Lakota Family Ymca

What Lakota Family Ymca does

Lakota Family YMCA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community organization founded in 1988 and headquartered in Liberty Township, Ohio (Butler County). It operates a single primary facility at 6703 Yankee Road containing a fitness center, indoor pool, gymnasium, 25-foot rock wall, and group-fitness studios, and it delivers before/after school child care at 14 elementary schools across the Lakota Local School District. Its core products span four verticals: (1) membership-based fitness, group exercise, and personal training; (2) aquatics including private, semi-private, adult group, and accessible swim lessons, plus the Lakota Stingrays competitive swim team; (3) child care through Crayon Club (licensed full-day care for ages 3-Kindergarten), before/after school care, School's Out Camp, and Camp Arrowhead summer day camp; and (4) ancillary revenue from facility rentals and birthday-party packages.

The underlying technology stack is standard operational SaaS rather than proprietary IP: program registration and member management run through the Daxko online portal, with the Y-360 mobile app providing member-facing access. There is no disclosed AI, data, or platform-engineering layer. The business model combines recurring membership dues, recurring subscription-style program fees (weekly for child care and camps, monthly for classes such as Martial Arts Fusion), and transaction-based facility rental income, with member/non-member two-tier pricing across every paid offering. Nationwide YMCA reciprocal (A.W.A.Y.) privileges extend member utility to more than 2,700 U.S. YMCA locations.

The customer base is concentrated in two primary personas: families with children (driving child care, swim lessons, camps, and family memberships) and K-6 youth enrolled through Lakota elementary schools, with secondary demand from adults and seniors (including SilverSneakers) and community organizations renting facility space. Pricing reflects two-tier member/non-member structure, non-refundable registration fees, weekly auto-pay billing for child care, and multi-child swim-team discounts. Customer relationships are managed through a single Daxko portal and direct member communications.

Name

Lakota Family Ymca

Legal name

Lakota Family YMCA

Website

https://lakotaymca.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lakota Family YMCA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community organization in Liberty Township, Ohio, providing fitness, aquatics, child care, summer camps, and competitive swim programs for families, youth, and seniors across the Lakota School District.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Fitness & Recreation Services

NAICS

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71), Child and Youth Services (62411), Recreational and Vacation Camps (except Campgrounds) (721214)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts, Sports & Recreation-Based Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAJ)

Keywords

• Community fitness center
• Swim lessons
• Child care services
• Summer camps
• Youth programming

Headquarters

HQ city

East Liberty

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual and lifetime membership fees providing access to facility amenities including pool, gym, fitness center, and group classes
2. Program Fees: Fees for structured programs including swim lessons, martial arts, personal training, youth fitness, and sports programs
3. Child Care Services: Crayon Club full-day child care, Before/After school care, and School's Out Camp programs with weekly/bi-weekly fees
4. Summer Camp Programs: Camp Arrowhead summer day camp with weekly registration fees and extended care options
5. Facility Rentals: Rental income from hosting events, birthday parties, youth groups, scout troops, and community organization bookings
6. Competitive Swim Team: Lakota Stingrays year-round and summer competitive swim team with team registration fees

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lakota Family YMCA is a non-profit 501(c)(3) community wellness organization that sells YMCA memberships and delivers fitness, aquatics, licensed child care (before- and after-school care plus Crayon Club full-day care), summer camp, youth sports, personal training, and facility rental/party services to families and individuals in the Liberty Township/Lakota area of Butler County, Ohio. It operates as a local branch of the national YMCA movement, leveraging the nationwide YMCA reciprocity network.

Product overview

Lakota Family YMCA is a community wellness organization offering a multi-faceted platform of health, fitness, childcare, and recreational programs. The core offerings include swim lessons (private, semi-private, adult group, and accessible lessons for children with disabilities), competitive and summer swim teams (Lakota Stingrays), comprehensive group fitness classes (Boot Camp, HIIT, Yoga, Barre, Cycling, Martial Arts Fusion, and specialty programs like W.O.W.), and facility amenities including a 25-foot rock wall and pool facilities. The childcare vertical spans before/after school care at 14 elementary schools, Crayon Club full-day childcare for ages 3-Kindergarten, Camp Arrowhead summer day camp, and School's Out Camp. Additional services include personal training, facility rentals, and birthday party packages. The organization operates as a unified membership-based platform where programs interconnect through shared facilities and the online member portal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Lakota Stingrays: Competitive swim team for youth and adults
• Camp Arrowhead
• Crayon Club

Products and services

• YMCA Membership

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Gold's Gym: Established national fitness franchise offering group fitness and family memberships; competes for adult fitness market share against Lakota YMCA's group fitness and personal training programs.
• Planet Fitness: National low-cost fitness chain; competes with the YMCA's general fitness memberships on price, though without the YMCA's child care, swim, and youth programming depth.
• Bright Horizons Family Solutions: Large national child care and early education provider; competes with Crayon Club full-day care and before/after school programs as a more established, capital-backed incumbent.
• Life Time Fitness: National premium fitness chain offering pools, group fitness, kids programs, and family amenities at a much larger scale; broader incumbent competing for the same family fitness segment in the Cincinnati metro.

Direct peers

• Jewish Community Center of Cincinnati (JCC): Membership-based community center offering fitness, aquatics, child care, camps, and youth programming in the Cincinnati metro; competes head-to-head with the Lakota YMCA for family memberships.
• KinderCare Learning Centers: National for-profit child care chain offering full-day and before/after school programs; competes directly with Crayon Club and Lakota's before/after school care in the same communities.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati: Youth development nonprofit providing after-school programming, sports, and summer camps; directly competes with Lakota YMCA's before/after school care and Camp Arrowhead for families in the same region.
• Great Miami Valley YMCA: Regional YMCA serving the Dayton/miami valley Ohio region with similar community recreation, child care, camp, and aquatics programming; directly comparable in operating model and service mix to Lakota.
• YMCA of Greater Cincinnati: The regional umbrella YMCA organization for the greater Cincinnati area; operates multiple branches and shared programs with comparable membership, fitness, child care, and aquatics offerings to Lakota Family YMCA.

Regional players

• Camp Joy Outdoor Education Center: Regional Ohio youth camp and outdoor education provider; competes with Camp Arrowhead and School's Out Camp for summer day camp enrollment in the greater Cincinnati area.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lakota-family-ymca

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Lakota Family Ymca