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Aspirus Inc

Foundation · Grantmaker Wausau, WI EIN: 39-1328331 Website

We heal people, promote health, and strengthen communities.

Key facts about Aspirus Inc

In short: Aspirus Inc gave $130K across 4 grants in 2025 (avg $33K), mostly in Wisconsin. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
39-1328331
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$130,000
Grants made (2025)
4
Average grant
$32,500
Median grant
$22,500
Total assets
$1,834,574,094
Primary geography
Wisconsin (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$1.8B

+45.5% YoY

Annual Giving

$130K

-6.3% YoY

Grant Count

4

+0.0% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$33K

-6.3% YoY

How Aspirus Inc gives

  • Giving grew 1633% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

About Aspirus Inc

Based on IRS filings

Aspirus Inc is a nonprofit organization focused on Health, based in Wausau, WI. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.8B in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 4 grants totaling $130K. Net investment income was $44.9M.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of all 4 itemized 2025 grant dollars.

States

Cities

WausauFitchburgMadison

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K2 grants20203 grants20211 grants20221 grants20234 grants20244 grants2025

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 4 recipients in 2025

United Way of Marathon County: $70KUnited Way of Marathon County$70KWisconsin Hospital Association: $25KWisconsin Hospital Association$25KLeigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Inc: $20KLeigh Yawkey Woodson ArtMuseum Inc$20KHealthy Wisconsin Alliance Inc: $15KHealthy Wisconsin Alliance Inc$15K

Grant Size Distribution

13 grants across all recorded years

9<$50K3$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
UNITED WAY OF MARATHON COUNTY Wausau, WIPROGRAM SUPPORT$70,000
WISCONSIN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION Madison, WIPROGRAM SUPPORT$25,000
LEIGH YAWKEY WOODSON ART MUSEUM INC Wausau, WIPROGRAM SUPPORT$20,000
HEALTHY WISCONSIN ALLIANCE INC Fitchburg, WIPROGRAM SUPPORT$15,000

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$20M$40M$60M202020212022202320242025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$1,834,574,094$1,261,062,293$991,277,969
Revenue$47,088,956$30,068,603$24,159,379
Expenses$322,508$1,618,245$876,721
Qualifying Distributions———
Net Investment Income$44,866,390$27,276,936$21,601,212
Distributable Amount———

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
  2. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Aspirus Inc is led by Matthew F. Heywood, Board Member, President & CEO Aspirus since 2024 (on filings since 2020); 25 of 32 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Matthew F. Heywood

    Board Member, President & CEO Aspirus

    Board Member, President & CEO → President & CEO Aspirus, 2022

    President & CEO Aspirus → Board Member, President & CEO Aspirus, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    50 hrs/week

    $1.4M (2020) → $3.9M (2025)

  • Jennifer Redman-Schell

    Senior Vice President & President-Amg

    Senior Vice President & President- Aspirus Clinics → Senior Vice President & President-Amg, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    50 hrs/week

    $451K (2020) → $727K (2025)

  • Jesse Tischer

    Senior Vice President & President-Awh

    Senior Vice President & President-Regional Markets → Senior Vice President of Regions, 2024

    Senior Vice President of Regions → Senior Vice President & President-Awh, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    $456K (2020) → $733K (2025)

  • Kathy Kelsey Foley

    Chair

    Secretary → Vice Chair, 2023

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $12K (2023) → $20K (2025)

  • Brian J. Prunty

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $20K (2024) → $20K (2025)

  • Graham Chip Courtney

    Board Member

    Secretary → Chair, 2021

    Chair → Board Member, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $18K (2023) → $20K (2025)

  • James Matheson

    Svp-Chief Strategy Officer

    Vp-Business Transformation Marketing & Communications → Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, 2021

    Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer → Svp-Chief Strategy Officer, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    50 hrs/week

    $265K (2020) → $745K (2025)

  • Joseph V. Fonti

    Board Member

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $9K (2023) → $15K (2025)

  • Richard V. Poirier

    Board Member

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2023

    Chair → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $12K (2023) → $30K (2025)

  • Sherri L. Lemmer

    Secretary & Treasurer

    Treasurer → Secretary & Treasurer, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $12K (2023) → $20K (2025)

  • Sidney C. Sczygelski

    Svp-Special Projects & Former CFO

    Senior Vice President of Finance & CFO → Senior Vice President of Finance & Special Projects, 2024

    Senior Vice President of Finance & Special Projects → Svp-Special Projects & Former CFO, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    10 hrs/week

    $742K (2020) → $1.5M (2025)

  • David M. Heck

    Board Member

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    $9K (2023) → $15K (2025)

  • Michael Holzhueter

    Svp-Chief Hr Officer

    Svp-General Counsel → Svp-Chief Hr Officer, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    50 hrs/week

    $450K (2022) → $880K (2025)

  • Crystal Kirschling

    Vp-System Integration Officer

    Vp-Regional Integration Officer → Vp-System Integration Officer, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    $120K (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Daniel Gutmann

    Physician

    Director-Reg. Med. Director → Regional Medical Director, 2024

    Regional Medical Director → Physician, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $404K (2024) → $440K (2025)

  • William Carroll

    Vp-Information Technology

    On filings since 2023

    50 hrs/week

    $321K (2023) → $456K (2025)

  • Jerry M. Yang

    Svp-Chief Financial Officer

    On filings since 2024

    50 hrs/week

    $677K (2025)

  • Jonathan Parisi

    Physician

    Regional Medical Director → Physician, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $428K (2024) → $427K (2025)

  • Michael Walters

    Svp-System Chief Medical Officer

    On filings since 2024

    50 hrs/week

    $670K (2024) → $763K (2025)

  • Ridhwi Mukerji

    Physician

    Regional Medical Director → Physician, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $500K (2024) → $522K (2025)

  • Thomas Powell

    Vp-Chief Medical Info Officer

    Vp-Chief Medical Info. Officer → Vp-Chief Medical Info Officer, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    50 hrs/week

    $435K (2024) → $439K (2025)

  • Tyler Hack

    Vp-Finance North Region

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    $242K (2024) → $0 (2025)

  • Volodymyr Manko

    Physician

    Regional Medical Director → Physician, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $460K (2024) → $528K (2025)

  • Will Weider

    Svp-Chief Information Officer

    On filings since 2024

    50 hrs/week

    $253K (2024) → $661K (2025)

  • Yvonne Prettner Solon

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    $8K (2025)

  • David Bittner

    Svp-Enterprise Development

    New on the 2025 filing

    50 hrs/week

    $444K (2025)

  • Joshua Foster

    Vp-Business Transformation

    New on the 2025 filing

    50 hrs/week

    $292K (2025)

  • Jeannie Worden

    Vice Chair

    Board Member → Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Noel Deep MD

    Board Member & Vp-Cmo

    Board Member & Physician → Board Member & Vp-Cmo, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Murphy

    Board Member

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeremy Lewitzke

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Maurine Settergren

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (37)
  • Former: Eric Anderson (2020–2024) — Chief Compliance Officer
  • Former: Todd Richardson (2020–2024) — Svp-Cio
  • Former: Will Flett (2022–2024) — Vp-Finance Awh
  • Former: Debra Ball (2023–2024) — Svp-Chief H.r. Officer
  • Former: Jeffrey Jones (2024) — Svp-Cfo
  • Former: Charlie Zanayed (2020–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Kathy J. Strasser (2020–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Matthew Brewer (2020–2023) — Vp-Tertiary Services
  • Former: Noel K. Sonnek MD (2020–2023) — Board Member & Physician
  • Former: Scott Remmich (2020–2023) — Vp-Chief Compliance Officer
  • Former: Jennifer Enman-Bourgon (2023) — Director-Reg. Med. Director
  • Former: Robyn Schertz (2023) — Vp-Senior Sys. Physician Executive
  • Former: Steven Phillipson (2023) — Director-Regional Medical Director
  • Former: Susan Schneider (2023) — Vp-Senior Sys. Physician Executive
  • Former: Benjamin Barsotti (2020–2022) — Chief Medical Information Officer
  • Former: Gary Rakes (2020–2022) — Vp-Chief Supply Chain Officer
  • Former: John Heisler (2020–2022) — Senior Vice President & Chief Human Res. Officer
  • Former: Jon Hardesty (2020–2022) — Vp-Corporate Human Resources
  • Former: Lisa Rowe-Peplinski (2020–2022) — Vp-Care Quality & Pat. Safety
  • Former: Michael McGrail MD (2020–2022) — Former Senior Vice President & System CMO
  • Former: Paul David (2020–2022) — Assistant General Counsel
  • Former: Renee M. Smith (2020–2022) — Executive Director-Ani
  • Former: Ruth Risley-Gray (2020–2022) — Senior Vice President & System Cno
  • Former: Brett Davis (2021–2022) — President-Aspirus Health Plan
  • Former: John Monks (2022) — Vp-Operations
  • Former: Paul Van Den Heuvel (2022) — Vp-Networks Strategy
  • Former: Cari Logemann (2020–2021) — Senior Vice President & General Counsel
  • Former: Cynthia Rider (2020–2021) — Vp-Post Acute Care
  • Former: Matthew D. Rowe (2020–2021) — Chair
  • Former: Patrick Tincher Jr. (2020–2021) — Vp-Finance Regional Operations
  • Former: Rick Nevers (2020–2021) — Svp-Reg. Ops. System Int. Officer
  • Former: Christine Harff (2021) — President-Regional Up
  • Former: Christopher Toner (2020) — Assistant General Counsel
  • Former: Ellen Baldwin (2020) — Director-System Total Rewards
  • Former: Rebecca Knutson (2020) — Director-System Org. Learning & Development
  • Former: Stephen Brewer (2020) — Vp-Heart Vascular & Tertiary Aci
  • Former: Todd Dirkman (2020) — Vp-Operational & Clinical Services

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Matthew Heywood — Board Member/President & CEO Aspirus: $3.9MMatthew HeywoodBoard Member/President & CEO…$3.9MSidney Sczygelski — SVP-Special Projects/Former CFO: $1.5MSidney SczygelskiSVP-Special Projects/Former CFO$1.5MMichael Holzhueter — SVP-Chief HR Officer: $880KMichael HolzhueterSVP-Chief HR Officer$880KMichael Walters — SVP-System Chief Medical Officer: $763KMichael WaltersSVP-System Chief Medical Officer$763KJames Matheson — SVP-Chief Strategy Officer: $745KJames MathesonSVP-Chief Strategy Officer$745KJesse Tischer — SVP & President-Awh (Former): $733KJesse TischerSVP & President-Awh (Former)$733KJennifer Redman-Schell — SVP & President-Amg: $727KJennifer Redman-SchellSVP & President-Amg$727KJerry M Yang — SVP-Chief Financial Officer: $677KJerry M YangSVP-Chief Financial Officer$677KWill Weider — SVP-Chief Information Officer: $661KWill WeiderSVP-Chief Information Officer$661KVolodymyr Manko — Physician: $528KVolodymyr MankoPhysician$528KRidhwi Mukerji — Physician: $522KRidhwi MukerjiPhysician$522KWilliam Carroll — VP-Information Technology: $456KWilliam CarrollVP-Information Technology$456KDavid Bittner — SVP-Enterprise Development: $444KDavid BittnerSVP-Enterprise Development$444KDaniel Gutmann — Physician: $440KDaniel GutmannPhysician$440KThomas Powell — VP-Chief Medical Info Officer: $439KThomas PowellVP-Chief Medical Info Officer$439KJonathan Parisi — Physician: $427KJonathan ParisiPhysician$427KJoshua Foster — VP-Business Transformation: $292KJoshua FosterVP-Business Transformation$292KRichard Poirier — Board Member: $30KRichard PoirierBoard Member$30KKathy Kelsey Foley — Chair: $20KKathy Kelsey FoleyChair$20KSherri Lemmer — Secretary/Treasurer: $20KSherri LemmerSecretary/Treasurer$20KBrian Prunty — Board Member: $20KBrian PruntyBoard Member$20KGraham Chip Courtney — Board Member (Thru 09/24): $20KGraham Chip CourtneyBoard Member (Thru 09/24)$20KJoseph Fonti — Board Member: $15KJoseph FontiBoard Member$15KDavid Heck — Board Member: $15KDavid HeckBoard Member$15KYvonne Prettner Solon — Board Member: $8KYvonne Prettner SolonBoard Member$8K

Frequently asked questions about Aspirus Inc

How much does Aspirus Inc give each year?

Aspirus Inc gave $130K across 4 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $139K across 4 grants.

What is Aspirus Inc's typical grant size?

Aspirus Inc's median grant in 2025 was $22,500, and its average grant was $32,500, across 4 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Aspirus Inc give grants?

Aspirus Inc gives mostly in Wisconsin: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Wausau, WI (2 grants).

Does Aspirus Inc give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 4 grants with a stated purpose on Aspirus Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Program Support" (4 grants).

How large is Aspirus Inc?

Aspirus Inc reported $1.8B in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $47.1M.

What is Aspirus Inc?

Aspirus Inc is a nonprofit organization focused on Health, based in Wausau, WI. It holds $1.8B in total assets as of 2025.

What is Aspirus Inc's EIN?

Aspirus Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 39-1328331. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

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