Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$688,983

Total expenses

$537,478

Contributions and grants received

$446,993

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$11,660

Investment income

$25,061

Other revenue

$205,269

Total assets, end of year

$786,277

Total liabilities, end of year

$40,360

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$745,917

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$358,127

Management and general expenses

$53,681

Fundraising expenses

$125,670

Program service expenses (Part III)

$358,127

Program services were 66.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• 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.

  Expenses $277,493

• EDUCATION 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.

  Expenses $56,649

• SCHOLARSHIPS 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.

  Expenses $15,465

• RESOURCES 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.

  Expenses $8,520

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

10 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

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