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YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS MISSOURI

Eliminating Racism and Empowering Women

aka YWCA Metro St. Louis   |   St. Louis, MO   |  http://www.ywcastl.org

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Mission

YWCA Metro St. Louis is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

Ruling year info

1942

President & CEO

Dr. Cheryl Watkins MBA

Main address

1155 Olivette Executive Parkway

St. Louis, MO 63132 USA

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EIN

43-0653618

NTEE code info

YMCA, YWCA, YWHA, YMHA (P27)

Civil Rights, Advocacy for Specific Groups (R20)

Hot Line, Crisis Intervention (F40)

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Communication

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Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

YWCA Metro St. Louis is working to break down the barriers that prevent women and their families from reaching their fullest potential. The barriers we help break down include violence, poverty, lack of education, homelessness, and racial/ethnic/gender discrimination.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Early Head Start/Head Start

The Head Start Program of the Young Women's Association provides a comprehensive range of child development services encompassing the education, nutrition, health, and other needs of children, ages 3-5, from low-income families. The YWCA Early Head Start Program provides a comprehensive range of child development services encompassing the education, nutrition, health, and other needs of children from birth to 3 and pregnant women from low-income families.
We provide maternal care for improved outcomes. There are support programs for parents.

Population(s) Served
Infants and toddlers
Parents

YWCA Permanent Supportive Housing program provides housing and support services for single women who are chronically homeless.
YWCA works to rapidly re-house women and children who are homeless due to domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking or stalking.

Population(s) Served
Women and girls
Non-adult children

YWCA provides in-person crisis intervention to victims of sexual assault at 17 area hospital emergency rooms, offering support, resources and information about our free individual and group counseling. We offer court advocacy, trauma informed training for first responders, and community education

Population(s) Served
Women and girls
LGBTQ people

YWCA offers the area's only drop-in domestic violence center where no appointment is needed and there are no fees. YWCA offers resources, safety training, court advocacy, and community education. YWCA works to Rapidly Rehouse women and/or women with children who are homeless due to domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking.

Population(s) Served
Women and girls
LGBTQ people

Financial assistance and case management for single mothers who are enrolled in vocational certificate or degree programs to improve their earning power.

Population(s) Served
Women and girls
Non-adult children

YWCA Racial Justice offers community discussion groups and educational programs on gender and racial equity, and embeds the YWCA mission of eliminating racism and empowering women throughout all YWCA programs.

Population(s) Served
Adults
Ethnic and racial groups

Where we work

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

YWCA Metro St. Louis works for the safety, security and stability of women and their families in a world without discrimination.

YWCA Metro St. Louis is client-driven, client-centered, client-focused. We meet each woman "where she is" on her journey, paying attention to the whole woman and all of her needs. We use a holistic, trauma-informed approach. If a woman comes to us for one service, it is our goal to determine if she may be in need of another service that we offer so that we can support her with all the resources at our disposal if she wishes.

YWCA Metro St. Louis provides crisis intervention and ongoing supportive services:
YWCA Metro St. Louis offers in-hospital crisis response to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence, individual and group counseling, court advocacy, and case management.
YWCA Metro St. Louis works to empower women by supporting single mothers earning vocational degrees to improve their earning power with stipends for essentials like housing, tuition, health care, or child care along with intensive case management and financial education.
YWCA Metro St. Louis provides housing and support to chronically homeless women.
YWCA Metro St. Louis rapidly re-houses victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking.
YWCA Metro St. Louis provides Early Head Start/Head Start services for children age 0-5 whose families are at or below the federal poverty and maternity services to encourage healthy outcomes.
YWCA Metro St. Louis provides diversity training and free, public discussion groups on issues of race and gender.
YWCA Metro St. Louis provides teen leadership services.

YWCA Metro St. Louis has been serving women and children since 1904, when we formed to provide housing for rural women coming to St. Louis for work at the World's Fair. More than a century later, we are still providing housing for women who need us, and much more.
You can measure our impact in the hundreds of thousands of women and children who have received our services since 1904 or the social reforms we have championed like voting rights, fair housing, racial justice, and equal pay.
The needs of women have changed through the decades and our services have evolved to meet those needs. We once offered typing classes to help women gain employment. Today, we support women earning STEM degrees. Our evolution will continue in future decades as we fight for the safety, security and stability of women and their children.

(Indicators/Results for 2017 in previous question)

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS MISSOURI

Board of directors
as of 01/29/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board co-chair

Mrs. Amy Williams

Edward Jones

Term: 2017 - 2024


Board co-chair

Vice Chair Erica Glanz

Bunzl North America

Term: 2021 - 2026

Julie Davidson

Kerry Caverly

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Chairwoman Amy Williams

Edward Jones

Vice-Chairwoman Erica L. Glanz

Bunzl North America

Vice-Chairwoman Karen Jordan

Dentons US LLP

Vice-Chairwoman Colleen Lucas

Anheuser-Busch

Treasurer Aisha White

RubinBrown

Secretary Dayna Stock, Ph.D.

The Rome Group

Lindsay Auer

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Ruth Barasa

NaRfula Financial Solutions, LLC

Meghan Brown

Weber Shandwick, Inc.

Julie Donnelly

St. Louis CITY SC

Rhonda Garrett

Cigna

Rebecca Guzman

YWCA Young Ambassadors

Jackie Janus

FleishmanHillard

Tara McConkey

Commerce Bank

Patricia Penelton

Phyllis Wheatley YWCA Committee on Administration

Genetta Robinson

YWCA Head Start Policy Council

Ex-Officio Cathy Arshadi

Commerce Trust Company

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 1/29/2024

Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.

Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Black/African American
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

No data

Equity strategies

Last updated: 01/29/2024

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
  • We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.