YMCA profile
Date of foundation of the YMCA: August 10, 1881
Full/Associate/Related Membership in the World Alliance of YMCAs: Full
Full member of the World Alliance of YMCAs since: 1953
Number of total members and participants: 10,000
Men: 6,400
Women: 3,600
Under 30: 8,750

Mission statement
The YMCA of Liberia seeks to unite, develop and empower young people and others, thereby strengthening communities as an extension of the Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

History
The YMCA of Liberia was founded in 1881 by bishop Samuel D. Ferguson, an Episcopal Bishop to Liberia. Bishop Ferguson, while on assignment in Harper, Maryland County. The YMCA started in Harper and only came to Monrovia in 1926 by James McCritty.