Aspire Advocates for Behavioral Health
Legal name: Aspire Advocates for Behavioral Health Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 874804446
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2023
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Chesterfield, MO, US
- Rating
- 94
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $125,897
- Expenses
- $113,191
- Assets
- $21,070
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Kelli Unnerstall (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Kelli Unnerstall (Executive Director)
- Robert Herries (Director)
- Christopher Unnerstall (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Aspire Advocates for Behavioral Health advocates for excellence in the identification and treatment of behavioral health disorders. Our goal is for children, teens, and young adults to have access to high quality behavioral healthcare services that are covered in-network by insurers.
What it reported doing in 2023
Provide literature and educational material describing challenges facing youth with substance use and mental health conditions.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 72% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.9%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.1%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 86.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 89.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $113K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.