New York · Nonprofit
ASPIRE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC
ASPIRE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $378,668 to it, the largest being THE PETER AND ELIZABETH C TOWER FOUNDATION ($125,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $95M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $379k
- Net assets
- $21M
What Aspire of Western New York Inc does
Mission
Aspire's mission is to support children and adults with developmental and similar disabilities, helping them to live their lives to the fullest by providing individualized assistance based on personal choices.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Residential opportunitiesoffering many different types of homes, the division of residential opportunities provides for individuals with developmental disabilities to live in a setting that best meets their needs and desires. Aspire operates over 42 group homes in erie and chautauqua counties. Services provided include community habilitation in the residences when appropriate and respite based on the individual's needs.
$43,587,584 spent$49,513,282 earned by the program53% of program spendingEducational servicesaspire teams up with parents to give children the instruction and care needed to realize their best potential. Started in 1947, our children's services offer a wide range of programs to children with disabilities and their families. The aspire center for learning provides a comprehensive and individualized set of programs for children from birth through age 22. Occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, vision, health and education services are delivered at the school as related services or part of a complete program. Our family-centered approach means we'll partner with families, school districts and counties to provide an individual education program (iep) that enhances each child's growth, independence and community participation. Services provided include: children's discovery corner day care, early intervention, integrated preschool and school age services.
$14,613,361 spent$16,600,036 earned by the program18% of program spendingDay habilitation servicespersonalized day services are available throughout erie and chautauqua counties for people who have developmental disabilities. Day services focus on supporting individualized goals and dreams through diversified services. It also includes programs that help individuals pursue educational, recreational and employment goals through volunteer opportunities. Services provided include: community enhanced learning, community volunteer opportunities, creative art expression, ged/continuing education, personal wellness, personalized day habilitation, social & recreational opportunities and technology support.
$10,534,757 spent$11,966,949 earned by the program13% of program spendingOther programs include; self-directed services, fiscal intermerdiary services, clinical and adult health services, assistive technology network, mental health services, rehabilitation services, community respite and vocational services, and many more. Self-directed services (sds) is a program for individuals who are eligible for opwdd services and who are enrolled in the home and community based services (hcbs) waiver which provides for greather involvement of individuals in designing supports based on their unique strengths and needs. It gives individuals more control over the funding used to buy their services. Sds involves assistance from a fiscal intermerdiary to plan and manage budgets and spending and brokerts toassist with selection of supports, progress towards accomplishing identified goals, and participant satisfaction, as well as involvementby the individual's natural circle of support.
$13,844,912 spent$15,715,019 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $82,580,614.
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 2020 to 2021, from $28M to $37M (+31%).
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 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 2% · 2020 3% · 2021 1% · 2022 12% · 2023 1% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
1% of ASPIRE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Benjamin Burge
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $23k → $45k.
6 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $531k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Aspire Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money ASPIRE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC raised.
From the IRS filings of ASPIRE OF WESTERN NEW YORK 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 OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
53% 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 OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 100% · 2019 49% · 2020 75% · 2021 51% · 2022 37% · 2023 45% — 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
22% of ASPIRE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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
91% of ASPIRE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $157k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 817 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 817 housing & shelter nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like ASPIRE OF WESTERN NEW YORK 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 New York
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
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 12 related entities
- Ucp Opportunities · exempt
- Ucp Developments Inc · exempt
- Ucp Opportunities of Wny Inc · exempt
- Independent Housing Opportunities Inc · exempt
- Barone Heights Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ASPIRE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC?
- ASPIRE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $378,668 to it, the largest being THE PETER AND ELIZABETH C TOWER FOUNDATION ($125,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASPIRE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $378,668 in grants to ASPIRE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASPIRE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC?
- THE PETER AND ELIZABETH C TOWER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASPIRE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 17 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