Tennessee · Nonprofit
YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA
YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA (Tennessee) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,400,438 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF BRISTOL TN-VA INC ($669,217). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $3.9M
What Young Women's Christian Association Northeast Tn and Southwest Va does
Mission
To draw together members who strive to create opportunities for growth, leadership, and power in order to attain a common vision: peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all people.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The ywca children's center provides: the ywca children's center is licensed by the state of tennessee and serves children ages 6 weeks - 5 years of age. Quality, affordable early childhood education, and was bristol's first agency to offer childcare with fees based on family income. A sliding scale fee is offered to households incomes under $35,000 annually. 74% of families served receive financial assistance. 51% of the families served are single parent homes (moms, dads, grandparents). 42% of families served earned an annual income of less than $15,000. The program provides developmentally appropriate classroom environments as well as outdoor play areas. A nutritional breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack are provided to children one year of age and older. The center has received three stars in the state of tennessee star quality program, the highest level of achievement consecutively since 2000.
$2,398,091 spent$909,740 earned by the program89% of program spendingYwca community outreach:since 1943, women have joined together in a dedicated effort to enhance opportunities for women and children in our community. During world war ii, the ywca began as a residence for women who came to the area seeking employment. The programs at the ywca have changed through the years to meet the evolving needs of women. Ywca's mission is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Other community programs include women's leadership development training, week without violence, voter education forums, and poverty stimulation.
$269,449 spent$69,007 earned by the program10% of program spendingThe ywca women's fitness spa provides: a clean, non-intimidating environment for women to take care of their health and fitness--including a relaxing whirlpool, sauna, and steam room. Free personal training so that members feel confident about their workout regime and get support in staying motivated. A variety of fun, fitness classes where women can be social as they take good care of themselves. Members are educated to confidently use a variety of cardio and strength training equipment.
$26,945 spent$4,421 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,694,485.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $3.3M to $4.4M (+35%).
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: 2019 11% · 2020 46% · 2021 51% · 2022 59% · 2023 46% · 2024 54%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
67% of YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Kathy Waugh
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $92k → $180k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA’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'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 86% · 2019 89% · 2020 70% · 2021 36% · 2022 53% · 2023 45% — 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
50% of YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
69% of YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $255k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA holds deeper cash reserves 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
Government funding YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $536k on record.
- Appalachian Regional Commission$536k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- YWCA USA · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA?
- YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA (Tennessee) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,400,438 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF BRISTOL TN-VA INC ($669,217). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,400,438 in grants to YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA?
- UNITED WAY OF BRISTOL TN-VA INC is the largest funder on record, with $669,217 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 2019–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing