Impact Plan
The YMCA of Southwestern Indiana is a 501©3 nonprofit organization that has served the needs of a four county region (Vanderburgh, Gibson, Warrick and Posey) since 1857, establishing it as one of the longest serving local non-profits. Within our regional footprint, we offer services that include health and wellness, childcare, camping, community outreach, and Christian mission. The work that we do in our region is influenced by feedback from various stakeholders and a 3-year Impact Plan.
The plan is composed in two parts; 1) Foundational goals that focus on strengthening the YMCAs infrastructure and how we deliver services so that we optimize resources, allocating them carefully to areas of critical need. We can’t give our best unless we are at our best. 2) Transformative goals that push beyond our walls to address things like social determinants of health and quality of place and other impacts on the quality of life of those living within our region. When people feel good about themselves it’s infectious.
Take a look at the priorities in the 2024-2026 plan below and consider how you might help as a member, donor, or partner.
2024-2026 Impact plan
Our Mission
The YMCA of Southwestern Indiana, following the example of Jesus Christ, responds to community needs by serving all people, especially Youth, through relationships and activities that build healthy spirit, mind and body.
Our Vision
To be a community gathering place, a convener of people, empowering individuals to reclaim their health and wellbeing, equipping our Youth to reach their fullest potential, and being a leading contributor in helping our community to thrive.
Our Guiding Principles
- We believe that we are called to model the life of Christ; loving, caring and serving others
- We believe in our Youth and see our most important work in helping them thrive
- We believe that as trusted stewards of community resources that we should be deliberate in the programs, activities and initiatives we implement
- We believe that the Y’s work is only a part of the solution and seek partners, donors and other stakeholders who share our passions and concerns to optimize our impact in transforming lives.
foundational goals
Shorter term goals that are essential to the health and overall direction of the organization. When these markers are met, they catalyze the more community focused, broader reaching, transformative aspirations of the organization.
Realize Operational Excellence
The Y will reach the optimal level of performance that sustains mission, adequately resources facilities, provides a livable wage for our teams, and ensures our future. We will achieve and exceed benchmarks in revenue areas and be excellent stewards of our resources. The YMCA will be a place where people thrive in their service and in their engagement.
Focus: High Quality Membership & Programs, Efficient Stewardship, Facility & Property Reinvestment, Child Safety Standards, Employee Satisfaction
Fuse Bandwidth and Growth
The organization will be coveted as a partner of choice but will filter opportunities through a Strategy Screen, giving careful consideration to occasions where our expertise is needed to transform lives because few can. The Y will prioritize staff development, growing a pipeline of talent within the Y while strategically growing our footprint throughout the region, using our influence to make a positive impact on the residents of our various communities.
Focus: Focused Partnership Opportunities, Talent Retention/Development, Technology Investments, Responsive and Responsible Physical & Programmatic Growth into New Neighborhoods
transformative goals
Goals that are life altering and yield a long-lasting impact. These goals reach beyond the walls of the organization and have broader outcomes.
Cultivate Meaningful Relationships
Y- programs and services will create positive, long-lasting influences on individuals and see soaring retention rates among constituents. We will build robust partnerships with like-impassioned organizations and individuals to enhance the community landscape.
Focus: Constituent Engagement, Strategic Partnerships, Increasing Touchpoints in Youth Programs
Enhance Quality of Life
The Y will be poised to take on the most relevant challenges in our region as a leader, partner, and/or conveyer. We will use our expertise in such ways to improve areas of community health, wellbeing, and youth development. Our influence will help create much needed solutions for regional issues that have far reaching consequences.
Focus: Chronic Disease prevention/management, Food Security, Nutrition Education, Early Learning, College and Career Readiness, Christian Emphasis