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RYAN BARTEL FOUNDATION INC

EIN 47-5129027 WATERFORD, VA

Largest nonprofits in Virginia

Revenue 2024
$688,983
Expenses 2024
$537,478

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

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
1200
Street
15735 VIVIAN DR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

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.

  • 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.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jason Balser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Bartel

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Suzanne Bartel

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jim Bonfils

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Cam Caswell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vito Germinario

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Denisha Hamilton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Julia

    VICE CHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shane Langdon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy McConnell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Nichols

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joni Siker

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Valeria C Walters

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $688,983
    Expenses
    $537,478
    Contributions
    $446,993
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $560,244
    Expenses
    $336,888
    Contributions
    $442,716
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $394,788
    Expenses
    $257,377
    Contributions
    $250,683
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $263,347
    Expenses
    $197,796
    Assets (EOY)
    $248,645

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $211,070
    Expenses
    $175,488
    Assets (EOY)
    $178,094

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $167,259
    Expenses
    $148,697
    Assets (EOY)
    $132,598

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $167,259
    Expenses
    $148,697
    Assets (EOY)
    $132,598

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $124,434
    Expenses
    $117,348
    Assets (EOY)
    $116,036

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $92,044
    Expenses
    $26,947
    Assets (EOY)
    $109,450

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2015

Tax period
1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015
Principal officer
Ben Bartel
Mailing address
40815 Hannah DriveWaterford VA 20197
Website
www.ryanbartelfoundation.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.