About YPurchasing

The bottom line? When your YMCA partners with YPurchasing, you receive the benefits of our vendor relationships and price negotiations. These suppliers believe in the Y’s mission and create special pricing for our YMCA members. Cutting overhead expenses means your Association is poised to deliver top-quality services to your members and the communities where you live and work. That’s our primary focus and reason for operating. And even better, it costs your YMCA nothing to partner with us.

icon of arrow clicking

Impact Statement

Advocating responsible spending and serving as a steward for all YMCAs by ensuring the best possible pricing, quality products, and services to impact the YMCAs advancement of youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility.

Together we are stronger.

icon of building

Strength in Numbers

Growing YPurchasing membership means maximum savings for all member YMCAs. We’re growing rapidly—408 Associations to date. This includes 5,745 locations in 45 states throughout the U.S.  More than 360 YMCAs participated in YPG’s COVID-19 Relief Program between 2020 and 2022. YPurchasing membership is available to every YMCA in the United States—and there are NO FEES to join.

Is Your YMCA a Member?

  At YPurchasing, it’s all about YOU

  • YMCA Heritage – 19 YMCAs came together to launch YPurchasing in 2015.
  • Member Driven – 408 Associations are members, representing more than 5,700 locations.
  • Glass-Half Full – Over 50% of ALL the YMCAs in the United States are saving money with YPurchasing.
  • All Sizes Welcome – We enthusiastically represent associations like Minneapolis, San Diego, and Gateway with 20+ branches to those with a single community branch.
  • Sixty-Three – That’s how many top-100 revenue-producing YMCAs are members.
  • YMCA Experience – 50% of our staff has worked for a YMCA, served as board members, and helped with fundraising.
  • YMCA Board – All YPurchasing board members are current YMCA Executives.

 

S Elliot Headshot

"It was helpful for us to join in with other Ys and group purchasing to support each other. We’re all using common products and it seemed to make a lot of common sense to use their volume to work together. There’s a whole lot of services where the Ys could benefit from coming together to drive better deals.”

- Shaun Elliott, President & CEO, Greater Philadelphia YMCA, Pennsylvania
CTA default image

Take the stress out of purchasing and get back to your mission.

See the YPurchasing difference