Illinois · Nonprofit
THE RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC
THE RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 51 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,121,276 to it, the largest being Kazma Family Foundation Inc ($150,000). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $452k
- Funders on record
- 51
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $428k
What The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation Inc does
Mission
The foundation is dedicated to fostering awareness, understanding and research for early-onset bipolar disorder. The foundation is on a "quest for the test" to find an empirical test for bipolar disorder so that early detection and intervention become a reality.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The foundation launched a new directive - "making a difference" - with projects in the areas of research, understanding and awareness of early-onset bipolar disorder, aimed at reducing the stigma associated with this serious illness of the brain, and its "quest for the test" aimed at finding an empirical, biomarker test for bipolar disorder. Projects included: 1) the foundation's insights vii juried art competition and exhibition showcasing "creativity and the bipolar brain" held in chicago (october 2024) at the zolla/lieberman gallery and in palm beach (january 2025) at the surovek gallery. Grants for the artists of selected works were underwritten. Each exhibition had a very successful opening night fundraiser and was open to the public at no charge thereafter to spread awareness about bipolar disorder. Many grantee artists were in attendance at their own expense; 2) the foundation's 19th annual chicago bipolar disorder medical briefing luncheon was held in may 2025 and featured a panel discussion with dr. John walkup of lurie children's hospital and dr. Janet wozniak of massachusetts general hospital; 3) the foundation contributed to its fund at massachusetts general hospital…
$232,661 spentof which $25,000 as grants$7,200 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $232,661.
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 2020 to 2021, from $335k to $413k (+23%).
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: 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
129% of THE RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $74k → $143k.
7 of 51 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 51 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
THE RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
32% 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 LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 26% · 2019 22% · 2020 35% · 2021 26% · 2022 24% · 2023 35% — 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
38% of THE RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
THE RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC draws 51% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $324k 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 LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR 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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC?
- THE RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 51 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,121,276 to it, the largest being Kazma Family Foundation Inc ($150,000). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 51 organizations giving $1,121,276 in grants to THE RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC?
- Kazma Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 51 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