Young Mens Christian Association

“The ymca is a community service organization whose membership is open to all, reguardless of gender, race, nationality, religion, physical or financial ability. The ymca provides financial assistance to those who cannot afford the membership rates and welcomes everyone in the community to join.”

“The members of the ymca elect the members of the governing body. Since the ymca is a public charity, the members do not receive any distributions of income or assets from the association.”

“The form 990 is presented to the finance committee for review. Upon approval by the finance committee, the finance committee makes a recommendation that the form 990 be accepted and be submitted to the board of directors at the next monthly board meeting.”

“Committees of the board of directors, during the course of making recommendations to the board of directors, determine if a conflict of interest is present and document such circumstance in their committee minutes. The committe member involved is required to abstain from voting and is so noted in the committee minutes. Committee reports are submitted monthly to the board of directors. These reports are available to the public upon request.”

“The executive committee meets annually to review and make a recommendation to the board of directors for annual compensation to the executive director. The committee uses wage and salary guidelines provided by the ymca of the usa to review similarly compensated ceo's of similarly sized ymcas across the country and takes into account research provided specific to geographic location. The recommendations of the executive committee are incorporated into the budget development process that is submitted for the board of directors approval. These recommendations are available to the public upon request.”

“Documents are available to the public upon request.”

“Mission and delivering our cause: the ymca mission is to put christian principles into practice that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. The ymca is a diverse organization of men, women and children joined together by a shared commitment to nurturing the potential of kids, promoting healthy living and fostering a sense of social responsibility. For over 135 years the ymca has been serving our community as the largest not for profit organization in our city. The membership of the ymca mirrors the diversity and social -economic structure of our community. It represents the hopes and dreams of our constituents and our programs are designed in direct response to the challenges and collective needs that our community faces. The ymca's emphasis is on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility: everything the ymca does is designed to nurture the potential of children and teens (youth development), improve health and well-being (healthy living) and motivate people to support their neighbors and the larger community (social responsibility). At the end of 2024 we had 9,210 members, representing 23% of our city's population. This past year, the ymca served over 12,300 people in our community. 35% of these were children under the age of 18 years old who come to the y to learn, grow and thrive. 45% of all ymca participants are female and 4.7% of all ymca members reflect a low-income population of our community that is provided scholarship assistance that allows for them to take part in ymca programs and activities at sliding scale rates. In 2024, hundreds of individuals received scholarship assistance to be part of the ymca amounting to over 797,000 of direct financial assistance. We bring men, women and children together and our shared commitment to our communities ensures the opportunities to learn grow and thrive. The ymca is a volunteer organization. A volunteer board of directors, elected by the members of the ymca provides guidance and governance to the organization. They are the sole policy-making body of the ymca. Several standing committees of volunteers assist the ymca board of directors in making policy. A staff of ymca paid professional directors and hundreds of part time staff serves to deliver services and carry out policy determined by the board of directors as being beneficial to the community and in keeping with the ymca's purpose. Last year, over 500 volunteers provided over 11,100 hours of service to the ymca, at a value to the ymca that allows programs to be affordable and available to all.”

“Healthy living: improving the nation's health and well-being. In communities across the nation, the y is a leading voice on health and well-being. With a mission centered on balance, the y brings families closer together, encourages good health and fosters connections through fitness, sports, fun and shared interests. As a result, millions of youth, adults and families are receiving the support, guidance and resources needed to achieve greater health and well-being for their spirit, mind and body. The ymca makes available to the community a wide range of fitness and health wellness programs. These include exercise programs targeted for all age groups, arthritis programs, and cardiac rehabilitation programs. Specifically designed to address the nation's obesity crisis are the ymca's healthy living and obesity prevention activities. The ymca partners very closely with our local health departments, blanchard valley hospital, schools, university of findlay and the medical community in the delivery of these services.”

“Youth development: nurturing the potential of every child and teen. The ymca believes that all kids deserve the opportunity to discover who they are and what they can achieve. That's why, through the y, millions of youth today are taking a greater interest in learning; making smarter life choices; and cultivating the values, skills and relationships that lead to positive behaviors, the pursuit of higher education and goal achievement. State licensed childcare: the ymca operates the largest childcare center in hancock county, (mary brenner child development center), serving 226 families and providing care for 308 children throughout the year. 54% of our children come from families that receive some sort of financial assistance. The ymca provides youth development programs to our community each year including a full range of health/wellness programs, sports programs, youth leadership development programs and personal safety programs (swim lessons) designed to keep our children and our community healthy and safe. Ymca summer day camps: summer day camping experiences served to engage 308 youth in a healthy and challenging outdoor experience on a daily basis throughout the summer months. In addition to the physically and mentally challenging experience that camp provides for our youth, it also provides for parents an alternative to traditional childcare services that's particularly attractive to older youth. In addition to being one of the ymca's most attractive youth development initiatives, it also overlaps with the ymca's other core program of social responsibility, in that it allows working parents to continue to be employed throughout the summer months while their children are being provided for in a healthy and wholesome ymca atmosphere.”

“Social responsibility: giving back and providing support to our neighbors. Across the country, the ymca helps people give back and assist their neighbors by offering opportunities to volunteer, advocate and support programs that strengthen community. The ymca takes on a much broader role as a community leader when it steps outside the role of serving just its members and program participants and takes on projects that bring benefit to the community at large. Examples of such social responsibility come with the ymca's operating the riverside community swimming pool and the feeding of hungry children in our schools through the ymca feed a child program. In 2024 the ymca continued its partnership with the city of findlay for the thirteenth year by managing the riverside city pool so that it remained open to our city's residents. This season over 16,800 swimmers attended thecity pool during the summer. During the school year of 2023-2024, the ymca continued to administer the feed a child program. With the financial support of our community, hancock county united way, the hancock county community foundation, ohio logistics, garner transportation and marathon petroleum co., hundreds of children were provided over 43,722 meals on weekends in poverty-stricken homes. The program serves those children that would otherwise be served by the school free and reduced lunch program during the school week. Collaborative partnerships the ymca works closely with area businesses and corporations as well as other social service providers and government organizations in the delivery of services. Collaborations with these following partners took place in 2024: united way of hancock county university of findlay findlay city schools hancock county schools osu extension office braden kramer foundation hancock county health department children's mentoring connection hope house for the homeless open arms domestic violence blanchard valley health systems birchaven village help me grow owens community college the community foundation casa findlay city police department findlay rotary ar marketing hancock youth soccer association ohio logistics cooper tire marathon petroleum corporation keeping kids safe 50 north city of findlay blanchard valley center central church of christ first methodist church chamber of commerce welcome to a new life findlay kiwanis family resource center fhc public library hancock historical museum”

“Due to operating fund 53,303 fundraising expenses 152,977 cost of access membership -72,347 due to operating fund -53,303 fundraising expenses -152,977 cost of access membership 72,347”