Georgia · Nonprofit
YOUNG WOMEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ATLANTA
YOUNG WOMEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ATLANTA (Georgia) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,842,960 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC ($2,550,890). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $9.2M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $6.8M
- Net assets
- $15M
What Young Women Christian Association of Greater Atlanta does
Mission
YWCA Greater Atlanta is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Children's Services - Our Early Learning Academy provides a safe, nurturing, and comprehensive child development program for 180 children (ages 6 weeks - 5 years) that fosters the maximum development of each child socially, emotionally, physically, and cognitively while remaining affordable for their parents or caregivers. We provide 60 children with a free pre-k program, certified and funded by Georgia State Lottery (Bright From The Start). Children experience hands-on activities that prepare each one for kindergarten and beyond.
$2,420,965 spent$1,284,717 earned by the program73% of program spendingDigital Skills Academy - Women in low and moderate income communities face several barriers to economic and social progress that are not often acknowledged in public policy decisions. These include: access to affordable childcare; access to healthcare; and availability of training for jobs that pay a living wage. YWCA Greater Atlanta's Digital Skills Academy (DSA) addresses these barriers by providing programming at no cost to enable women to step beyond them. DSA provides workforce development experience for women to increase their skill sets and work in high-demand, technology-based careers that have higher salaries, greater upward mobility, and more flexible work schedules. Participants receive extensive support, training, and coaching. 72% of women submit job applications, and 41% of women secure career advancing positions. The program's impact goes beyond measurable outcomes, as it transforms participants' lives and creates new opportunities. Since 2021 the program has served over 300 women.
$359,305 spent11% of program spendingENCORE plus - Encoreplus is a community-based breast cancer awareness program designed to educate and increase breast cancer early detection among under-served and uninsured women of color. More than 1,200 women receive breast health education and more than 200 receive mammograms annually. The program addresses barriers to early breast cancer detection for women - particularly women of color- including poverty, lack of insurance, fear, culture, and system navigation, and educates program participants about breast cancer risk factors and prevention. The goal of the ENCOREplus program is to reduce the morbidity and mortality rates for underserved, uninsured, and underinsured women by providing, free mammograms, clinical breast exams and awareness to diagnose breast cancer in an early stage.
$247,105 spent7% of program spendingAdvocacy
$221,393 spentof which $15,991 as grants$27,600 earned by the program7% of program spendingTeen Girls in Technology
$90,493 spent3% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,339,261.
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 $10M to $16M (+52%).
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 13% · 2018 13% · 2019 13% · 2020 20% · 2021 41% · 2022 12% · 2023 7% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of YOUNG WOMEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ATLANTA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Danita Knight
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income fell $756k → $290k.
11 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 WOMEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ATLANTA’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 WOMEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ATLANTA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
80% 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 WOMEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ATLANTA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 35% · 2019 72% · 2020 90% · 2021 74% · 2022 42% · 2023 40% — 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
78% of YOUNG WOMEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ATLANTA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
72% of YOUNG WOMEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ATLANTA's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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 WOMEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ATLANTA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like YOUNG WOMEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ATLANTA
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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
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 WOMEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ATLANTA?
- YOUNG WOMEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ATLANTA (Georgia) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,842,960 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC ($2,550,890). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUNG WOMEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ATLANTA have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $6,842,960 in grants to YOUNG WOMEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ATLANTA, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG WOMEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ATLANTA?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,550,890 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG WOMEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ATLANTA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 26 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