Texas · Public charity
Ascend Cares Foundation
ASCEND CARES FOUNDATION (the "corporation") is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986 in furtherance of such purposes, the corporation shall provide aid to victims of natural or civil disasters or…
- $832k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 44
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $223k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $39,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 44
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $702k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations Ascend Cares Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $133k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $216k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 44 | $699k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 44 | $710k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 41 | $661k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $274k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellowstone Academy Inc Dba Yellowstone Schools | $167,177 | 5 | 1% |
| Alvin High School Athletic Dept | $93,155 | 3 | n/a |
| Decatur Morgan Hospital | $91,884 | 2 | 14% |
| Parents and Children Together | $84,566 | 5 | 2% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $79,074 | 3 | 0% |
| The Women's Home | $78,536 | 4 | 1% |
| Council on Aging of West Florida Inc | $74,194 | 4 | 1% |
| Cantonment Improvement Committee Inc | $71,750 | 4 | n/a |
| Cullman Child Development Center | $71,451 | 1 | n/a |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Texas Gulf Coast & Louisiana Inc | $68,175 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 82 grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($171k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ascend Cares Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.
Open a dossier: The Self Foundation · Davis Family Foundation Inc · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Strake Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Haskins Curl Foundation · United Way of Brazoria County · Countybank Foundation · Celanese Foundation · Gulf Power Foundationinc · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About Ascend Cares Foundation
- How much does Ascend Cares Foundation give?
- Ascend Cares Foundation reported 17 itemized grants totaling $223,081, out of $832,288 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 44 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Ascend Cares Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (27%), Human Services (17%), Health (13%).
- Who are Ascend Cares Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Yellowstone Academy Inc Dba Yellowstone Schools ($167k), Alvin High School Athletic Dept ($93k), Decatur Morgan Hospital ($92k).
- Does Ascend Cares Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ascend Cares Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Self Foundation, Davis Family Foundation Inc, Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company.
- Where is Ascend Cares Foundation based?
- Ascend Cares Foundation is based in TX.
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