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Aspirus Health Foundation Inc

We heal people, promote health, and strengthen communities.

$2.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$556k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$5.4MEducation$2.0MPublic Safety & Disaster$52kPublic Benefit$25kHuman Services$20kEmployment$10kRecreation & Sports$10kYouth Development$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $718,743, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,617,198 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,898,455 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $61k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $102k
  • $250k+1 grant · $556k
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$61M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASPIRUS WAUSAU HOSPITAL INC$555,743
CITY OF WAUSAU$52,000
FAMILY HEALTH LA CLINICA$50,000
THREE BRIDGES RECOVERY WISCONSIN INC$31,000
WISCONSIN DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC$20,000
CAP SERVICES INC$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $182k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 22% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CAP SERVICES INC: $10k → 10%THREE BRIDGES RECOVERY WISCONSIN INC: $48k → 11%CAP SERVICES INC: $10k → 10%THREE BRIDGES RECOVERY WISCONSIN INC: $31k → 11%THREE BRIDGES RECOVERY WISCONSIN INC: $23k → 11%THREE BRIDGES RECOVERY WISCONSIN INC: $21k → 11%WISCONSIN DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 17%WISCONSIN DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.3M · 10 repeat orgs$228k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
7

Total granted

$7.3M
$126k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+36%

Still filing today

80%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationInternationalFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AW
    ASPIRUS WAUSAU HOSPITAL INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $5.1M · revenue +60%
  • TM
    THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $1.8M · revenue +54%
  • TB
    THREE BRIDGES RECOVERY WISCONSIN INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $122k · revenue +234%

Funded once

  • MU
    Marquette Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $40k · revenue +36%
  • AD
    AIDVANTAGEUS DEPT EDUCATION
    one grant, 2018 · $30k
  • MT
    MICHIGAN TRANSPORTATION CONNECTION
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -5%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing & Productivity

The wcmp will grow and nurture the mep's impact in the state of wisconsin by engaging and aligning the best possible resources to help small and medium-sized manufacturers reach their potential.

Education
2
Wisconsin Medical Credit Union

Wisconsin medical cu is a not for profit, member owned organization dedicated to meet the members needs by providing sound financial services including competitive rates, information and services while maintaining financial stability of…

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3
Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Community Physicians Inc

To advance the health of our communities through excellence and discovery, inspiring each person to live their unique, best life.

Health
4
Wisconsin Medical Society Inc

To improve the health of the people of wisconsin by supporting and strengthening physicians' ability to practice high quality patient care in a changing environment.

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5
Wisconsin Health Information Organization Inc

The wisconsin health information organization maintains a centralized health care data repository to provide data and information on the quality, safety, cost, and equity of health care to all health care stakeholders for improvement,…

Health
6
University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Inc

University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation (UWMF) supports the teaching, research and service missions of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health by promoting the delivery of excellent and innovative patient care…

Health
7
Center for Healthcare Careers of Southeast Wisconsin Inc

The mission of the center for healthcare careers of southeast wisconsin, inc. (chcsew) is to unite all appropriate stakeholders in a viable, flexible structure to locate, educate and support a workforce from service to professional levels…

Health
8
My Choice Wisconsin Inc

We inspire people to experience life at its fullest by encouraging ownership of health, fostering independence, and serving the whole person; and do so with an unwavering commitment as stewards of medicaid funding.

Health
9
Madison Community Hospital

Madison regional health system serves as a community health focal point through the provision of compassionate, quality, and innovative care.

Health
10
Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin Inc

Provide a unified voice, resources, and leadership to advance the pharmacy profession and improve the quality of medication use in wisconsin.

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11
Healthy Wisconsin Alliance Inc

Healthy wisconsin alliance, inc. was created to promote the social welfare of the citizens of wisconsin including developing, defining, and encouraging distribution of information about wisconsin's health care climate and the importance of…

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12
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cap Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Marquette University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ASPIRUS WAUSAU HOSPITAL INC: $5,081,330 · HealthASPIRUS WAUSAU HOSPITAL INC+2 more: $57,500 · HealthTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $1,770,000 · EducationTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISC…+1 more: $40,242 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $109,101 · OtherMARATHON COUNTY AOD PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL INC: $60,000 · OtherCITY OF WAUSAU: $52,000 · OtherLA CLINICA DE LOS CAMPESINOS INC: $50,000 · OtherNORTHCENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $31,000 · OtherAIDVANTAGEUS DEPT EDUCATION: $29,758 · Other+1 more: $10,000 · OtherTHREE BRIDGES RECOVERY WISCONSIN INC: $122,000 · Human ServicesWISCONSIN DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesCAP SERVICES INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesMICHIGAN TRANSPORTATION CONNECTION: $25,000 · Public BenefitCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF MARATHON COUNTY INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyGOOD NEWS PROJECT INC: $10,820 · InternationalRHINELANDER AREA FOOD PANTRY INC: $6,000 · Food & Nutrition
Health$5,138,830Education$1,810,242Other$341,859Human Services$182,000Public Benefit$25,000Philanthropy$20,000International$10,820Food & Nutrition$6,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetASPIRUS WAUSAU HOSPITAL INC: $5,081,330 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $1,770,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHREE BRIDGES RECOVERY WISCONSIN INC: $122,000 over 4y, 9.0% of budgetVIVENT HEALTH INC: $52,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLA CLINICA DE LOS CAMPESINOS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMarquette University: $40,242 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetNORTHCENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $31,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetMICHIGAN TRANSPORTATION CONNECTION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCAP SERVICES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD NEWS PROJECT INC: $10,820 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCHILDCARING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MARATHON COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRHINELANDER AREA FOOD PANTRY INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Marshfield Clinic Hea…Ba & Esther Greenheck…Community Foundation …Amazonsmile Foundation
Marshfield Clinic Health System IncWI13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marshfield Clinic Health System Inc · Ba & Esther Greenheck Foundation · Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Aspirus Health Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Aspirus Health Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 20 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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