YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NORWICH

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

68 N BROAD ST, NORWICH, NY 13815-1332

Principal officer (990 for 2025)

TIM MCKOWN, 68 NORTH BROAD STREET, NORWICH, NY 13815

Signed the 990

TIM MCKOWN, Treasurer

Phone

(607) 336-9622

Website

WWW.NORWICHYMCA.ORG

Return prepared by

Piaker & Lyons PC

Mission

To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.

Program accomplishments

• Holistic Development of Children and YouthThis area of work is the most significant and impactful of any of our programs. Our Youth department continues to meet the diverse childcare needs in our community and in 2025 we continued to address the growing need of quality and affordable care for our local families. In 2025, we continued to offer and promote our high-quality childcare programming, that provides all-inclusive programming for nursery, preschool and school age children throughout Chenango County. Our YMCA was able to provide childcare for Pre K students through sixth grade. We continued to assist and serve a wide variety of family needs including before school, after school, holiday breaks, snow days, and summer opportunities. In 2025 we were able to offer four program sites for After School childcare including Norwich, Holy Family School in Norwich, Oxford, NY and Greene, NY. increasing our ability to support more families. During this time period we provided childcare programming to 340 unduplicated children in 2025. Continuity and consistency, safe environments, caring and trained staff are important factors for families and children when enrolling in childcare programming. We are proud that we have a diverse program offering to assist local and regional families meet their childcare needs. We offer many different childcare options to assist and serve a wide variety of family needs including before school, after school, holiday breaks, snow days, and summer opportunities. Our childcare programs are a commitment to strengthening families, which directly relates to our mission and our values. YMCA childcare programs assist families in balancing work and family responsibilities. Our programs make it possible for parents of children in our care to remain gainfully employed, knowing that their children are in a safe environment and being cared for during the non-school hours.The YMCA provided scholarship assistance for childcare programs totaling over $32,840. These funds were awarded to families through our Open Doors scholarship program this year. It is estimated that approximately 35% of our children enrolled in our childcare programs receive some form of tuition assistance through scholarship or social services. In addition, we provide assistance to families for all YMCA programs and facility offerings which equates to 44% of all scholarships going towards programming. The YMCA annually conducts nursery and preschool programs for approximately sixty students each year. Our programs prepare each student with the school readiness skills that they will need when entering kindergarten including reading, literacy, shapes, colors, letters, sounds, safety information, swim lessons, and healthy lifestyle classes. In 2025, we offered a half day Nursery School program for three-year olds that saw 37 different children participate in the calendar year. We saw an increase in participation from the previous year. Our YMCA Pre-Kindergarten program in conjunction with the Norwich City School District saw 27 different children participate in 2025. In addition to nursery school and pre school programming during the school year, we also created a summer preschool program called Funshine that saw twenty different children attend this past summer.Our SKIPPERS program introduces children to the water, and equally important, it introduces parents to the water as care givers. It focuses on children having fun and being comfortable in the water, focusing on water exploration and safety. Early acclimation to the water promotes comfort, calmness, and increases flexibility. In 2025, we saw thirty four children aged 6 months old to three years of age participate in the parent-child water instruction program.In 2025, swimming usage continues to increase, especially with the significant concern with safety around water. The YMCA Instructional swim program has seen steady growth as we had 184 unduplicated children participate in our 2025 swimming programs, accounting for 320 swimming lessons. Field-tested across the nation by aquatics experts, Y Swim Lessons stress a developmental approach based on current research in child development, motor learning and motor control. Swim lessons are more child centered as opposed to group centered and focus on the part-whole stroke method of teaching. YMCA instructors guide children through a process of individual exploration. Children build confidence and self-esteem in this caring environment. This swim program teaches more than swimming lessons it develops character values (caring, honesty, respect and responsibility) at every level. YMCA Swim Lessons address community issues of safety in and around water, lifesaving, survival and safe boating skills while developing leadership skills and encouraging volunteerism.YMCA Youth and Teen programs give kids good role models to help them develop self-esteem, self-respect, and good values including cooperation, acceptance, respect, citizenship, and a strong work ethic. The YMCA employs many teenagers and young adults that work with our younger members teaching them to swim, watching them in childcare programs, or counseling them within our Summer Day Camp programs.We were excited to celebrate our 56th year of YMCA Summer Camp at our Camp Thompson facility in 2025. Families continue to look for something different and exciting for their children during the summer months, especially with a priority of being outside, in a safe environment, while focusing on fun. In 2025 our Summer Camp program had 123 different children attending YMCA Summer Camp with an estimated $9,422 in financial assistance awarded to assist families to send their children to Camp.
  Expenses $878,993 · revenue $433,347
• Health and Well being for AllThe 2025 calendar year continues to see growth and increase participation and facility usage since the challenging Covid years. We continue to provide needed programming to our community with a membership base of approximately 2904 members. An increase of about 5.6% since 2024 but still a significant decrease by 28% from our pre COVID-19 membership numbers of 2019. The YMCA offers unique programs and services to our membership base throughout the year creating supportive relationships and environments that are needed for successful pursuit of health and wellbeing in spirit, mind and body. Men, women and children of all ages, faiths, backgrounds, abilities and income levels improve health and well being at the YMCA. In 2025, we provided over $94,627 in financial assistance to overcome economic barriers for participation in YMCA programs and usage of the YMCA facility. In 2009 the YMCA Board of Directors unanimously voted to implement a new membership program for community and YMCA members that have lost their jobs within the past twelve months. A complimentary three-month membership will be provided for adults and families that qualify for this program. In 2025, eight individuals encompassing four different membership units took advantage of this program offering. It is great to see this program operating and being utilized, as it is such a beneficial program for those that directly benefit from it. In 2025, we started working with another community not for profit, Chenango Memorial Hospital in offering a one-month complimentary membership for participants in Chenango Memorial Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation program that have graduated from their insurance-based program. In addition to the Cardiac Rehab program graduates we are also offering the one month membership to folks that are ending the Physical Therapy sessions at the hospital too, creating an opportunity for the patients to continue working out and rehabilitating. In 2025, We offered three, medical memberships for folks in transition from hospital care to community care. Helping people of all ages and abilities develop health in spirit, mind, and body is the core of the YMCA movement. We encourage through active participation, programs that help individuals create realistic goals for self-improvement and emphasize disease prevention through regular exercise, proper nutrition, stress management, and health education. Recreational athletic programs for youth and adults promote teamwork, sportsmanship, fair play, interaction, and development of social and physical skills.We offer many adult classes and leagues such as: Basketball, Racquetball, Swimming, Pickleball, Group Exercise, Yoga, Personal Fitness, and Active Older Adult classes and social programs. During 2025, our group exercise classes, water fitness classes, senior classes and pickleball saw the largest increase in participation as YMCA members and our community are aging and exercising and recreating more. Our senior population continues to grow with the baby boomers retiring and also the uptick with pickleball being the fastest growing sport.Collectively we are the largest youth sports provider in Chenango County. Program offerings include Basketball, Flag football, Baseball, Tee Ball, Swim Team, Indoor Soccer, Outdoor Soccer, Instruction Swim Lessons, and Preschool gym and movement classes. With affordable participation rates and inexpensive membership rates youth play a significant role at our facility and our program offerings. For example, our Youth Sports participants had over 995 youth, ages five through twelve in our various youth sports programs, which represent all socio-economic demographics, races, and religions within our programs and community.Water Fitness programs are ideal for members of all ages and increases physical strength and endurance while using the water as a natural resistance. Our classes promote healthy habits, develop new relationships, and introduce new active lifestyles. In addition to the actual class, members are engaged with classmates outside of the class too, as socialization, and the direct benefits of water exercise for many of the participants. In addition to Health & Wellness classes at the YMCA in Norwich, we also conduct outreach classes in the following rural communities of Oxford, New Berlin, Gilbertsville. In 2025, we were able to continue offering a wide variety of program offerings in communities such as: youth sports, lifeguard classes, fitness classes, after school childcare programming in two additional communities besides Norwich. During 2025, the Norwich YMCA continued to open its doors to community-based organizations at no cost. It is the belief at the YMCA that we are a community based charitable organization that is supported by our community, and it is our philosophy to assist other agencies providing support to our community. The number of outside groups utilizing the Y continues to grow and it is our desire to support local groups is still strong and supportive. In addition to other not for profits, our facility also assisted with flood evacuations, heating and cooling centers, and complimentary showers for homeless residents and families with no running water at home.
  Expenses $727,993 · revenue $447,662
• Family StrengtheningParents spend less time per week with their children today than they did in 1960. The YMCA is committed to helping families build stronger bonds by bringing them together in a variety of activities that help form stable relationships, enhance communication and promote healthier lifestyles. Our YMCA helps families build stronger bonds, achieve greater work/life balance and become more engaged with their communities. In 2025, the YMCA awarded $58,000 in financial assistance to provide facility access to families, single parent families, adults, and children. This financial assistance equals 61% of all YMCA financial assistance awarded in 2025. In 2009 the YMCA Board of Directors unanimously voted to implement a new membership program for community members and YMCA members that have lost their jobs within the past twelve months. A complimentary three-month membership is awarded to all qualifying participants with proper validation of job loss. During 2025, this program benefit was utilized very minimally, but we were able to offer this assistance and will continue to offer. This program will remain intact to support families in need as we continue to recover from the pandemic. The YMCA was able to continue offering key signature community events in 2025, including family nights, Halloween Parade, Healthy Kids Day, Gus Macker Basketball Tournament, Turkey Trot, and our assistance with the Helping Hands Food Program. These events provide an opportunity for family connectedness and the opportunity to serve our community.Our Family Swim program gives families the opportunity to share time together with their family. Our Family time in our Kids Gymnasium play zone provides children and families the opportunity to play while exercising, building trust, and having fun. We were thankful that these programs are available for our community. All of our Youth Sports programs allow for family involvement and participation. All of the coaches, officials, scorekeepers, and assistants are volunteer parents assisting with their childs recreational experience. In 2025, six hundred and thirteen families saw their children participate in YMCA youth sports, connecting parents and children while learning skills, sportsmanship, teamwork, and socialization in a competitive and recreational setting.In addition to programming at the YMCA, we also offer programming opportunities for families at numerous offsite locations throughout Chenango County including After School Program multiple sites in Norwich, Oxford and Greene while also providing health and wellness classes in Oxford and Gilbertsville, NY. By providing more opportunities in our rural communities, families will have more opportunities to recreate together. The YMCA offers a Child watch program for families that wish to utilize the YMCA. Child Watch is a supervised program that is designed for infants, toddlers and young members, in a supervised setting, permitting parents can an opportunity to participate in YMCA programming for their spirit, mind and body. This is a great opportunity for families wishing to begin their health and wellness journey and family recreational opportunities together. We have found that our community needs us more than ever as we all try to find a safe place for childcare, health and wellness initiatives and to recreate friendship with our community and friends. Our relationship with the Norwich Helping Hands program continues to grow as we provide food, household products, hygiene products and more to families in our community in need. Each month one hundred plus families have directly benefitted from this amazing community collaboration. This is another program that did not stop during the pandemic, and we collectively became stronger while helping more people in our community in need.
  Expenses $262,215 · revenue $296,446

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

15-0550177

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1934

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Human services (P270)

Assets (IRS master file)

$40,356,946

Income (IRS master file)

$5,177,626

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 15-0550177).

Questions about YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NORWICH

What is the EIN of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NORWICH?

The employer identification number (EIN) of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NORWICH is 15-0550177.

Is YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NORWICH tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1934.

Are donations to YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NORWICH tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NORWICH file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NORWICH due?

The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NORWICH last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.

Who is the principal officer of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NORWICH?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names TIM MCKOWN.

Who are the officers and directors of YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NORWICH?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 22 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $110,732 (JAMES N MULLEN, Executive Direc).

How much revenue does YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NORWICH have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $3,193,263, expenses of $2,453,504 and total assets of $40,356,946 at year end.

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