Massachusetts · Nonprofit
UASPIRE INC
UASPIRE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 116 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,536,607 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($12,646,949). 75 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.2M
- Funders on record
- 116
- Grants received
- $52M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Uaspire Inc does
Mission
Uaspire's mission is to improve the economic mobility of underrepresented students by creating financial solutions to diverse postsecondary pathways.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Uaspire guides students, families, and communities to navigate complex financial aid systems in pursuit of equitable access to affordable postsecondary pathways through in-person and virtual advising. Uaspire provides postsecondary financial aid advising to 10,000 students in locations across massachusetts (boston, cambridge, somerville, malden, and fall river) and the san francisco bay area (san francisco, oakland, and hayward) and new york, new york. Uaspire's high school advising program, afford, delivers robust, individualized support in their high schools and over text messaging to apply for financial aid, make financially informed college decisions, and successfully enroll. Uaspire's postsecondary advising program, succeed, supports students to maintain/secure financial aid and manage college costs to persist and ultimately complete their degrees. Uaspire advisors supplement high school counselors and other community-based organizations who depend on uaspire to help with the financial issues related to affrodability, matriculation and persistence to a certificate or degree.
$3,905,665 spent$829,008 earned by the program55% of program spendingUaspire trains school counselors and program staff to support the students they work with through the financial aid process. Tailored to staff's experience and state context, our online and in-person courses offer best-in-class instruction, action planning, and tools to use with students and families. We also offer practitioners unlimited online access to uaspire's resources, technical assistance, and financial aid expertise through our partner portal. Through the portal, members can request support or ask a question to get the best solution for their students, find how-to videos and tools to share with students and families, and stay current with college affordability news.
$1,813,344 spent$310,709 earned by the program26% of program spendingBy leveraging our own and our students' financial aid expertise, uaspire advocates for institutional, state, and federal policy change to transform financial aid and higher education systems. We also run a paid policy fellowship, where college students build advocacy skills and influence policymakers to make higher education more affordable and equitable.
$906,673 spent13% of program spendingOther program services consist of our: 1) consulting practice where we collaborate with partners to assess their needs and offer uniquely designed solutions in the areas of content development, program improvement and systems change, by leveraging our financial aid expertise, student-advising experience, and student-centered research; and 2) scholarship and emergency aid support which is inclusive of the distribution and administration of funds as well as program quality and evaluation.
$438,089 spentof which $87,829 as grants$132,600 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,063,771.
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 $10.0M to $14M (+38%).
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: 2021 13% · 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
72% of UASPIRE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
Jaclyn Pinero
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Kerry Ann James
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 26 funders to 52 funders, grant income rose $2.5M → $10M.
20 of 116 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 UASPIRE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 116 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
UASPIRE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
54% 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 UASPIRE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 28% · 2019 33% · 2020 26% · 2021 26% · 2022 30% · 2023 16% — 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
50% of UASPIRE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
UASPIRE INC draws 75% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 17 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
UASPIRE INC is better cushioned than half of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding UASPIRE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.0M on record.
- (HH) CONSULTANT SVCS (TO DEPTS)$1.0M
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 UASPIRE 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
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 30 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UASPIRE 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 UASPIRE INC?
- UASPIRE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 116 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,536,607 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($12,646,949). 75 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UASPIRE INC have?
- IRS filings report 116 organizations giving $51,536,607 in grants to UASPIRE INC, 75 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UASPIRE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $12,646,949 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UASPIRE 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.
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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 116 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing