Indiana · Nonprofit
ASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC
ASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,660,690 to it, the largest being Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc ($850,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Aspire Higher Foundation Inc does
Mission
Aspire higher foundation helps the near northwest side of indianapolis experience uplift through community redevelopment education experiential programming. Aspire house a renovated historic firehouse is the springboard of aspire higher foundations redevelopment work.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Bla-tina career exposure camps: the bla-tina career exposure camps provides black and latina girls an exciting glimpse into the realm of opportunities that await for them. In the past aspire house and global prep academy worked together to put onthe bla-tina brainstorm and girls run the came programs.
$48,549 spentof which $50,000 as grants20% of program spendingSunday suppers: sunday suppers are a time to gather as a community and share a healthy meal. During the summer these monthly gatherings fuel us with laughter and smiles and we catch up with friends.
$13,601 spentof which $15,000 as grants5% of program spendingSports clinics: we are committed to bringing opportunities to youth in our community through sports. Our sports clinics promote physical activity and the values of teamwork and sportsmanship. Each year we host free sports clinics and field days.
$50,498 spentof which $50,000 as grants20% of program spendingElevation grant to support various programs that support the core mission of offering instruction on good nutrition excercise and improve mental health in the community.
$108,165 spentof which $112,500 as grants44% of program spendingIndy street fest. Held in tarkington park combined health wellness and sports activities for all ages. From sports clinics to a concert and movie showing there was something for everyone at indy street fest.
$21,932 spentof which $30,000 as grants9% of program spendingVarious other events to support the community
$5,112 spent2% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $247,857.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $853k to $1.5M (+71%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
98% of ASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 11 funders, grant income rose $50k → $964k.
4 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
42% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 48% · 2022 43% · 2023 26% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
25% of ASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 35% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
85% of ASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $472k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC?
- ASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,660,690 to it, the largest being Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc ($850,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $2,660,690 in grants to ASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC?
- Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $850,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASPIRE HIGHER FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 23 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing