Ohio · Nonprofit
YWCA of Greater Cincinnati
YWCA of Greater Cincinnati (Ohio) receives grants from 102 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,030,003 to it, the largest being Strategies to End Homelessness Inc ($2,510,845). 62 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 102
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $14M
What YWCA of Greater Cincinnati does
Mission
Since 1858, YWCA has been a leader on women's issues, intentionally working together across economic, generational, ethnic and racial differences. Our mission is as relevant today as ever. As we continue to boldly build a better community, we stay strongly committed to our mission to eliminate racism, empower women and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all people.Our work is based on three primary pillars: Safety, Racial Justice & Inclusion and Empowerment & Economic Advancement.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Health & Safety Protecting the safety of women and girls is a primary pillar of the YWCA's mission. Shelter, housing and interventions are provided while working to prevent the cycles of violence. Family Violence Prevention & Intervention Services: Provides a continuum of services to help keep survivors of family violence safe and prevent future occurrences of violence. Prevention Services: Provides prevention education to students about teen dating violence and bullying. Intervention Services: Provides shelter and housing to survivors of domestic violence and their children. Shelter, food, counseling, and coordination of community resources are offered for the safety and stabilization for each family. Community-based intervention services include court advocacy, case management and domestic violence services for child protective cases including specialized programming for immigrant survivors and those with disabilities.
$6,240,439 spentof which $1,333,674 as grants$187,736 earned by the program95% of program spendingEconomic EmpowermentExpanding economic opportunities and creating avenues to promote the empowerment of women and girls is another primary pillar the YWCA's mission. Family Learning & Employment Services remove barriers to self-sufficiency and break the cycle of intergenerational poverty to individuals and children. Workforce Development empowers individuals with the skills to attain viable employment, increase financial stability and reach self-sufficiency.
$163,073 spent2% of program spendingRecognition & Inclusion YWCA has long understood that all women cannot be empowered unless the issue of racism is addressed. Racial justice is at the core of the YWCA's work and the third primary pillar because women of color are often the most marginalized and have the least access to resources. Racial justice is more than a programmatic intervention, it is a guiding philosophy and practice that is incorporated into all of the YWCA's work.Racial justice means advocating for all kinds of protections that impact the lives of women and girls. The YWCA's fight for women is a fight for all women of color and immigrant women. YWCA also has a broad view of gender justice that includes the experiences of LGBTQ people and those targeted because of their gender identity or perceived gender identity. At the core of the YWCA's work is the recognition that all women, or all people, are not treated equally. Work is done through direct service, education and advocacy. Specific initiatives include: Racial Justice Annual Breakfast, Racial Justice Educational Series, and Stand Against Racism Campaign.
$180,606 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,584,118.
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 2021 to 2022, from $19M to $13M (−33%).
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 6% · 2018 22% · 2019 13% · 2021 65% · 2022 69% · 2023 60% · 2024 45%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of YWCA of Greater Cincinnati’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Rickell Howard-Smith
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 17 funders to 36 funders, grant income rose $250k → $2.1M.
10 of 102 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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: $10M from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Chicago Community Trust). These are real filings, and they are not money YWCA of Greater Cincinnati raised.
From the IRS filings of YWCA of Greater Cincinnati’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 102 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 Greater Cincinnati has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
47% 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 Greater Cincinnati.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 18% · 2019 36% · 2020 21% · 2021 29% · 2022 24% · 2023 55% — 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
34% of YWCA of Greater Cincinnati'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
77% of YWCA of Greater Cincinnati's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $804k 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
YWCA of Greater Cincinnati runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding YWCA of Greater Cincinnati receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.0M on record.
- Department of Justice$6.0M
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 Greater Cincinnati
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
69% 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 Development Corporation · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for YWCA of Greater Cincinnati: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YWCA of Greater Cincinnati?
- YWCA of Greater Cincinnati (Ohio) receives grants from 102 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,030,003 to it, the largest being Strategies to End Homelessness Inc ($2,510,845). 62 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YWCA of Greater Cincinnati have?
- IRS filings report 102 organizations giving $12,030,003 in grants to YWCA of Greater Cincinnati, 62 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YWCA of Greater Cincinnati?
- Strategies to End Homelessness Inc is the largest funder on record, with $2,510,845 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YWCA of Greater Cincinnati 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 102 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing