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YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO
YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO (Ohio) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,821,755 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($2,758,059). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 67
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $17M
What Young Womens Christian Association of Cleveland Ohio does
Mission
The young women's christian association is an organization affiliated with the ywca of the usa and the world council of ywca's. The mission of the ywca is eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The ywca greater cleveland trauma-informed early learning center is a preschool serving 50 vulnerable families in an innovative framework that supports the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive growth of families and their children aged 3-5 years that are experiencing homelessness or other similar adverse experiences. The two-generational program model assesses and identifies the social and emotional needs of the children, works with families to create goals and case plans, to prevent re-occurrence of homelessness, and empowers families to achieve and maintain the highest level of self-sufficiency.
$1,278,438 spent$791,293 earned by the program20% of program spendingNurturing independence and aspirations(nia) - nia is a trauma-informed system of care for young adults between the ages 14 to 24 transitioning from failing systems, including foster care. Nia focuses on six dimensions of a young adult's life: housing, education, employment, health, permanence, and engagement. The many activities offered within nia are provided under the guidance of a life coach. Nia participants find stable housing, pursue educational opportunities, focus on career development, learn the importance of healthcare, and develop life skills.
$706,726 spent$437,430 earned by the program11% of program spendingNorma herr - ywca provides operating and case management services for norma herr women's center (nhwc). Ywca's goal for the center is to provide access to immediate low barrier shelter and services to empower women in the nhwc to receive the services to which they are entitled and which they often require in order to overcome their experiences of homelessness, trauma, physical and substance abuse, and re-establish self-sufficiency and independence in our community.
$4,314,826 spent$2,670,673 earned by the program67% of program spendingAdvocay and inclusions:
$150,470 spent$93,134 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,450,460.
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 2019 to 2020, from $10M to $16M (+49%).
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 11% · 2018 9% · 2019 8% · 2020 2% · 2021 9% · 2022 18% · 2023 13% · 2024 13% · 2025 22%. 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 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
Helen Forbes-Fields
President & CEO
Board chair
Jill Bautista
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 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 6 funders to 33 funders, grant income rose $218k → $1.9M.
14 of 67 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 67 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 WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
83% 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 WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 35% · 2019 22% · 2020 27% · 2021 48% · 2022 13% · 2023 20% — 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
60% of YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
88% of YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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 WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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 5 related entities
- A Place 4 Me Collaborative · exempt
- YWCA Independence Place LLC · partnership
- Cogswell LLC · partnership
- YWCA Independence Place Inc · corp_trust
- Cogswell Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO?
- YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO (Ohio) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,821,755 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($2,758,059). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO have?
- IRS filings report 67 organizations giving $13,821,755 in grants to YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO, 40 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO?
- THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,758,059 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO 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 67 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