
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 Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% 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 Endowment · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
- YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Alabama) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,797,202 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($10,011,500). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $11,797,202 in grants to YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $10,011,500 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 Alabama. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 22 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