California · Private foundation
Ascending Way Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $61k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 61%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $36,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $329k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 61% of the organizations Ascending Way Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 | 10 | $56k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $44k | 61% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $12k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $12k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $23k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $19k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $17k | 69% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $27k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abundant Life Christian Fellowship | $52,616 | 7 | n/a |
| River of Life Christian Church | $36,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $11,004 | 7 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Heartcry Missionary Society Incorporated | $9,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Silicon Valley Christian Assembly | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| International Association for Refugees | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christian Mission to Gaza | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Mosaic Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abundant Life Christian Fellowship | $52,616 | 7 | n/a |
| River of Life Christian Church | $36,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $11,004 | 7 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Heartcry Missionary Society Incorporated | $9,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Silicon Valley Christian Assembly | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| International Association for Refugees | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christian Mission to Gaza | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Mosaic Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eight Days of Hope Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Grace Children's Foundation | $1,750 | 4 | 1% |
| Downtown Streets Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Direct Relief | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Share Our Strength | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Navigators | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| United Help Ukraine Inc | $1,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Nova Ukraine | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saratoga Federated Church | $850 | 2 | n/a |
| Emilio Nares Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| United Church of Westville | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Church of the Beloved | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Cityteam Ministries | $125 | 1 | 0% |
| Bibles for America Incorporated | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Movember Foundation | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($52k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ascending Way Inc 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Ascending Way Inc
- How much does Ascending Way Inc give?
- Ascending Way Inc reported 11 grants totaling $60,639 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Ascending Way Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (52%), International (21%), Health (6%).
- Who are Ascending Way Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Abundant Life Christian Fellowship ($53k), River of Life Christian Church ($36k), Compassion International Incorporated ($11k).
- Does Ascending Way Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 61% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ascending Way Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ascending Way Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charities Aid Foundation America, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Ascending Way Inc based?
- Ascending Way Inc is based in CA.
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