Vermont · Nonprofit
Aspire Living & Learning Inc
Aspire Living & Learning Inc (Vermont) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $209,408 to it, the largest being Ellen Tsao Au-Yang Charitable Foundation ($100,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $94M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $209k
- Net assets
- $29M
What Aspire Living & Learning Inc does
Mission
Aspire serves neurodiverse children and adults who are discovering their passions, unlocking potential, and thriving.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Supports for Adults - Community Based Long-term/Residential Supports:Aspire Living and Learning supports the residential needs of individuals living with intellectual/developmental disabilities and/or behavioral health concerns. Supports are wide ranging and community based. Aspire living and learning strives to provide excellent person-centered residential supports.
$54,125,966 spent$59,254,315 earned by the program65% of program spendingSupports for Adults - Day and Employment Support Options:Aspire Living & Learning supports adults who are interested in employment or other community-based opportunities for volunteering, civic engagement, socialization, education, etc. Through a person-centered approach, individuals receive the support necessary to reach their unique goals.
$11,490,997 spent$11,718,388 earned by the program14% of program spendingSupports for Children - Educational Services:Aspire Living & Learning educates children aged 3 to 22 to reach their full potential. Whether at one of Aspire's special education schools or through consultation services at public schools, children with an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis, developmental disabilities and/or behavior challenges receive highly individualized educational services, in a setting that best works for them to achieve their goals.
$17,282,181 spent$20,798,069 earned by the program21% of program spendingSupports for Children - Behavioral Services:Aspire Living & Learning provides behavioral services for children aged 1 to 22 to reach their full potential. Whether at home, in a center-based setting, or in the community, children with an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis, developmental disabilities and/or behavior challenges receive highly individualized clinical intervention, such as applied behavior analysis and other treatment modalities in the setting that best works for them to achieve their goals.
$181,589 spent$92,497 earned by the program0% of program spendingSupports for Adults - Case Management:Aspire Living & Learning provides service coordination to individuals who receive supports from other human service agencies, which involves the assessment of needed services and development of service plans to help the individual receive appropriate care, attain desired goals and build desired skills.
$315,539 spent$247,552 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $83,396,272.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 $31M to $50M (+59%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2022 2% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
1% of Aspire Living & Learning Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Erica Hare
Chief Executive Officer
Board chair
Katie Franco
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $28k → $6k.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 Living & Learning Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 11 funders by total. 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 Living & Learning Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 33% · 2022 43% · 2023 90% — 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
60% of Aspire Living & Learning Inc's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 36% 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
Aspire Living & Learning Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Vermont, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $29k 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 Living & Learning Inc is better cushioned than half of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding Aspire Living & Learning Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $165.9M on record.
- MA$85.4M
- CT$80.3M
- VT$148k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Aspire Living & Learning 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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 5 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Aspire Living & Learning 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 Living & Learning Inc?
- Aspire Living & Learning Inc (Vermont) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $209,408 to it, the largest being Ellen Tsao Au-Yang Charitable Foundation ($100,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Aspire Living & Learning Inc have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $209,408 in grants to Aspire Living & Learning Inc, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Aspire Living & Learning Inc?
- Ellen Tsao Au-Yang Charitable Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Aspire Living & Learning Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 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