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YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PRINCETON
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PRINCETON (New Jersey) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,667,213 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($461,234). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2022
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $0
What Young Mens Christian Association of Princeton does
Mission
The Y.M.C.A. of Princeton (Princeton Family YMCA) is a charitable, not-for-profit community organization dedicated to enriching the spirit, mind and body and improving the quality of life. We create and deliver values-based programs that draw their inspiration from our Judeo-Christian heritage. We welcome and serve people of all ages, races and creeds, with an emphasis on families and youth.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2021 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Following years of evaluation and due diligence, the Princeton Family YMCA's Board of Directors voted unanimously on February 24, 2022 to merge the independent organization into, Greater Somerset County YMCA, a larger neighboring YMCA association to sustain the Y's mission in the Princeton region, and leverage the collective impact of working together to ensure a brighter future for residents in the Princeton Family YMCA's service area, including Montgomery Township (Somerset County). As of March 4, 2022, the Princeton Family YMCA merged into Greater Somerset County YMCA (EIN 22-1559439) and became the most southern branch.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Quality School Age Childcare for Working Families: When schools are in session, families entrust the care of their children in grades K to 5 in the Princeton and Montgomery Township school districts in our School Age Child Care programs including MASH (My After School Home) and PYA (Princeton Young Achievers). Our state-licensed program emphasizes the YMCA core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. The Y also offers the Y Zone program as an affordable option for quality care for children during out-of-school time and holidays. Y school-age childcare programs have a demonstrated track record of ensuring best practices, accreditations and certifications, quality staff management and recruitment, and enriching program content. Nationally, the YMCA is the largest not-for-profit child care provider in the country. We know firsthand how difficult it can be to find balance in one's family life, and this was never more apparent than during the pandemic. That's why the Y is for working families every day, making sure that they and the larger community have the resources and support needed to learn, grow and thrive. During the pandemic, the Princeton Family YMCA was the…
$686,262 spentof which $7,677 as grants$659,027 earned by the program51% of program spendingFor Healthy Living: We're passionate about improving our community's health and wellbeing. We also know that stopping disease from starting is far more powerful than fighting it once it arrives. The Y provides resources and space along with support and guidance to help maintain or improve physical fitness; address individual health issues such as obesity or diabetes management; and achieve true balance in spirit, mind and body. Since re-opening the facility in September 2020 and rebuilding from the pandemic, our members have resumed exercise and fitness routines to enhance their physical and mental health, which includes use of the swimming pool and the wellness center. Since the start of COVID, it has become even more essential for people to have access to resources to stay active, practice a healthy lifestyle to prevent illness and disease, manage pain, reduce anxiety and depression with regular exercise, and connect to others socially.
$514,337 spentof which $41,431 as grants$493,925 earned by the program38% of program spendingFor Youth Development: We believe that all kids deserve the opportunity to discover who they are and what they can achieve. That's why, through the Y, millions of youth today are cultivating the values, skills and relationships that lead to positive behaviors, better health and educational achievement. Among its many commitments, collectively the YMCA is dedicated to equity initiatives and closing the achievement/opportunity gap among low-income students and reducing summer learning loss through a variety of programs including Princeton Young Achievers (an affordable afterschool program that serves 85-90 children in grades K to 5 for families who qualify for free/reduced meals) and the ACE mentoring program for teens who are chronically absent from school. Each summer, for 9 - 10 weeks, the Princeton Family YMCA provides enriching day camp experiences for 500+ children. Accredited by the American Camping Association (ACA), the Princeton Family YMCA's Summer Day Camp is one of the most powerful ways for youngsters to learn lessons that will serve them throughout their lives. The Y also provides the Seventh Grade Initiative (7GI), welcoming seventh graders to safe space as they grow…
$140,969 spent$135,375 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2021 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,341,568.
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 2021 to 2022, from $9.9M to $0 (−100%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 17% · 2022 31%. 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 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 10 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $87k → $140k.
4 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 PRINCETON’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 OF PRINCETON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
66% 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 PRINCETON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 81% · 2019 82% · 2020 81% · 2021 24% · 2022 49% · 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
21% of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PRINCETON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
56% of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PRINCETON'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 $739k that is directly attributable, 87% of it comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $928k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PRINCETON
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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 PRINCETON?
- YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PRINCETON (New Jersey) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,667,213 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($461,234). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% 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 PRINCETON have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $1,667,213 in grants to YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PRINCETON, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PRINCETON?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $461,234 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PRINCETON find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 24 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