Open Y

Doing digital well can be quite expensive. Open Y brings the best of digital together in a way that’s open and accessible to all YMCAs—regardless of size or budget. It allows a sharing infrastructure that preserves each individual YMCA’s autonomy. It’s a philosophy, a community and a platform. Open Y is the belief that working together—YMCA associations, the YUSA and partners—drives innovation and impact for all to learn, grow and thrive. Through collaboration, it’s easier for all of us to communicate and connect with customers across marketing channels. Open Y works to align, create and deliver better, faster and cheaper digital experiences—for today and tomorrow. We’re building a shared ecosystem to support and enable our future. When we work together, we move individuals, families and communities forward. Open Y starts with your website and extends to other digital products, bringing together data and tools from membership, registration, fundraising and volunteer systems. Instead of individually investing in proprietary or fee-based digital platforms, we can use the same solution that’s always evolving to best meet the needs of YMCAs. It’s a content management system built using Drupal 8.