Wisconsin · Public charity
Aspirus Inc
We heal people, promote health, and strengthen communities.
- $207k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $130k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations Aspirus Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $130k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $139k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $148k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $72k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $48k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $74k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $127k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Marathon County Inc | $480,099 | 7 | 4% |
| North Central Health Care | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Wisconsin Hospital Association Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Wausau Prosperity Partnership L Partnership Ltd | $22,500 | 2 | 30% |
| Centergy Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Northcentral Technical College Foundation Inc | $17,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Healthy Wisconsin Alliance Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Performing Arts Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aspirus Medical Group Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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.
Open a dossier: Judd S Alexander Foundation · Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin Inc · Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc · Dwight and Linda Davis Foundation · Dan Storey Foundation Inc · Incrediblebank Foundation Inc · Ba & Esther Greenheck Foundation · George Kress Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Aspirus Inc
- How much does Aspirus Inc give?
- Aspirus Inc reported 4 itemized grants totaling $130,000, out of $207,254 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Aspirus Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (64%), Recreation & Sports (13%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Aspirus Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: United Way of Marathon County Inc ($480k), North Central Health Care ($100k), Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Inc ($40k).
- Does Aspirus Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Aspirus Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Judd S Alexander Foundation, Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin Inc, Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc.
- Where is Aspirus Inc based?
- Aspirus Inc is based in WI.
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