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Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Wausau, WI EIN: 39-1138241 Website

We heal people, promote health, and strengthen communities.

Key facts about Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc

In short: Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc gave $648K across 8 grants in 2025 (avg $81K), mostly in Wisconsin. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
39-1138241
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$647,750
Grants made (2025)
8
Average grant
$80,969
Median grant
$24,750
Total assets
$410,820,717
Primary geography
Wisconsin (99% 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

$410.8M

+1.8% YoY

Annual Giving

$648K

+483.6% YoY

Grant Count

8

+100.0% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$81K

+191.8% YoY

How Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc gives

  • Giving grew 131% from 2022 to 2025. Method

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

About Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc

Based on IRS filings

Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc is a public charity focused on Health, based in Wausau, WI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $410.8M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 8 grants totaling $648K. Net investment income was $55K.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 8 itemized grants.

Cities

WausauRhinelanderMilwaukeeMadisonSchofieldWashingtonWwausau

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$250K$500K$750K$1M13 grants2019 10 grants2020 6 grants2021 6 grants2022 6 grants2023 4 grants2024 8 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $111K (2024) to $896K (2020). In 2025 it made 8 grants totaling $648K.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 8 recipients in 2025

Performing Arts Foundation: $270KPerforming Arts Foundation$270KDC Everest Area Education Foundation: $250KDC Everest Area EducationFoundation$250KCommunity Foundation of North Central Wisconsin: $50KCommunity Foundation of NorthCentral Wisconsin$50KUnited Way of Marathon County: $39KUnited Way of Marathon County$39KWausau Area Mobile Meals: $11KWausau Area Mobile Meals$11KMosaic of North Central Wisconsin: $10KMosaic of North CentralWisconsin$10KWausau Events Inc: $10KWausau Events Inc$10KNational Association of Social Workers: $8KNational Association of SocialWorkers$8K

The largest 2025 recipient was Performing Arts Foundation ($270K). Together the top 8 received $648K.

Grant Size Distribution

30 grants across all recorded years

22<$50K5$50–100K1$100–250K2$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 22 grants of 30 (73%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Performing Arts Foundation Wausau, WISponsorship$270,000
DC Everest Area Education Foundation Schofield, WISponsorship$250,000
Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin Wausau, WISponsorship$50,000
United Way of Marathon County Wausau, WISponsorship$38,500
Wausau Area Mobile Meals Wausau, WISponsorship$11,000
Mosaic of North Central Wisconsin Wausau, WISponsorship$10,250
Wausau Events Inc Wausau, WISponsorship$10,000
National Association of Social Workers Washington, DCSponsorship$8,000

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$250M$500M$750M$1B2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$410,820,717$403,390,472$412,195,101
Revenue$791,957,550$730,387,032$681,276,866
Expenses$718,720,687$668,305,209$632,576,451
Net Investment Income$55,148$-7,699$1,254,533

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 4, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 13, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 12, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc is led by Matthew F. Heywood, President & CEO Aspirus since 2020 (on filings since 2019); 8 of 31 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Matthew F. Heywood

    President & CEO Aspirus

    President & CEO Ai → President & CEO Aspirus, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeffrey Wicklander

    President-Aspirus Cent. Reg.

    President-Central Wi Region → Senior Vice President & Central Region President, 2024

    Senior Vice President & Central Region President → President-Aspirus Cent. Reg., 2025

    On filings since 2021

    35 hrs/week

    $132K (2021) → $898K (2025)

  • Jennifer Redman-Schell

    Senior Vice President & President-Amg

    Senior Vice President & President- Aspirus Clinics → Senior Vice President, President & Amg, 2021

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

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jesse Tischer

    Senior Vice President & President-Awh

    Senior Vice President & President-Regional Markets → Senior Vice President & President-Reg. Markets, 2023

    Senior Vice President & President-Reg. Markets → Senior Vice President & President-Awh, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Jeremy A. Lewitzke

    Chair

    Board Member → Vice Chair, 2022

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christopher Platta

    Regional Medical Director

    Physician → Regional Medical Director, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $2M (2024) → $2.4M (2025)

  • James M. Cygan MD

    Board Member & Physician

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $954K (2024) → $937K (2025)

  • Ryan Andrews

    Vp-System Senior Physician Executive

    Senior Sys. Phys. Exec.-Tertiary Care → Vp- Phys. Executive Tertiary Care, 2022

    Vp- Phys. Executive Tertiary Care → Vp-System Senior Physician Executive, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    50 hrs/week

    $374K (2019) → $618K (2025)

  • Agnieszka Thompson

    Physician

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $1.4M (2024) → $1.5M (2025)

  • Andrew Huang

    Physician

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $2M (2024) → $2.4M (2025)

  • Bret Stysly

    Physician

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $1.4M (2024) → $1.3M (2025)

  • Justin Asquith

    Physician

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $1.1M (2024) → $1.1M (2025)

  • Eric Anderson

    Chief Compliance Officer

    Senior Vice President Service Line & Patient Exp → Svp-Service Line & Patient Exp., 2020

    Svp-Service Line & Patient Exp. → Chief Compliance Officer, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lawrence G. Leibert MD

    Board Member & Physician

    Board Member & Adc Physician → Board Member & Physician, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mary Jo Wendling MD

    Board Member & Physician

    Former Board Member & Physician → Former Board Member & Physican, 2024

    Former Board Member & Physican → Board Member & Physician, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sidney C. Sczygelski

    Senior Vice President of Finance & CFO

    Senior Vice President & CFO Ai → Senior Vice President of Finance & CFO, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • James Matheson

    Svp-Chief Strategy Officer

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

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael A. Umland MD

    Board Member & Physician

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kyle N. Page

    Vice Chair

    Board Member → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marco A. Espinoza

    Secretary & Treasurer

    Board Member → Secretary & Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Holzhueter

    Svp-Chief Hr Officer

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

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tou Shoua Lor MD

    Board Member & Physician

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bryan B. Borrell

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Constance Bradley

    Svp-Pres. Reg. Markets

    Svp-System Chief Nursing Executive → Senior Vice President & President Regional Markets, 2024

    Senior Vice President & President Regional Markets → Svp-Pres. Reg. Markets, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Elizabeth Renaker-Jansen DO

    Board Member & Physician

    Board Member → Board Member & Physician, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer R. Enman-Bourgon DO

    Board Member & Physician

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jerry M. Yang

    Svp-Chief Financial Officer

    Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer → Svp-Chief Financial Officer, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Walters

    Svp-System Chief Medical Officer

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Craig Destree MD

    Board Member & Physician

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Erika Crockford DO

    Board Member & Physician

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Will Weider

    Svp-Chief Information Officer

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (50)
  • Former: Jeffrey Jones (2024) — Svp-Cfo
  • Former: Susan Schneider (2024) — Vp-System Senior Physician Executive
  • Former: Chad H. Radke DO (2019–2023) — Secretary & Treasurer
  • Former: Kathy Kelsey Foley (2019–2023) — Chair
  • Former: Todd Richardson (2019–2023) — Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
  • Former: Lori Peck (2020–2023) — Vp-Revenue Cycle
  • Former: Krista Scharer MD (2021–2023) — Board Member & Physician
  • Former: Christine Harff (2023) — President - Regional Up
  • Former: Crystal Kirschling (2023) — Vp-Regional Integration Officer
  • Former: Debra Ball (2023) — Senior Vice President & Chief Hr Officer
  • Former: Harish Ahuja (2023) — Physician
  • Former: Patrick Tincher Jr. (2023) — Vice President Finance Regional Operations
  • Former: Jill Michaud (2019–2022) — Director-System Pharmacy
  • Former: John Heisler (2019–2022) — Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
  • Former: Michael McGrail MD (2019–2022) — Former Senior Vice President & System CMO
  • Former: Randy L. Balk (2019–2022) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Renee M. Smith MD (2019–2022) — Executive Director-Ani
  • Former: Mark Geurts (2020–2022) — Manager-Chief Medical Physicist
  • Former: Brett Davis (2021–2022) — President-Aspirus Health Plan
  • Former: Kimberly Entenmann (2021–2022) — Vp-Human Resources Central Reg.
  • Former: Todd Dirkman (2021–2022) — Vp-Operations
  • Former: Benjamin Barsotti (2022) — Vp-Chief Medical Info Officer
  • Former: Lisa Rowe-Peplinski (2022) — Vp-Care Quality & Pat. Safety
  • Former: Wendy Angelo (2022) — Vp-Cmo - Population Health
  • Former: Betty Vogds (2019–2021) — Clinical Medical Physicist
  • Former: Cari Logemann (2019–2021) — Senior Vice President & General Counsel
  • Former: David M. Heck (2019–2021) — Chair
  • Former: Jeannine Nosko (2019–2021) — Vp-Pat. Care & Chief Nursing Officer
  • Former: Rick L. Nevers (2019–2021) — Svp-Reg. Ops. System Int. Officer
  • Former: Robert Smith (2019–2021) — Vp- Stevens Point Campus
  • Former: Ruth Risley-Gray (2019–2021) — Senior Vice President & System Chief Nursing Officer
  • Former: Tonya Darner (2019–2021) — Vp-Chief Operating Officer
  • Former: Nicole Ranger (2020–2021) — Diagnostic Medical Physicist
  • Former: Todd W. Nagel (2020–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Beth Carlberg (2021) — Lead Pharmacist
  • Former: Jacob Kempen (2021) — Vp-Anciillary & Support Services
  • Former: Bryant Hammig (2019–2020) — Director-Payor Strategy
  • Former: Craig A. Hackworth MD (2019–2020) — Board Member & Physician
  • Former: Darrell Lentz (2019–2020) — Senior Vice President & President- Awh
  • Former: Kristen R. Rahn MD (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Lisa S. Westphal (2019–2020) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Stephen Brewer (2019–2020) — Vp- Heart Vascular & Tertiary Aci
  • Former: John Monks (2020) — Vp-Operations
  • Former: Steven Phillipson (2020) — Medical Director
  • Former: F. Dean Danner Jr. (2019) — Senior Vice President Ambulatory Svc & President Aci · Filing note: Term ended 62918
  • Former: Ivan Lukowski (2019) — Manager - Pharmacy
  • Former: Jacob Kempen Termed (2019) — Vice President Ancillary & Support Services
  • Former: Kristin Rabenold (2019) — Associate Cno
  • Former: Maria Gulan (2019) — Vice President Ambulattory Svc & Patient Exp
  • Former: Sara Lusignan Termed (2019) — Vice President Finance

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "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

Andrew Huang — Physician: $2.4MAndrew HuangPhysician$2.4MChristopher Platta — Regional Medical Director: $2.4MChristopher PlattaRegional Medical Director$2.4MAgnieszka Thompson — Physician: $1.5MAgnieszka ThompsonPhysician$1.5MBret Stysly — Physician: $1.3MBret StyslyPhysician$1.3MJustin Asquith — Physician: $1.1MJustin AsquithPhysician$1.1MJames M Cygan MD — Board Member (Thru 09/24)/Physician: $937KJames M Cygan MDBoard Member (Thru…$937KJeffrey Wicklander — (NV) President-Aspirus Cent. Reg.: $898KJeffrey Wicklander(NV) President-Aspirus Cent.…$898KRyan Andrews — VP-System Sr. Physician Exec.: $618KRyan AndrewsVP-System Sr. Physician Exec.$618K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $2.4M, to Andrew Huang (Physician). 8 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc

How much does Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc give each year?

Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc gave $648K across 8 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $111K across 4 grants.

What is Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc's typical grant size?

Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc's median grant in 2025 was $24,750, and its average grant was $80,969, across 8 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc give grants?

Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc gives mostly in Wisconsin: 99% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Wausau, WI (6 grants).

Does Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 8 grants with a stated purpose on Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Sponsorship" (8 grants).

Who are Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc's largest grantees?

Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Performing Arts Foundation ($270,000), DC Everest Area Education Foundation ($250,000) and Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin ($50,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 88% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc?

Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc reported $410.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $792.0M.

What is Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc?

Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc is a public charity focused on Health, based in Wausau, WI. It holds $410.8M in total assets as of 2025.

What is Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc's EIN?

Aspirus Wausau Hospital Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 39-1138241. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

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