Oregon · Nonprofit
J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC
J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC (Oregon) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,843,688 to it, the largest being Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America ($797,789). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 57
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $11M
What J Bar J Youth Services Inc does
Mission
Promotes innovative options for at-risk youth and families toward self-sufficiency and personal responsibility.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The organization ceased conducting the academy at sisters program service on january 31, 2025.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
J bar j boys ranch and j5facilitating positive change for youth: a residential treatment program for adjudicated teen boys, providing an opportunity to restructure thinking, succeed academically, and grow in responsibility. J5 offers short-term stabilization, assisting boys on parole or probation to move to lesser level of support by teaching intervention and de-escalation skills. Both are served through the j bar j learning center, an on-site, private alternative school program contracted with the bend-la pine school district, which offers a diploma track and ged preparation and testing. They work to increase grade level and re-engage students in the learning process.
$7,042,970 spentof which $457,936 as grants$978,361 earned by the program57% of program spendingBig brothers big sisters of central oregondefenders of potential: matching professionally screened adult mentors (bigs) and kids (littles) to defend, ignite and empower their potential. Redefine what is possible for children in central oregon! Mentoring improves the futures of mentees through better grades, achievement of higher levels of education, and improved relationships. Young people with a mentor grow personally and have better social and economic opportunity than those who do not. Yet many kids in central oregon never have this opportunity, your donation will empower the next generation.
$1,023,866 spent8% of program spendingPrevention services are provided through cascade youth & family services, helping kids to the next step toward self-sufficiency: outreach and drop-in hours for meals, showers, and connection to other services. Crisis intervention and emergency shelter gives kids a safe respite while making a plan. Living options for teens (the loft) is a longer term shelter that helps youth finish high school, get a job, and learn life skills. Anti-trafficking project provides comprehensive case management and crisis intervention, assists in creating safety plans, as well as offering much needed emotional support to survivors of sex and labor trafficking. They coordinate the deschutes county commercially sexually exploited children (csec) response team.
$3,894,515 spent31% of program spendingKindred connections - mobilizing and equipping mentoringfamilies and ten area church communities to provide support while parents facing a crisis such as illness,job loss or homelessness, work to secure stability for their families. Providing support in those times ofneed can help keep the family together.grandma's house - programs & shelter for pregnant & parenting girls - grandma's house provides emergency and transitional shelter to homeless and/or abused pregnant girls and young mothers. A safe and supportive environment where they can learn about health and parenting, continue their education, and gain the life skills for a smooth transition into independence. The only shelter and program of its kind east of the cascades in oregon
$496,621 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,457,972.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $10M to $13M (+20%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 71% · 2020 70% · 2021 71% · 2022 73% · 2023 72% · 2024 82% · 2025 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Stephanie Alvstad
CEO
Board chair
Jeanette Mckenzie
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $82k → $558k.
12 of 57 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 57 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
74% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 27% · 2019 34% · 2020 23% · 2021 32% · 2022 19% · 2023 25% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
55% of J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
51% of J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $56.5M on record — $11.3M federal, $45.3M state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$9.1M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.3M
- Department of Justice$942k
- OTHER SPECIAL PAYMENTS$38.7M
- PAYMENTS TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$3.0M
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$2.8M
- OTHER SPEC PAYMENTS-MEDICIAL SERVICES$303k
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$184k
- DISTRIBUTION TO INDIVIDUALS$118k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC?
- J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC (Oregon) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,843,688 to it, the largest being Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America ($797,789). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 57 organizations giving $3,843,688 in grants to J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC?
- Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America is the largest funder on record, with $797,789 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 57 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing