Duluth Area Family YMCA

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

May 23, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$5,346,697

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Healthy living - the y is a leading voice on health and well-being. We bring families closer together, encourage good health, and foster connections through fitness, sports, fun, and shared interests. As a result, 1,669 people in our community are receiving the support, guidance, and resources they need to achieve greater health in sprit, mind, and body. This is particularly important as our nation struggles with an obesity crisis, families struggle with work/life balance, and individuals search for personal fulfillment. Our programs are accessible, affordable, and open to all faiths, backgrounds, abilities, and income levels. In 2012, we provided $240,088 in financial assistance to people who otherwise would have faced economic barriers to participation. The duluth area family ymca facilities include a 5-lane lap pool, wheelchair accessible warm water therapy pool, whirlpool, indoor run/walk track, rock climbing wall, fully-equipped wellness center with cardio and weight training equipment, group exercise space, gymnasium with basketball and volleyball courts, racquetball and squash courts, and a supervised kids club free to those with family memberships.

Activity 3

Social responsibility - our ymca believes in giving back and supporting our neighbors. We have been listening and responding to our community's most critical social needs for more than 130 years. Y programs, such as true north americorp (tnac) and the lake superior initiative are examples of how we deliver training, resources, and support that empower our neighbors to effect change, bridge gaps, and overcome obstacles. Since 2004, we have placed 823 americorp members throughout northeastern minnesota. Tnac partners with 70 nonprofits and community agencies in minnesota's arrowhead region, from brainerd to hinckley and duluth to grand marais and surrounding areas. Tnac's mission is "to enhance the future success of at-risk children by increasing the number of positive adults in their lives." this is accomplished by placing a corps of well-trained members and volunteers within mentoring, tutoring, and after-school programs serving at-risk children grades k-8, and by mobilizing ymca members, participants, and volunteers in activities that support these programs and strengthen our community paving the way for future generations to thrive. The healthy duluth area coalition (hdac) strives to improve lives by changing policies and systems to assure that it's natural - not merely possible - to be active and access healthy foods in our community. We do so by bringing together the people who can affect the greatest degree of change. Hdac evolved out of the pioneering healthy communities (phc), a national initiative developed by ymca activate america and the centers for disease control. Communities involved in phc have enhanced walk-ability and pedestrian safety, access to fresh fruits and vegetables, physical education requirements in schools, and workplace wellness efforts. Hdac convenes a broad, multi-sector 15 member organization-based coalition healthy duluth area coalition. We do so by engaging and recruiting members with a shared vision so of community health. We host meetings and engagement events that bring people together to pursue a common agenda. The coalition also offers resources to its members - sharing pertinent local, regional and state policy updates, funding opportunities, and emerging trends. Lastly, the healthy duluth area coalition acts as a capacity building catalyst of innovation solutions to old problems. Working collaboratively, members pursue new strategies to addressing health outcomes. Through shared knowledge, expertise and resources, the coalition has been able to have a greater degree of impact than had we been working on these issues as individual entities.

Filer

EIN

41-0693931