Ohio · Nonprofit
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND (Ohio) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,551,738 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($10,036,000). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $32M
- Funders on record
- 57
- Grants received
- $21M
- Net assets
- $36M
What Young Mens Christian Association of Cleveland does
Mission
The ymca of greater cleveland's mission is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Health and Wellness In 2025, the Y offered an array of programs extending beyond mere exercise, tailored to foster holistic well-being for individuals of all ages. Numerous seniors engaged in activities aimed at enhancing their daily functionality, bolstering balance to prevent falls, promoting cardiovascular health, and participating in educational and social gatherings crafted to combat feelings of isolation and melancholy. Scores of adults grappling with chronic illnesses revamped their lifestyles through initiatives emphasizing nutritious eating habits, increased physical activity, and effective disease management. The Y's initiatives in water safety and swimming prioritized drowning prevention while equipping both youths and adults with vital aquatic skills, fostering confidence and safety around water. Moreover, the Y's sports programs afforded countless young participants the chance to cultivate teamwork skills within an environment deliberately fostering values of compassion, integrity, respect, and accountability.
$17,545,997 spentof which $526,291 as grants$14,314,993 earned by the program60% of program spendingSocial Responsibility Y-Haven provides transitional housing, Substance Use Disorder and mental health treatment, and other critical services to adult women and men who are experiencing homelessness, re-entering the community from incarceration, and seeking to recover from opioid use disorder. Y-Haven worked to help participants recover from addiction and mental illness, secure income and permanent housing, and reduce the likelihood of overdose. Y-Haven did this through the provision of safe transitional housing, high-quality behavioral health treatment, nursing care management, case management, vocational support, and other needed services. In 2025 Y-Haven provided transitional housing and Substance Use Disorder treatment to 609 adults, 46 of whom were Veterans experiencing homelessness. Sixty-eight percent of residents completed 90 days of Intensive Outpatient Treatment, and 45% obtained employment or training (less those receiving SSI/SSDI or engaged in intensive outpatient treatment). Less than 1% of those served recidivated to prison, and less than 5% returned to emergency shelter upon exiting the program. During 2025 Y-Haven completed a two-year, $6 million renovation of its…
$6,265,306 spentof which $719,419 as grants$5,685,598 earned by the program21% of program spendingYouth Development Our Youth Development programs continue to return to pre-COVID activity. In 2025, we served thousands of children in our various programs. For example, we provided 1,090 kids per day with our before-and-after-school (Y-Club) and pre-school programs. More than 2,000 children participated in our Junior Cavs program. Our summer camps served 1,913 children in day, sports and fine arts camps. We also taught thousands of kids and teens to swim. We were delighted to expand our Teen Leaders and Teen Cafe programs, providing positive and productive activities along with leadership training. Our We Run This City youth marathon program, serving kids in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and the Warrensville Heights City School District, had another successful year in partnership with the Cleveland Marathon. For all of our youth development programs, we provided need-based scholarships to make our programs more affordable. To determine how to allocate scholarships, we use several factors, such as the annual income of the applicant, the number of adults in the home, and the number of dependents.
$5,531,291 spentof which $361,261 as grants$4,528,616 earned by the program19% of program spendingCommunity Impact Over $956,000 in financial assistance for memberships and program participation. More than 3,712 senior citizens joined in 86 bus and air travel trips, helping us to fight isolation in the senior population. Every branch addressed local community needs in a variety of ways. 174 branch board volunteers and 347 program volunteers supported the YMCA
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $29,342,594.
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 $39M to $49M (+25%).
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 7% · 2019 6% · 2020 6% · 2021 32% · 2022 21% · 2023 14% · 2024 17% · 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND’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. 2 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
Timothy M Hilk
CEO and President
Board chair
LaRese B Purnell
Board Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $385k → $2.9M.
13 of 57 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 57 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 MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 OF CLEVELAND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 30% · 2019 51% · 2020 36% · 2021 88% · 2022 51% · 2023 75% — 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
35% of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
61% of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND'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 $8.0M that is directly attributable, 87% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 OF CLEVELAND's revenue grew 15% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND
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In Ohio
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
91%
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 OF CLEVELAND?
- YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND (Ohio) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,551,738 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($10,036,000). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% 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 OF CLEVELAND have?
- IRS filings report 57 organizations giving $20,551,738 in grants to YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND, 33 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $10,036,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 57 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