Ruritan National Foundation
Providing financial assistance to qualified individuals or groups for educational, charitable, and benevolent activities. The Foundation provides educational scholarships and grants from the endowed funds it manages.
Ruritan National Foundation at a glance
In short: Ruritan National Foundation reported $315K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $315,250 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- +0.4% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $6,734,455
- +4.3% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $458,891
- -34.7% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $153,198
- -63.2% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $544,025
- +5.1% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Ruritan National Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
4 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 2 grants of 4 (50%).
How Ruritan National Foundation gives
- Giving grew 22% from 2020 to 2023. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $114K (2021) to $329K (2022). In 2025 it reported $315K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Ruritan National Project Focus | Disaster relief | $143,834 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $6,734,455 | $458,891 | $544,025 | $315,250 | Total only | $153,198 |
| 2024 | $6,457,129 | $702,545 | $517,448 | $313,875 | Total only | $416,331 |
| 2023 | $5,343,412 | $505,560 | $589,082 | $143,834 | 1 | $237,195 |
| 2022 | $4,985,492 | $776,048 | $524,930 | $328,500 | 1 | $521,262 |
| 2021 | $6,218,634 | $604,011 | $393,112 | $113,936 | 2 | $334,790 |
| 2020 | $5,345,740 | $516,398 | $421,507 | $117,896 | 2 | $308,060 |
| 2019 | $5,199,583 | $449,388 | $436,362 | $116,966 | 2 | $166,721 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Ruritan National Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Ruritan National Foundation is a public charity, based in Dublin, VA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $6.7M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $315K in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $153K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Ruritan National Foundation is led by Phillip Bradshaw, President since 2024 (on filings since 2019); none of the 7 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Phillip Bradshaw
President
Treasurer → Treasurerpresident, 2023
Treasurerpresident → President, 2024
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Clinton Guy Cox
President
Secretaryvice President → Vice President, 2024
Vice President → President, 2025
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Kelly
Executive Director
On filings since 2022
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
OH Bobbitt III
Promotion Chair
President → Past President, 2024
Past President → Promotion Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Josh Adams
Vice President
Promotion Chairsecretarytre → Treasurer, 2024
Treasurer → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2022
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Debra L Knesal
Treasurer
Promotion Chair → Secretary, 2024
Secretary → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2023
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alex Sowers
Secretary
Promotion Chair → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2024
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (5)
- Former: Cleve Wright (2023–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Brent Wheeler (2019–2023) — President
- Former: Graham Bryant (2019–2023) — Vice President
- Former: Michael Chrisley (2019–2022) — Executive Director
- Former: George Camin (2019) — President
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Ruritan National Foundation
How much does Ruritan National Foundation give each year?
Ruritan National Foundation reported $315K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it reported $314K in grants paid.
How large is Ruritan National Foundation?
Ruritan National Foundation reported $6.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $459K.
What is Ruritan National Foundation's EIN?
Ruritan National Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 20-8830904. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 25, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 19, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 5, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 23, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS January 21, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 14, 2023)
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