North Carolina · Public charity
Ascend Nonprofit Solutions
Ascend Nonprofit Solutions is a Type I Supporting Organization under IRS Code Section 509(a)(3), established to strengthen the nonprofit sector by providing essential infrastructure and operational support. Our mission is to lift nonprofits to greater heights by enabling them to focus more fully on their core missions.
- $104k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $26,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $26,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Ascend Nonprofit Solutions funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $84k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $104k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $84k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $212k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Youth Coalition | $212,497 | 1 | 57% |
| Families Forward Charlotte Inc | $32,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Beds for Kids Inc | $32,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Heart Math Tutoring Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Freedom Communities | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Council for Childrens Rights Inc | $26,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Crossroads Corporation for Affordable Housing and Community Development Inc | $26,000 | 1 | 3% |
| R Bruce Irons Camp Fund | $26,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beloved Asheville | $26,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Receptions for Research the Greg Olsen Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Youth Coalition | $212,497 | 1 | 57% |
| Families Forward Charlotte Inc | $32,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Beds for Kids Inc | $32,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Heart Math Tutoring Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Freedom Communities | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Council for Childrens Rights Inc | $26,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Crossroads Corporation for Affordable Housing and Community Development Inc | $26,000 | 1 | 3% |
| R Bruce Irons Camp Fund | $26,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beloved Asheville | $26,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Receptions for Research the Greg Olsen Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| HopeWay Foundation | $19,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Stream Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Ascend Nonprofit Solutions supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · Merancas Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Womens Impact Fund · Ally Charitable Foundation · The Leon Levine Foundation · Albemarle Foundation · Wells Fargo Foundation · Live Love Serve Foundation · Champions for Education Inc · Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community
How this is measured
About Ascend Nonprofit Solutions
- How much does Ascend Nonprofit Solutions give?
- Ascend Nonprofit Solutions reported 4 grants totaling $104,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Ascend Nonprofit Solutions fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (41%), Philanthropy (18%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Ascend Nonprofit Solutions's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Carolina Youth Coalition ($212k), Families Forward Charlotte Inc ($32k), Beds for Kids Inc ($32k).
- Does Ascend Nonprofit Solutions fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ascend Nonprofit Solutions?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for the Carolinas, United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc, Merancas Foundation Inc.
- Where is Ascend Nonprofit Solutions based?
- Ascend Nonprofit Solutions is based in NC.
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