West Virginia · Nonprofit
YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC
YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC (West Virginia) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,581,270 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($788,670). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.3M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $3.6M
- Net assets
- $19M
What YWCA of Charleston West Virginia Inc does
Mission
Since 1912, the ywca has been fulfilling its mission of eliminating racism and empowering women. Through its diverse and comprehensive network of social service programs, and racial justice work, the ywca serves clients in many ways: shelter, case management, counseling, education, job training, child care/education, and more.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Mel wolf child development center - child care, pre-school and after school programming for children ranging in age from 6 weeks to 12 years old. 112 unduplicated infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school aged children were served. 70% of whom are from financially challenged families.
$788,123 spent$602,292 earned by the program18% of program spendingResolve family abuse program - crisis intervention, counseling, emergency shelter, information referral, court, and other advocacy for victims of domestic violence; community education and training. Approximately 143 individuals were served and 7,698 shelter nights were provided.
$1,509,729 spent35% of program spendingSojourner's shelter - provide emergency shelter, temporary housing and case management as well as adult basic education and other support services for homeless women, women with children, men with custody of their children and intact families. Approximately 323 people were served, 20,912 shelter nights were provided and 239 individuals participated in education and job training.
$1,363,174 spent31% of program spendingShanklin center - the shanklin center for senior enrichment provides permanent housing, case management, and other comprehensive services to 8 elderly, disabled women who have been victims of abuse and who are experiencing homelessness because of abuse.empowerment homes - the ywca empowerment homes for women program provides permanent housing, case management, and other services to 3 chronically homeless disabled individuals.alicia mccormick homes - the ywca alicia mccormick homes serves victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence. The program offers victims of violence safe, affordable, transitional housing, and support services for up to 24 months. The program was reinitialized in june, 2018, after funding was re-secured. The program consists of 10 apartments.racial equity & inclusion program - the racial equity & inclusion program makes certain that equality is actively sought, taught, encouraged, and ultimately protected. Approximately 2,400 people attended anti-racism sessions during the year.
$679,259 spent$55,135 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,340,285.
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 2020 to 2021, from $17M to $19M (+17%).
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 41% · 2018 47% · 2020 59% · 2021 51% · 2022 59% · 2023 57% · 2024 61% · 2025 46%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC’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. 1 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
Sonya Hairston
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $255k → $829k.
10 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $105k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of Central West Virginia). These are real filings, and they are not money YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC raised.
From the IRS filings of YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 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
YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
73% 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 YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 37% · 2019 50% · 2020 22% · 2021 33% · 2022 27% · 2023 56% — 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
45% of YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
55% of YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC'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 $1.6M that is directly attributable, 61% of it comes from West Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M 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
YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.0M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$2.8M
- Department of Justice$1.2M
- Department of Veterans Affairs$18k
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 YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC
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 West Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% 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
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC?
- YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC (West Virginia) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,581,270 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($788,670). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $3,581,270 in grants to YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $788,670 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YWCA OF CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in West Virginia. 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 36 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