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The YMCA of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Area does not turn anyone away based on inability to pay.




$1,228,679 of financial assistance was approved in 2006.
• $830,673 at the Helen G. Nassif YMCA, serving 3,335 people/1,707 children
• $154,540 at the Marion YMCA, serving 529 people/278 children
• $70,599 at the Stoney Point YMCA, serving 274 people/137 children
• $59,772 at YMCA Camp Wapsie, helping 265 children, who could not otherwise afford it, to experience "the magic" of Camp Wapsie
• $52,238 School-Age Child Care & Teen Programs serving 102 children in these programs

The YMCA provided 2,122 scholarship memberships in 2006, serving 4,138 people — 937 were Family Memberships (37% two parent faililes, 58% one parent families, and 4.5% couples), 122 were Youth memberships, 710 were Adult memberships.

The YMCA provides 100% scholarship assistance to children in our community that are in the Foster Care System.

Of the scholarship receipients who did tell us of their ethnicity, 29% indicated their ethnicity as non-white. Information on the Priority One web site, which identifies Woods & Poole Economics, Inc. as its source, estimates the Linn County non-white population to be 7% in 2005.

Referrals for over 75% of the scholarships approved in 2006 came from Education, Employers, Health Care, or Non-Profit Human Serice Agencies/Programs.

The YMCA is extremely proud of the financial assistance we are able to provide to the community through the generous donations of our contributors and the continued support of the United Way of East Central Iowa.

If you have further questions about the YMCA's Financial Assistance program, please contact any Branch Executive or Kathy Lamb at lamb@crmetroymca.org.