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- EIN 13-1740513
- (845) 358-0245
- 35 S Broadway Nyack NY 10960 USA
- http://www.rocklandymca.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Human Services, Young Mens or Womens Associations
Mission: Founded in 1883, YMCAs collectively make up the largest nonprofit community service organization in America. YMCAs are at the heart of community life in neighborhoods and towns across the nation. They work to meet the health and social service needs of 16.9 million men, women and children. Ys help people develop values and behavior that are consistent with Christian principles. Ys are for people of all faiths, races, abilities, ages and incomes. No one is turned away for inability to pay. YMCAs' strength is in the people they bring together. In the average Y, a volunteer board sets policy for its executive, who manages the operation with full-time and part-time staff and volunteer leaders. Ys meet local community needs through organized activities called programs. In its own way, every Y nurtures the healthy development of children and teens; strengthens families; and makes its community a healthier, safer, better place to live. YMCA programs are tools for building the values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. Longtime leaders in community-based health and fitness and aquatics, Ys teach kids to swim, offer exercise classes for people with disabilities and lead adult aerobics. They also offer hundreds of other programs in response to community needs, including camping, child care (the Y movement is the nation's largest not-for-profit provider), teen clubs, environmental programs, substance abuse prevention, youth sports, family nights, job training, international exchange and many more. Organization: Each YMCA is a charitable nonprofit, qualifying under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Tax Code. Each is independent. YMCAs are required by the national constitution to pay annual dues, to refrain from discrimination and to support the YMCA mission. All other decisions are local choices, including programs offered, staffing and style of operation. The national office, called the YMCA of the USA, is in Chicago, with Field offices in California, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota and Texas. It is staffed by 241 employees. Its purpose is to serve member associations. International: YMCAs are at work in more than 120 countries around the world, serving more than 30 million people. Some 230 local US Ys maintain more than 370 relationships with Ys in other countries, operate international programs and contribute to YMCA work worldwide through the YMCA World Service campaign. Like other national YMCA movements, the YMCA of the USA is a member of the World Alliance of YMCAs, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. History: The YMCA was founded in London, England, in 1844 by George Williams and about a dozen friends who lived and worked as clerks in a draperya forerunner of dry-goods and department stores. Their goal was to help young men like themselves find God. The first members were evangelical Protestants who prayed and studied the Bible as an alternative to vice. The Y movement has always been nonsectarian and today accepts those of all faiths at all levels of the organization, despite its unchanging name, the Young Men's Christian Association. The first U.S. YMCA started in Boston in 1851, the work of Thomas Sullivan, a retired sea captain who was a lay missionary. Ys spread fast and soon were serving boys and older men as well as young men. Although 5,145 women worked in YMCA military canteens in World War I, it wasn't until after World War II that women and girls were admitted to full membership and participation in the US YMCAs. Today half of all YMCA members and program members are female, and half are under age 18.
Programs: The rockland county ymca is able to accomplish its mission through 26 program sites and member services at its main building in nyack. The early childhood programs provide affordable child care for over 191 children at ys beginnings pre-school in suffern, and the ys beginnings pre-school program in sloatsburg. In addition the ymca operates the childrens center at the family court in new city, which served 934 children and 728 families during the 2014 year. The school age child care department operates before and after school child care programs in 16 sites. The program serves nearly 1,125 children in 4 school districts including clarkstown, ramapo central, south orangetown, and nyack. It also offered a summer program for 46 youth at its main building in nyack. The aquatics department provides a variety of programs including water exercise classes for older adults and those with disabilities, lifeguard training and swimming lessons. There are 697 children who are learning to swim at the ymca progressive swim program and 140 adults who are participating in swim lessons or life guard certification courses. The dance department provides creative movement and dance classes for 247 youth to develop coordination and self confidence. The fitness department provides instruction on using strength and cardiovascular equipment and offers health enhancement classes for teens, adults and seniors to promote physical fitness and well being. Programs for youth and adults include fitness classes, karate and youth sports- including soccer, basketball, volley ball, tennis, fencing and rowing which develop skills and promote team work. . There are 23 small children in the baby and toddler program and 195 youths and 300 adults being served. The youth department operates a summer teen program for 25 teens and separate girls and boys mentoring programs for 25 teens. The ymca conducts teen nights for 225 middle school and high school students on select saturday evenings. The youth and government program had 66 teens participate in a legislative and judicial program to develop leadership skills, public speaking and promote good citizenship in cooperation with local high schools. North rockland program department operates after school child care programs at 5 schools for 199 children in the k-7th grade in the north rockland central school district. We operated the ys beginnings preschool at the haverstraw central presbyterian church, which served 14preschool children during the last half of the 2013-2014 school year. A summer camp was opened in pomona which served 121 campers from k-6th grade. The north rockland community partnership program sponsored by a grant from the united way had a positive impact on 573 people. The ymca provided childcare for 204 children. There were 319 adults who took part in esl classes by the literacy zone, parenting classes and computer classes at the haverstraw center. There were 50 teens who took part in life skills classes and after school basketball at the nrhs extension. The ymca membership department is located at the nyack facility which provides member services in the gymnasium, swimming pool, aerobic studio, fitness center and game room. The ymca offers many activities that strengthen families such as, family fun nights and healthy kids day at its main facility. The ymca serves 5,208 members and 1,811 program participant members. Fifty six percent of ymca members are youth and teens. In 2014, 1,788 youth and 429 adults of low income families received $203,568 of financial assistance and program subsidies for membership and to take part in ymca programs, thanks to generous contributions and public support. Financial assistance is available for those who can not afford to pay the full cost of membership or programs.