Aspiranet FY2020 filing

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S San Fran, CA501(c)(3)Since 1975Human ServicesEIN 94-2442955Revenue $80.8M in FY2020

On file with the IRSaspiranet.org400 Oyster Point Blvd Ste 501, 94080-7600 · S San Fran, CATax-exempt since Nov 1976Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To provide children, youth and families with a foundation of support and services so they can succeed at home, school, and in their communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.5M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $3.9M a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.5M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.1 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
10
named funders · $822K
Looks good: 10 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$10.7M
44% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 44% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 5 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$80.8M
Spent
$79.9M
To programs
90%
Net assets
$13.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$80.8M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$80.8M
FY2021$80.7M
FY2022$83.2M
FY2023$90.8M
FY2024$95.9M
FY2025$110.8M
Expenses
$79.9M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$79.9M
FY2021$78.8M
FY2022$80.5M
FY2023$86.7M
FY2024$93.3M
FY2025$99.7M
Net assets
$13.6M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$13.6M
FY2021$15.9M
FY2022$18.2M
FY2023$21.8M
FY2024$24.8M
FY2025$36.2M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1976.

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Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $72.0M Management & general 10% · $7.7M Fundraising 0% · $289K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

13 people listed on the 990; $1.5M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
CEO / Board Member
$297,370Pt VII · Sec A
Interim Chief Financial Officer
$215,890Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$183,659Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$167,291Pt VII · Sec A
Residential Core Division Director
$132,790Pt VII · Sec A
Intensive Home-Based Srvcs Div Dir
$130,962Pt VII · Sec A
Behavioral Health Division Director
$125,542Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Communications
$122,714Pt VII · Sec A

Vernon Brown’s $292K as CEO / Board Member is at the 24th percentile of top reported officer pay among 249 $100M+ human services 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Vernon Brown$292,207$292,322$295,321$297,275$297,300$297,370
John Keith-Berkley————$270,000$215,890
Melek Totah—$155,310$233,809$233,871$71,521—
Grant Lee$173,137$216,052$217,174$219,049$202,174—
Laurie Walsh—$195,559$196,445$203,571$197,528$183,659
Laureen Walsh$194,196—————
Jeannie Imelio$181,792$176,742$176,827$183,557$176,928$167,291
Sharon Lawicki$175,204$170,524$159,842$152,651$131,030$130,962

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.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowering children, youth, and families with support and services for success at home, school, and in their communities.

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3 programs · $46.8M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Intensive Home Based Services

Aspiranet offers six counties wraparound ("wrap") and three special education local planning areas with interventions to keep children and youth in their homes and in school. Services are targeted for families who are at risk of having their children enter foster care or disrupting their educational progress.

$18.5Mprogram expense
02

Transitional Age Youth

For young adults, 18 to 24, who have "aged out" from the foster care system, aspiranet has transitional housing and service programs to support these young adults as they gain self-sufficiency.

$15.2Mprogram expense
03

Behavioral Health

Aspiranet provides counseling and therapeutic services that address a wide range of child, youth and family dynamics. Aspiranet provides a variety of specialty mental health services at 12 licensed mental health facilities and therapeutic behavioral service ("TBS") sites.

$13.1Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 6 grants · $28.7M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,178,667
Unitemized GrantFY2023$5,017,645
Unitemized GrantFY2022$4,687,506
Unitemized GrantFY2021$4,812,789
Unitemized GrantFY2020$4,447,740
Unitemized GrantFY2019$4,525,206

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$80.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$80.6M
Other incomeLn 4–11$145K
Investment incomeLn 3$118K
Money outPt IX
$79.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$72.0M
Managementcol C$7.7M
Fundraisingcol D$289K
Owns and owesPt X
$13.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$7.6M
Total assetsLn 16$24.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$10.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A9
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$80.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$80.1M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$314K
Investment incomeLn 3$118K
Other incomeLn 4–11$145K
Gains on assetsLn 7$96K
Total revenueLn 12$80.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$6.5M
SavingsLn 2$1.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$7.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.9M
Other assetsLn 15$847K
Total assetsLn 16$24.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$10.7M
Net assetsLn 32$13.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51,270
VolunteersI 64
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.7M$7.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.7M$2.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.1M$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$21.7M$24.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.9M$10.7M
Net assetsLn 32$12.8M$13.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$4.5M$4.5M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$944K$944K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$41.4M$37.7M$3.5M$129K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$289K$265K$24K$909
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5.1M$4.3M$777K$9K
Payroll taxesLn 10$3.1M$2.8M$311K$10K
Legal feesLn 11b$204K$1K$203K
Accounting feesLn 11c$391K$391K
Investment management feesLn 11f$17K$17K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2.5M$1.7M$870K$9K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$120K$60K$47K$13K
Office expensesLn 13$1.8M$1.6M$188K$17K
Information technologyLn 14$1.9M$2.5M−$627K$6K
OccupancyLn 16$4.1M$3.7M$392K$486
TravelLn 17$1.2M$1.1M$80K$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$117K$108K$8K$246
InterestLn 20$20K$3K$17K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$269K$154K$115K$132
InsuranceLn 23$893K$893K$155
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$10.0M$9.9M$125K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$967K$610K$269K$87K
Total functional expensesLn 25$79.9M$72.0M$7.7M$289K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $110.8M$99.7M$11.1M$36.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $95.9M$93.3M$2.6M$24.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $90.8M$86.7M$4.1M$21.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $83.2M$80.5M$2.7M$18.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $80.7M$78.8M$2.0M$15.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $80.8M$79.9M$876K$13.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $80,820,520 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $77,882,369$80,557,662
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $199,549$117,776
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $195,591$145,082
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $78,277,509$80,820,520
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $4,260,450$4,525,206
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $48,246,725$50,842,572
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $25,197,636$24,577,038
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $77,704,811$79,944,816
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $572,698$875,704
Part VI · Governance 4 of 5 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $80,820,520 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$80,055,172
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$502,490
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$313,507
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$80,557,662
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $21,773$21,773
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $96,003$96,003
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $145,082$145,082
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $262,858$80,820,520
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $79,944,816 across 21 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $4,525,206$4,525,206
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $943,821$943,821
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $37,742,277 · Management $3,532,447 · Fundraising $129,006$41,403,730
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $264,953 · Management $23,517 · Fundraising $909$289,379
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,314,340 · Management $776,590 · Fundraising $9,424$5,100,354
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,784,914 · Management $310,853 · Fundraising $9,521$3,105,288
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,226 · Management $203,099$204,325
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $390,986$390,986
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $17,227$17,227
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,650,085 · Management $869,979 · Fundraising $8,726$2,528,790
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $59,953 · Management $47,178 · Fundraising $13,202$120,333
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,640,543 · Management $188,160 · Fundraising $17,359$1,846,062
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,488,836 · Management −$627,122 · Fundraising $6,450$1,868,164
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $3,736,863 · Management $391,642 · Fundraising $486$4,128,991
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,138,247 · Management $79,714 · Fundraising $4,068$1,222,029
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $108,145 · Management $8,432 · Fundraising $246$116,823
IX-20 InterestPrograms $2,940 · Management $17,366$20,306
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $153,971 · Management $114,911 · Fundraising $132$269,014
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $893,104 · Management $155$893,259
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $9,856,179 · Management $125,381 · Fundraising $2,397$9,983,957
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $610,104 · Management $269,400 · Fundraising $87,268$966,772
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $71,971,886 · Management $7,683,736 · Fundraising $289,194$79,944,816
Part X · Balance sheet $24,239,374 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $4,082,260$6,453,608
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,651,195$1,097,067
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $10,663,118$11,117,174
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $95,192$131,882
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,140,936$1,900,276
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,685,870$2,692,774
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $384,797$846,593
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $21,703,368$24,239,374
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $5,518,264$6,124,463
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,261,144$4,357,086
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $8,947,425$10,670,421
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $11,974,104$12,682,799
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $781,839$886,154
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $12,755,943$13,568,953
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $21,703,368$24,239,374
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $13,568,953 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$80,820,520
XI-2 Total expenses$79,944,816
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$875,704
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$12,755,943
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$62,694
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$13,568,953

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