The YMCA's endowment is managed and governed by a separate Board of Trustees.  Membership is national in scope and composed of former student leaders and friends of the Y.  Income from the endowment currently provides about 20% of the annual operating budget.

2010-2011 Board of Trustees

Scott Herrick, Chair - Madison, WI
Michael Hamblet, Vice Chair - Northbrook, IL
Richard Hutchison, Secretary - Tinley Park, IL
C. John Anderson - Chicago, IL
Mary Beastall - Champaign, IL
Gerald Brighton - Urbana, IL
Edith Buhs - Jamaica Plain, MA
Joseph Chamley - Champaign, IL
Jerry Glashagel - Chicago, IL
Gloria Gleave - Evanston, IL
Lawrence Hansen - Chicago, IL
Darrell Hartweg - Bloomington, IL
Jim Hinterlong - Richmond, VA
Ronald Hoffman - Denver, CO
Bruce Larson - Urbana, IL
Jack Lavin - Chicago, IL
Raymond Leuthold - Urbana, IL
Philip Martin - Sullivan, IL
Jack Patterson - Asbury Park, NJ
Thomas Seals - Urbana, IL
Shirley Stillinger - Urbana, IL
Hugh Tyndall - Minneapolis, MN
Dick Williams - East Peoria, IL
James Young - Kenosha, WI

Emeritus Trustees
Ralph Davis - Evanston, IL
Glenn Stout - Champaign, IL
Arthur Wyatt - Champaign, IL