Young Womens Christian Association

Analysis

Young Womens Christian Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Kankakee, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1942, 84 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Young Womens Christian Association reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.4m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $833k to $1.3m (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Young Womens Christian Association sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mad Dads ($1.3m), Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Educational and Charitable ($1.3m) and Equipment Connections for Children Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.0% and program service revenue 96% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $920k. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $171k, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 33 employees.