YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
630 E 4TH STREET, DAVENPORT, IA 52801 ymcaimv.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE MISSION OF THE YMCA IS TO PUT JUDEO-CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES INTO PRACTICE THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT BUILD HEALTHY SPIRIT, MIND, AND BODY FOR ALL. THE CAUSE OF THE Y IS TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY. THIS WORK IS ACHIEVED THROUGH THREE FOCUS AREAS: YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, HEALTHY LIVING AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.

THE YMCA BUILDS HEALTHY SPIRIT, MIND AND BODY FOR ALL AND BRINGS ITS MISSION TO LIFE BY TEACHING AND DEMONSTRATING OUR CORE VALUES OF CARING, HONESTY, RESPECT, AND RESPONSIBILITY. THE YMCA IS COMMITTED TO INCLUSIVENESS AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WITH INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY

PROVIDING AFFORDABLE, HIGH-QUALITY MEMBERSHIPS IS A KEY DRIVER OF OUR SUSTAINABLE YMCA MISSION OPERATION. THUS, 2020 PRESENTED ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT LANDSCAPES TO CONTINUE OUR NOT-FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS MODEL. NOT SINCE THE CIVIL WAR - WHEN WE COMPLETELY SUSPENDED OUR SERVICES - HAD OUR LOCAL YMCA SEEN SUCH A DRAMATIC IMPACT ON THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WE OFFER. FOR EXAMPLE, ON JANUARY 31, 2020, WE WERE SERVICING A TOTAL OF 36,122 MEMBERS. ALTHOUGH WE SERVED 51,421 MEMBERS IN TOTAL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, MEMBERSHIP - OUR BIGGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE, FELT A TREMENDOUS IMPACT. BY NOVEMBER, WE WERE DOWN 9,443 MEMBERS. BECAUSE OF OUR SUSTAINABLE MODEL AND POSTION BEFORE THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC HIT AND EVENTUALLY FORCED THE CLOSURE OF OVER 380 YMCA'S ACROSS THE COUNTY, WE DID NOT TERMINATE A SINGLE FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBER. DESPITE A BRIEF PERIOD OF ABOUT TWO WEEKS WHEN WE DID FURLOUGH SOME OF OUR FULL-TIME STAFF, WE WERE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY BRING THEM BACK. WITH THEIR INVOLVEMENT, WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETELY OVERHAUL OUR FACILITIES TO ENSURE SAFE OPERATIONS FOR MEMBERS, STAFF AND PARTICIPANTS WHEN WERE ABLE TO RE-OPEN AFTER 2 MONTHS OF STATE GOVERNMENT-MANDATED SUSPENSION OF SERVICES. ULTIMATELY, WE ESTIMATE A REVENUE LOSS OF $3 MILLION DUE TO THE PANDEMIC IN 2020. ALTHOUGH WE SAW THIS SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT, WE DID SEE OUR MISSION CONTINUE TO SERVE PEOPLE WHO NEEDED US. FINANCIAL AID AS A PERCENTAGE OF MEMBERSHIP REVENUE INCREASED 0.06%. WE ALSO PROVIDED "BRIDGE MEMBERSHIPS" TO ANY OF OUR MEMBERS WHO LOST THEIR JOBS DUE TO THE SHUTDOWN. OUR INTENTION WAS TO ENSURE SOME SENSE OF "NORMAL" WHILE ALSO PROVIDING HEALTHY PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES TO STAY HEALTHY IN SPIRIT, MIND AND BODY. ALTHOUGH WE BEGAN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 2020 AVERAGING ABOUT 17,000 PARTICIPATIONS IN GROUP EXERCISE AND ANOTHER 3,000 PER MONTH IN WATER EXERCISE, WE STILL HAD 64,896 PARTICIPATIONS IN GROUP EXERCISE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND 9,091 PARTICIPATIONS IN WATER EXERCISE. WE ALSO FIND IT TO BE MISSION-CRITICAL THAT WE NOT ONLY SELL MEMBERSHIPS TO FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THAT WE ALSO ALIGN OUR MEMBERSHIP DELIVERY TO INCREASE USAGE. A PRIMARY TOOL TO ACCOMPLISH THIS COMPONENT OF OUR MEMBERSHIP IS TO COVER THE COSTS (UP TO $100 PER MEMBER) SO EACH NEW MEMBER WILL RECEIVE TWO SESSIONS OF FACE-T0-FACE COACHING AND TRAINING BY A CERTIFIED TRAINER. OUR DATA SHOWS THAT BY THIS INVESTMENT IN A TRAINER, MEMBERS USAGE INCREASES AND RETENTION NEARLY DOUBLES SO THAT THE MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE GETTING HEALTHIER BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF OUR Y. ALTHOUGH WE STARTED ON PACE TO PROVIDE 3,840 SESSIONS WITH A TRAINER, WE STILL PROVIDED 940 SESSIONS, DESPITE MEMBERSHIP SALES DECREASING DRAMATICALLY. OVER 22% OF FAMILY MEMBERSHIPS AT OUR YMCA ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING ASSISTANCE. IN ADDITION, WE PROVIDED ONLINE "VIRTUAL" CLASSES TO ENSURE MORE HEALTHY OPPORTUNITIES. WE ALSO MADE SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS IN OUR FACILITIES TO ENSURE SAFETY FOR OUR MEMBERS AND STAFF. FROM THERMAL SCANNERS AND DE-IONIZING FOGGING MACHINES, TO BUILDING PLEXIGLASS BARRIERS, AND MOVING EQUIPMENT TO NEW LOCATIONS, INCLUDING LOBBIES, LOUNGE SPACES, OR ANYWHERE THAT WOULD PERMIT SAFE DISTANCES AND CDC-GUIDELINE OPERATIONS TO PROVIDE SAFE AND HEALTHY OPPORTUNITIES. FINALLY, IN A GRAND TESTAMENT TO OUR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND VOLUNTEER BOARD LEADERSHIP, WE OPENED A NEW, $22-MILLION BRANCH FACILITY AT THE END OF 2020. THE R. RICHARD BITTNER YMCA OPENED IN DECEMBER. THE 75,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY BEGAN TO MARK THE NEXT "POST-PANDEMIC" CHAPTER IN OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING SAFE AND HEALTHY SERVICES TO ALL IN OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR SERVICES TO AREA YOUTH BECAME EVEN MORE CRITICAL IN OUR 162ND YEAR OF OPERATIONS IN OUR LOCAL MARKET. DESPITE THE CLOSURE OF NEARLY ALL OF OUR YMCA SERVICE LINES FOR NEARLY TWO MONTHS, OUR CHILD CARE PROGRAMS DID NOT SUSPEND REGULAR SERVICES FOR EVEN A SINGLE DAY. WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR SCHOOL, HOSPITALS AND COUNTY HEALTH PARTNERS, WE ENSURED THAT EVERY ESSENTIAL WORKING FAMILY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE, QUALITY CHILD CARE. AS THE PANDEMIC CONTINUED, THIS TURNED INTO A NEW HYBRID SCHOOL OUT PROGRAM THAT SERVED 207 STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN COMBINATIONS OF NO "IN-PERSON" SCHOOL, AS WELL AS HYBRID SCHOOL PROGRAMS WITH DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF CARE NEEDED BASED ON SCHOOL DISTRICT. EVEN MORE BENEFICIAL TO THE FAMILIES IN OUR NETWORK OF OPERATIONS, AND DESPITE A LOSS OF $958,000 IN CHILD CARE PROGRAM REVENUES DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE DID NOT LAY OFF A SINGLE FULL TIME STAFF; AT SOME POINTS IN 2020, WE REDUCED HOURS AND DID BRIEFLY FURLOUGH SOME EMPLOYEES, WE ALSO FOUND A NEED TO HIRE MORE STAFF AND INCREASE HOURS OF SOME CURRENT STAFF TO CONTINUE TO MEET THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS. OVER 60% OF FAMILIES RECEIVED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE OUR HIGH-QUALITY PROGRAMS. OUR CONTINUED FOCUS ON SERVICES TO FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN MADE ADDITIONAL IMPACTS IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. WE WERE REQUIRED TO CONTRACT OUR EARLY LEARNING CENTERS FROM THREE LOCATIONS TO JUST ONE; HOWEVER, WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN TRUSTED, QUALITY PROGRAMMING AND BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO RETURN TO FULL OPERATIONS AT THREE LOCATIONS THAT SERVED 1,568 REGISTRANTS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS, INCLUDING CHILD CARE AND PRESCHOOL. WE CONTINUED TO MEASURE AND REPORT 100% SUCCESS IN PREPARING OUR YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE TESTS FOR "KINDERGARTEN READINESS". AS BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING NEEDS INCREASED AT THE FOUR DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS WE SERVED HAD EDUCATIONAL MODELS THAT MOVED FROM COMPLETELY ON-LINE, TO HYBRID MODELS AND EVENTUALLY TOWARD ORMAL, TRADITIONAL OPERATIONS, WE SAW OUR PROGRAMS SERVE A TOTAL OF 982 BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL REGISTRANTS. THE PANDEMIC AFFECTED THE SOCIAL, MENTAL AND INTELLECTUAL WELL-BEING OF A VAST MAJORITY - IF NOT ALL - OF THE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WE SERVE. THEREFORE, THE NEED FOR THE YMCA OUTREACH PROGRAMS BECAME MORE CRITICAL THAN EVER. THE Y'S OUTREACH PROGRAMS ARE COMPRISED OF TWO, TARGETED POPULATION-BASED PROGRAMS, EACH LED BY A FULL-TIME PROFESSIONAL WHO HAS BEEN RAISED AND EDUCATED HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE YMCA SOLUTIONS PROGRAM IS TARGETED AT ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH AGED STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WITH ALL EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTION MOVING TO ONLINE-ONLY ENVIRONMENTS, THE NEED TO HELP FAMILIES NAVIGATE THE E-LEARNING CURRICULUM BECAME INCREDIBLY LARGE. MANY OF OUR MOST AT-RISK FAMILIES ARE NOT COMPUTER LITERATE, AND DESPITE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS PROVIDING COMPUTERS AND EVEN INTERNET ACCESS, OBSTACLES CONTINUED TO REQUIRE OUR YMCA STAFF TO TEACH HOW THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WORKED, TO TEACH PARENTS AND GUARDIANS HOW TO CONFIRM SCHOOL WORK WAS COMPLETED, AND HELPING ACTUALLY LEARN AND ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THE SCHOOL WORK. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR TO THE CURRENT YEAR, 108 STUDENTS HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE YMCA SOLUTIONS PROGRAM. YMCA SOLUTIONS FOCUSES ON MEASURABLE OUTCOMES, WHICH INCLUDE: 83% IMPROVEMENT IN GPA, 72% INCREASE IN MATH SCORES, 62% INCREASE IN READING SKILLS, AND NEW TO OUR SERVICE LINE: 100% OF STUDENTS ARE NOW MEASURED WITH A NATIONALLY-RENOWNED "SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING" SURVEY. IN MANY CASES, THE ENTIRE FAMILY IS BROUGHT INTO THE WEALTH OF OUR YMCAS MISSION SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. WE MEASURE THESE OUTCOMES THROUGH OUR HEALTHY LIVING AND MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS. THE YMCA ACHIEVERS PROGRAM IS TARGETED AT HIGH SCHOOL AGED STUDENTS, OR POST-SECONDARY YOUNG ADULTS FOCUSED ON RECEIVING THEIR G.E.D.S OR ON COLLEGE EDUCATION OR CAREERS IN THE TRADES. SINCE THE START OF THE 2019 SCHOOL YEAR 115 YOUNG ADULTS HAVE PARTICIPATED. IN 2020, UPDATED NEEDS INCLUDED HELPING SENIORS TO STAY ON PACE AND GRADUATE ON TIME. WE SAW AN 88% GRADUATION RATE, 90% OF REFERRALS FROM OUR POLICE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE PARTNERS DID NOT RE-OFFEND, 84% WERE SUCCESSFUL FINDING JOBS, AND 100% TOOK THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING SURVEY. AS THE PANDEMIC CONTINUED INTO THE SUMMER, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, OUTREACH PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, AND HEALTH SYSTEM LEADERS REPORTED AN UNPRECEDENTED AND STILL-NOT-QUANTIFIED NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN AND TEENS WHO COULD NOT INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. OUR YMCA, WITH STAFF LEADERSHIP, DONOR SUPPORT AND THE TRUST OF THE FAMILIES WE SERVE, WAS ABLE TO OFFER SAFE, LICENSED DAY CAMP PROGRAMS. NOT ONLY DID THIS PROVIDE CHILD CARE FOR SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN SO THEIR PARENTS COULD RETURN TO WORK, IT ALSO PROVIDED AN EMOTIONAL OUTLET FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE TO STAY MENTALLY HEALTHY. IN TOTAL, 2,766 REGISTRATIONS WERE RECORDED AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. THIS INCLUDED 458 STUDENTS WHO EARNED FULL-PAY SCHOLARSHIPS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MUCH-NEEDED PROGRAM AT NO COST. THESE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO ATTEND BOTH OUR YMCA FACILITY/BRANCH PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS THE DAY CAMP PROGRAM AT YMCA CAMP ABE LINCOLN. OUR YMCA ALSO FOUND ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE SERVICES TO THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. IN JANUARY OF 2020, WE OPENED A NEW COLLABORATION CALLED THE YMCA GYMNASTICS CENTER AT TBK BANK SPORTS COMPLEX. 742 REGISTRATIONS TOOK PLACE IN THIS NEW GYMNASTICS PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, DESPITE MULTIPLE SUSPENSIONS OF PROGRAMS DUE TO THE SAFETY MANDATES OF OUR GOVERNOR. IN ADDITION, ANOTHER 351 REGISTRATIONS TOOK PLACE AT THE TBK BANK SPORTS CENTER IN YMCA SPORTS PROGRAMS. OUR YMCA SPORTS PROGRAMS AT OUR BRANCHES ALSO PROVIDED SOME SENSE OF "NORMALCY" BY PROVIDING 848 REGISTRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, MARKED AGAIN BY MULTIPLE MANDATED STOPPAGES TO YOUTH PROGRAM SERVICES. CONTINUING TO MAKE SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS TO OUR FACILITIES, PROGRAM DELIVERY AND TRAINING ALSO HELPED OUR YMCA MAKE POSITIVE IMPACTS BY PROVIDING SWIM LESSONS, SWIM TEAM, AND WATER SAFETY REGISTRATIONS OF 3,545.

OUR CHARITABLE MISSION CONTINUES TO BE DRIVEN FORWARD BY VOLUNTEERS, DONORS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT. TOGETHER, OUR COMMUNITY RESOURCES ENSURE THAT NO ONE IS TURNED AWAY DUE TO AN INABILITY TO PAY AS WE MAINTAIN OUR BRAND PROMISE OF SERVICE TO ALL. PROVIDING THE RESOURCES TO MAKE OUR MISSION HAPPEN BEGINS WITH THE 161 POLICY-LEVEL VOLUNTEERS ON OUR CORPORATE AND BRANCH BOARDS WHO PROVIDED 1,500 HOURS OF PARTICIPATION IN MULTIPLE LEVELS OF ASSOCIATION AND BRANCH OVERSIGHT. IN ADDITION, 216 PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED 2,493 HOURS OF SERVICE, USING OUR YMCA MISSION TO BUILD A STRONGER, HEALTHIER AND MORE CONNECTED COMMUNITY. IN SUM, ALTHOUGH WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE OVER $720,000 IN SUPPORT FROM 1,613 DONORS, OUR DILIGENT MANAGEMENT AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE OPERATIONS ENSURED THAT WE COULD PROVIDE OVER $1.26-MILLION IN DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE FAMILIES, CHILDREN, TEENS AND SENIORS WHO NEEDED US MOST.

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