Facts

Founded in 1852, the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington has been the areas premier human services agency for more than 150 years, providing quality programs and services to men, women and children.

The YMCA of Metropolitan Washington is the leading human service organization and the largest provider of child care in the greater Washington area, serving over 30,000 children each year.
The YMCA of Metropolitan Washington is the 17th largest YMCA association in North America with an operating revenue of $46 million, and 84,000 individual and family members in a service area of 4 million.
Today, we have 17 branches and program centers that touch close to 250,000 lives a year in the District of Columbia, Northern Virginia and suburban Maryland.
Almost 3,400 volunteers - an increase of 10 percent over 2005 - served the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington in 2006.
During 2006 the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington raised $1.1 million in our annual sustaining Building Bridges Campaign and gave out over $2.13 million in financial assistance.
In 2006 the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington, through the Building Bridges Campaign, provided financial assistance to more than 12,500 families and individuals, enabling them to participate in childcare, after-school and camp programs, membership, wellness, therapeutic and senior services throughout Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.
The YMCA provides childcare, before- and after-school care, summer day camp, resident overnight camp, teen camps, youth and adult sports leagues, health and wellness programs, teen activities, community service programs, swim lessons, aquatic wellness programs, youth and family intervention programs, youth leadership clubs, senior health and wellness programs, senior social activities and more!
The doors of the YMCA are open to all people regardless of age, gender, ethnicity and socio-economic status, and it serves them all equally.

YMCA of the USA

Together, the nation's 2,617 YMCAs are the largest not-for-profit community service organization in America, working to meet the health and human service needs of 20.2 million men, women and children in 10,000 communities in the United States.*
YMCAs are the nations largest providers of child care, providing high-quality, affordable care to more than 500,000 children.
YMCAs are at the heart of community life across the country: 42 million families and 72 million ouseholds are located within three miles of a YMCA.

* according to www.charitynavigator.org