Virginia · Nonprofit
THE RYAN BARTEL FOUNDATION INC
THE RYAN BARTEL FOUNDATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $793,815 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LOUDOUN AND NORTHERN FAUQUIER COUNTIES ($290,982). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $689k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $794k
- Net assets
- $746k
What The Ryan Bartel Foundation Inc does
Mission
The mission of the organization is to prevent youth suicide through awareness,upstream educational programs and activities that support and empower youth, families and the community at-large through acceptance, connection,resiliency and hope.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Teen programs The Ryan Bartel Foundation Inc. Provides safe, healing spaces where young people in middle and high school can find belonging and build friendships while participating in engaging and fun workshops and activities. Our programs are designed to help teens ages 12-18 build resilience through holistic experiences that provide support and a positive mindset. These programs have been streamlined under our fort brand and have evolved to meet teens where they are, through weekend and after-school workshops, camps, support groups and hangouts, all designed in response to data, and using teen input gathered through focus groups and surveys. Each program intentionally weaves in protective factors such as social connection, mentorship, and coping skills. These experiences help teens feel seen, heard, and accepted within a supportive community, while equipping them with lifelong tools for wellness that protect against self-harm and help them deal with the stresses of everyday life.
$277,493 spent77% of program spendingEducation and training the successful delivery of our teen programs depends on trained adult facilitators. Our own created teen mental wellness facilitator program provides facilitators who have domain expertise with mental health literacy and group facilitation skills to deliver our resilience building workshops and programs. Once trained, they help create a safe space for teens to be their authentic selves, fostering acceptance and connection with other teens and adults. Sources of strength is a best practice, evidence led youth mental health promotion and suicide prevention program offered by us to schools and communities. It offers training and curriculum for both youth and adults, using a strength-based, upstream approach to mental health promotion and the prevention of adverse outcomes such as suicide, violence, bullying, and substance misuse. By reinforcing multiple sources of support, also known as protective factors, this model helps young people build resilience, ensuring they have strengths to lean on during difficult times.
$56,649 spent16% of program spendingScholarships two scholarships, the heart of humanity and the beacon of hope award, are offered annually to reward graduating high school seniors who have become peer mentors, helping their peers who may be struggling with their mental and emotional well-being. Each award is based on slightly different criteria and winners cannot nominate themselves, but are nominated by a peer or adult who has been a witness to their acts of kindness and support of another peer.
$15,465 spent4% of program spendingResources an online and on-demand library has been created to support parents and teens with helpful resources through different mediums, from on-demand webinars, to blog posts or a directory of local and national resources to contact. The mental health advisory council of 6 experts in youth mental health and suicide prevention from across virginia help provide content for our resource library and meet regularly with key staff members to discuss program challenges and provide guidance. The goals of the members are to ensure our programs 1) are evidence-informed and grounded in the latest data and research on youth mental health promotion 2) use best practices in crisis response and safety planning, diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and trauma-informed facilitation 3) have an effective monitoring and evaluation plan to measure impact.
$8,520 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $358,127.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
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 $604k to $786k (+30%).
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: 2020 29% · 2021 18% · 2022 17% · 2023 12% · 2024 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
65% of THE RYAN BARTEL FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Suzanne Bartel
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $42k → $104k.
9 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 90% 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 THE RYAN BARTEL FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
THE RYAN BARTEL FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
94% 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 THE RYAN BARTEL FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 61% · 2019 60% · 2020 95% · 2021 37% · 2022 43% · 2023 57% — diversifying over time.
“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
33% of THE RYAN BARTEL FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
90% of THE RYAN BARTEL FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $79k that is directly attributable, 57% of it comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $715k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Against its field
THE RYAN BARTEL FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE RYAN BARTEL FOUNDATION 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE RYAN BARTEL FOUNDATION INC?
- THE RYAN BARTEL FOUNDATION INC (Virginia) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $793,815 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LOUDOUN AND NORTHERN FAUQUIER COUNTIES ($290,982). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE RYAN BARTEL FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $793,815 in grants to THE RYAN BARTEL FOUNDATION INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE RYAN BARTEL FOUNDATION INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LOUDOUN AND NORTHERN FAUQUIER COUNTIES is the largest funder on record, with $290,982 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE RYAN BARTEL FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 17 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