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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.

$104k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$26k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$242kPhilanthropy$107kHuman Services$64kHousing & Shelter$52kHealth$45kCommunity Improvement$30kYouth Development$26kCivil Rights$26k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$26,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Wayfinders$26,000
Council For Childrens Rights$26,000
CrossRoads Corp$26,000
BeLoved Asheville$26,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Beds For Kids: $32k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
For Charlotte Inc

To unite the Church to transform the city through the power of the Gospel.

Religion
2
UrbanPromise Charlotte

Provide Charlotte's low-income children and youth with the academic, spiritual, and social development necessary to become Christian leaders determined to restore their communities.

Youth Development
3
Carolina Family Connections

Recruit and train and license foster parents to receive foster children from county government agencies.

Human Services
4
Forward Justice Action Network

Forward Justice Action Network is a nonprofit with the purpose to engage in educational and advocacy activities to promote political and grassroots support for public policies that advance racial social and economic justice in North…

Human Services
5
Hearts for the Invisible Charlotte Coalition

Eradicating housing inequities for people experiencing homelessness

Human Services
6
C a R E dba the John 3 16 Center

The organization's mission is: We are guided by our Christian faith to address the impact of poverty and trauma on families with children in Halifax, Northampton, and Warren counties. We do this through advocacy, education, empowerment,…

Crime & Legal
7
Promise Resource Network Inc

Through the wisdom of lived recovery experience, we ignite social change, inspire hope and serve as a catalyst for personal greatness.

Health
8
Foster Village Charlotte

Foster Village Charlotte creates connection with dignity for children and families experiencing foster care by meeting urgent needs, providing educational and emotional support, and advocating as a collective community voice for children.

Human Services
9
Carolina Therapeutic Services Community Development Inc

CTS Community Development is a behavioral health provider committed to helping individuals from underserved communities to live safe, productive, and meaningful lives

Human Services
10
Safe Harbor of Nc Inc

Safe Harbor provides a faith-based community for rebuilding, renewing, and recovery. We work together with volunteers and other nonprofit organizations to provide a wide range of services to those experiencing homelessness, single mothers,…

Health
11
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc

The Children's Home Society of North Carolina's mission is to promote the right of every child to a permanent, safe, and loving family.

Human Services
12
Carolina Human Reinvestment

Carolina Human Reinvestment mission is to "Identify and serve the need of the youth and their families in our community "

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Foundation for the Carolinas; the most unlike its peers is The Stream Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAROLINA YOUTH COALITION: $212,497 · EducationCAROLINA YOUTH COALITIONHeart Math Tutoring Inc: $30,000 · EducationHeart Math Tutoring IncFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $91,906 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR TH…Families Forward Charlotte Inc: $32,000 · Human ServicesFamilies For…BEDS FOR KIDS INC: $32,000 · Human ServicesBEDS FOR KID…Crossroads Corporation for Affordable Housing and Community Development Inc: $26,000 · Housing & ShelterCrossroad…BELOVED ASHEVILLE: $26,000 · Housing & ShelterBELOVED A…RECEPTIONS FOR RESEARCH THE GREG OLSEN FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthHopeWay Foundation: $19,500 · HealthCouncil for Childrens Rights Inc: $26,000 · OtherThe Stream Foundation: $15,000 · OtherFREEDOM COMMUNITIES: $30,000 · Community ImprovementR Bruce Irons Camp Fund: $26,000 · Youth Development
Education$242,497Philanthropy$91,906Human Services$64,000Housing & Shelter$52,000Health$44,500Other$41,000Community Improvement$30,000Youth Development$26,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCAROLINA YOUTH COALITION: $212,497 over 1y, 57% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $91,906 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamilies Forward Charlotte Inc: $32,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetBEDS FOR KIDS INC: $32,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHeart Math Tutoring Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFREEDOM COMMUNITIES: $30,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCouncil for Childrens Rights Inc: $26,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCrossroads Corporation for Affordable Housing and Community Development Inc: $26,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetRECEPTIONS FOR RESEARCH THE GREG OLSEN FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHopeWay Foundation: $19,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Foundation for the Ca…United Way of Greater…Merancas Foundation I…Duke Energy FoundationWomens Impact FundAlly Charitable Found…The Leon Levine Found…Albemarle FoundationWells Fargo FoundationLive Love Serve Found…Champions for Educati…Foundation for the Ch…
Foundation for the CarolinasNC30.1× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ascend Nonprofit Solutions funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ascend Nonprofit Solutions. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 13 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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