Massachusetts · Nonprofit
LASPAU INC
LASPAU INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,075,834 to it, the largest being INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC ($5,899,526). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $7.0M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $0
What Laspau Inc does
Mission
Laspau connects individuals and institutions with opportunities to enhance the quality and impact of higher education in the americas. We see our work as critical for fostering knowledge-based, inclusive societies throughout the americas.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The paep testing program ceased by june 30, 2023. All programs ceased by september 30, 2023, in advance of the organization's dissolution.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Scholarship programs for students from around central and south america and the caribbean to study outside their home country. Includes but is not limited to the fulbright program, which provides grants for individual graduate study in the united states.
$6,352,320 spentof which $4,449,429 as grants$2,194,292 earned by the program94% of program spendingUniversity innovation programs that focus on improving the quality of higher education institutions through innovation in leadership & governance, teaching & learning, and quality assurance. These programs strengthen the capacity of universities and higher education systems to fulfill their missions and increase their relevance within society.
$237,806 spent$82,146 earned by the program4% of program spendingPaep testing program, a standardized, spanish-language exam designed for the assessment of graduate program candidates.
$149,524 spent$51,650 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,739,650.
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.
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 $9.1M to $0 (−100%).
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 79% · 2018 67% · 2019 54% · 2020 51% · 2021 58% · 2022 64% · 2023 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 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
Christine Nelson
Chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $1.3M → $307k.
6 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% 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 LASPAU 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
LASPAU INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 LASPAU INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 88% · 2019 85% · 2020 93% · 2021 86% · 2022 100% · 2023 67% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
92% of LASPAU INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $833k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Government funding LASPAU INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $21.5M on record.
- Department of State$21.3M
- Agency for International Development$200k
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 LASPAU 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LASPAU 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 LASPAU INC?
- LASPAU INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,075,834 to it, the largest being INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC ($5,899,526). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LASPAU INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $10,075,834 in grants to LASPAU INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LASPAU INC?
- INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,899,526 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LASPAU INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 7 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