Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1979.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Who runs it and what they're paid
33 people listed on the 990; $11.6M paid to officers and key staff.
Matthew Heywood’s $3.9M as Board Member/President & CEO Aspirus is at the 100th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2901 $10–100M health care nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Heywood | $3,868,734 | $1,618,117 | $1,799,938 | $2,684,221 | — | — |
| Sidney Sczygelski | $1,470,041 | $1,294,746 | $1,911,464 | $915,379 | — | — |
| Matthew F Heywood | — | — | — | — | $1,316,596 | $1,351,919 |
| Michael Holzhueter | $879,825 | $688,935 | $672,916 | $449,756 | — | — |
| Sidney C Sczygelski | — | — | — | — | $861,658 | $742,406 |
| Jesse Tischer | $732,979 | $764,397 | $781,575 | $644,385 | $551,417 | $455,557 |
| Michael Walters | $763,486 | $669,631 | — | — | — | — |
| John Heisler | — | — | — | $751,984 | $571,823 | $458,655 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Aspirus INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Provides corporate support services to affiliated healthcare entities, enabling them to deliver medical care to patients regardless of their ability to pay.
Questions for Aspirus INC
Your first name shows with your question. Aspirus INC answers here, for everyone.
To provide health care services to patients regardless of their ability to pay. Aspirus, inc. Provides care to patients who meet certain criteria under its community care policy without charge. The estimated cost of providing care under this policy aggregated to approximately $11,371,000 in FY2022. (this cost includes aspirus, inc.
Aspirus, inc. Provides corporate functional support services to the affiliated entities in order to allow those entities to focus on their missions of providing health care services to patients regardless of their ability to pay.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
The auditor reported no findings.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 6 smaller programs.
The auditor reported: a weakness in money controls.
Plus 4 smaller programs.
The auditor reported 1 finding: a weakness in money controls.
By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY22 | End FY22 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $209.9M | $134.5M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $527.3M | $380.4M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $36.7M | $62.4M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $800.6M | $605.6M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $161.4M | $174.0M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $639.2M | $431.6M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $15K | $15K | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $70K | $70K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | −$2.4M | −$2.4M | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | −$2.3M | $85K | −$2.4M | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 14, 2026 | $47.1M | $323K | $46.8M | $1.3B | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS May 15, 2025 | $30.1M | $1.6M | $28.5M | $1.0B | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 15, 2024 | $24.2M | $877K | $23.3M | $893.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 12, 2023 | $7.6M | −$2.3M | $9.9M | $431.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 12, 2022 | $16.9M | −$1.5M | $18.4M | $639.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS May 13, 2021 | $8.3M | −$2.5M | $10.8M | $473.7M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $7,575,609 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 9 of 11 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $7,575,609 across 7 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses −$2,311,693 across 3 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $605,601,756 assets, 16 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $431,581,322 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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