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Ascendium Education Solutions Inc

Ascendium education solutions, inc. Operates to provide for philanthropic support and cost effective enablement of access to and persistence in post-secondary education by providing full-range guaranty agency services and grant support to funding sources, educational institutions, charitable organizations, in pursuit of and participation…

$147M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
265
Grants FY2025
279
Organizations funded FY2024
37%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$100,788
Largest grant, FY2025
$6,854,650
Organizations funded a year
126 to 279
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
41
Total assets, FY2025
$213M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 37% of the organizations Ascendium Education Solutions Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesCrime & LegalPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving253$139M20%
FY2024279$113M37%
FY2023199$66M30%
FY2022168$106M21%
FY2021176$105M39%
FY2020144$100M38%
FY2019126$113M13%
FY2018176$37M19%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$513MEmployment$66MCrime & Legal$20MHuman Services$18MSocial Science$13MCommunity Improvement$10MPublic Safety & Disaster$9.8MPhilanthropy$5.9MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Strada Education Foundation Inc$269,965,386656%
Mdrc$26,823,08798%
Merit America$22,057,000518%
Jobs for the Future Inc$18,443,09095%
Teachers College Columbia University$17,171,27191%
The Aspen Institute Inc$16,632,41091%
Achieving the Dream Inc$16,217,698921%
University of Wisconsin$12,427,5167n/a
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences$10,396,76751%
Madison Area Technical College$10,238,3512n/a
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All grantees of Ascendium Education Solutions Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Strada Education Foundation Inc$269,965,386656%
Mdrc$26,823,08798%
Merit America$22,057,000518%
Jobs for the Future Inc$18,443,09095%
Teachers College Columbia University$17,171,27191%
The Aspen Institute Inc$16,632,41091%
Achieving the Dream Inc$16,217,698921%
University of Wisconsin$12,427,5167n/a
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences$10,396,76751%
Madison Area Technical College$10,238,3512n/a
Education Commission of the States$9,780,288917%
Blue Meridian Partners Inc$9,000,00032%
Education Design Lab$8,492,425528%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$6,181,69871%
Per Scholas Inc$6,100,00034%
American Association of State Colleges and Universities$5,943,610714%
Ithaka Harbors Inc$5,914,61662%
Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Inc$5,000,000160%
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc$4,989,198726%
University of Texas$4,746,7739n/a
Social Finance Inc$4,725,10033%
Tennessee Board of Regents$4,622,9505n/a
Year Up Inc$4,600,00031%
National Association of College and University Business Officers$4,537,37158%
Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College$4,422,9899n/a
Vera Institute of Justice Inc$4,185,20062%
Texas Community College Education Initiative$4,107,800239%
University of Utah$3,894,0524n/a
Wested$3,848,2378n/a
Minnesota Zoo$3,791,0837n/a
Institute for Evidence-Based Change$3,584,764742%
The Chronicle of Higher Education Inc$3,568,1846n/a
New England Board of Higher Education$3,562,2494n/a
College Possible Inc$3,492,00067%
Louisiana Board of Regents$3,325,0001n/a
Resilience Education$3,223,700362%
John N Gardner Institute for Excellence in Higher Education$3,178,900544%
Project Quest Inc$3,150,000312%
Center for Black Excellence and Culture Inc$3,126,000224%
Community Partners$3,038,59271%
Department of Public Health & Human Services$3,000,0006n/a
The Institute for Higher Education Policy$2,933,426575%
Natl Student Clearinghouse Research Center$2,894,181616%
Urban League of Greater Madison Inc$2,782,850351%
The Coleridge Initiative Inc$2,780,391613%
New America Foundation$2,780,20063%
American Association of Colleges and Universities$2,758,783410%
Tennessee Higher Education Initiative Inc$2,700,611358%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$2,651,85020%
The Rand Corporation$2,651,43290%
Centro Hispano Inc$2,640,000426%
Iowa Department of Education$2,638,7706n/a
Appalachian State University$2,628,0002n/a
State of Ohio$2,592,5002n/a
The Education Trust Inc$2,560,55053%
National College Attainment Network$2,534,318910%
Colorado Energy Office$2,506,7001n/a
Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership$2,500,000162%
One City Schools Foundation Inc$2,500,000142%
University of Washington$2,495,0724n/a
Rockwood Leadership Institute$2,491,614316%
University of Maryland College Park$2,439,7105n/a
Npower Inc$2,419,10025%
The Launchcode Foundation$2,235,56747%
United Negro College Fund Inc$2,163,06661%
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators$2,146,925310%
Public Agenda Inc$2,080,600286%
Colorado State University$2,047,6004n/a
Goodwill Industries International Inc$2,000,00031%
Columbus Learning Center Management Corp D/B/A Community Education Coalition$1,952,85857%
The University of Tennessee$1,945,9602n/a
Complete College America Inc$1,935,90055%
Regents of the University of California at Irvine$1,920,0002n/a
National Lead for America Inc$1,910,450217%
Yes We Must Coalition$1,892,200735%
Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Foundation$1,849,000349%
Loyola University$1,794,25040%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$1,777,0005n/a
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association$1,750,00037%
Center on Rural Innovation Inc$1,739,500421%
The Urban Institute$1,699,80040%
Open Campus Media Inc$1,645,000215%
National Fund for Workforce Solutions$1,629,90046%
Minneapolis Community & Technical College Foundation$1,574,200178%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$1,542,07740%
Council of Independent Colleges$1,514,84333%
Arizona State University$1,500,0002n/a
Partnership for Education Advancement Inc$1,467,90046%
American Indian College Fund$1,433,78021%
Wisconsin Higher Education Aids Board$1,396,9902n/a
Council of State Governments$1,384,45031%
Cornell University$1,379,05040%
Madison Metropolitan School District$1,374,7444n/a
Savi Solutions Pbc$1,296,7054n/a
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning$1,288,950310%
Midwestern Higher Education Compact$1,280,400213%
The College and Community Fellowship Inc$1,275,570489%
Project Evident Inc$1,273,67620%
Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison Inc$1,266,63038%
Excelencia in Education Inc$1,253,293812%
Scholarship America Inc$1,245,51790%
North Carolina State University$1,224,2452n/a
Alliance for Higher Education in Prison$1,218,975216%
Michigan Community College Foundation$1,187,120280%
Education Strategy Group LLC$1,166,8002n/a
Wakiya Foundation Inc$1,145,0003100%
Portland State University Foundation$1,083,25322%
Nc State University$1,081,4002n/a
Economic Mobility Center Economic Mobility Systems$1,080,000310%
Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities$1,059,93441%
Research Triangle Institute$1,025,03240%
The Partnership for College Completion$1,013,700423%
Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness$1,000,000110%
Skill Growth$1,000,00029%
MTZ Charitable Organization Inc$1,000,000175%
Coalfield Development Corporation$988,90024%
Kent State University Foundation$988,64642%
American Association of Community Colleges$974,68023%
Georgetown University$973,74030%
Bdo USA LLP$972,5002n/a
Prison University Project Inc Dba Mount Tamalpais College$960,425312%
Georgia State University Foundation Inc$956,50021%
Dine College$930,3649n/a
National Center for Higher Education Management Systems$924,250229%
United Way of Dane County Inc$917,94591%
Council for Opportunity in Education$866,99594%
Education Writers Association$860,000510%
Codepathorg$856,70032%
Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Inc$854,250211%
Better Future Forward Inc$850,000242%
Institute for Nonprofit News$834,95054%
Association of Community College Trustees$800,00038%
Michigan Community College Association$800,000314%
Georgia Coalition for Higher Education in Prison Inc$790,339275%
Foundation for California Community Colleges$784,50010%
Firstgen Forward$761,500110%
Virginia Interfaith Center For Public Policy$756,000228%
American Foreign Policy Council$750,000317%
Propel America$750,00033%
Philanthropy West Virginia Inc$750,000241%
Join Freeworld Inc$743,60017%
Operation Fresh Start Inc$741,09565%
Legal Action of Wisconsin Inc$739,44061%
Harris-Stowe State University$736,6938n/a
Wgu Corporation$735,50010%
America Achieves Inc$729,50036%
Yourcause LLC$723,6823n/a
Navajo Technical University$703,05390%
State of Ohio$702,1001n/a
The Institute for College Access & Success$700,000210%
Philander Smith College$686,33680%
Lincoln University$679,8199n/a
Central State University$651,5489n/a
Arkansas Community Colleges$650,000233%
Operation Restoration$650,00036%
Campaign for College Opportunity$650,000213%
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$644,63430%
Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund$644,40032%
The Rp Group Inc$641,400211%
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Inc$626,10012%
Hampden County Career Center Inc$615,500117%
Kentucky Community and Technical College System Foundation Inc$613,915250%
Literacy Network Inc$612,175411%
Reach University$608,21826%
Shorter College$604,44082%
The University of Puget Sound$602,84410%
National Skills Coalition$600,00027%
Lincoln University$599,41060%
Economic Mobility Corporation$598,000348%
Salish Kootenai College Inc$597,93290%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$585,18030%
Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy Inc$580,000234%
Bay Mills Community College$556,5549n/a
Mathematica Policy Research Inc$545,0001n/a
Digital Promise Global$540,01530%
The Foundation for Maine's Community Colleges$539,978311%
Community Colleges of the Appalachian Region Inc$538,200352%
The Petey Greene Program Inc$518,500116%
Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc$507,30030%
Regents of the University of Idaho$505,7682n/a
Civic Nation$500,00023%
Seachange Capital Partners Inc$500,00036%
Presidents Forum$500,000227%
University of Hawaii Foundation$500,00030%
Apprenticeships for America Inc$500,000229%
Northwest Indian College$498,11881%
Cardinal Stritch University Inc$482,12131%
Oglala Lakota College$473,66990%
Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc$472,00332%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$460,6002n/a
Funders Together to End Homelessnes$452,35046%
Benedict College$449,63411%
Asu Mid South$440,6805n/a
Turtle Mountain Community College$436,57390%
Inquiry & Improvement Services LLC$432,5001n/a
The University of Akron$427,9522n/a
Alverno College$427,56530%
Black Men Coalition Foundation Corporation$425,296212%
Bluefield State College$419,9184n/a
All-In Milwaukee Inc$410,00027%
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education$405,00022%
Red Lake Nation College$404,40593%
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University$395,95191%
Institute of American Indian Arts & Alaska Native$389,14890%
Little Priest Tribal College$386,19791%
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff$384,2514n/a
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff$380,6744n/a
Team Pennsylvania Foundation$379,375213%
Wisconsin Technical College System$375,0003n/a
University of North Alabama$374,9002n/a
Board of RegentsSouthwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute$373,993925%
University of Minnesota$373,0481n/a
Little Big Horn College$371,8439n/a
St Catherine University$363,19030%
Research for Action Inc$363,00017%
Stone Child College$361,97881%
Aaniiih Nakoda College (Fort Belknap College)$357,44291%
University of Toledo$348,6703n/a
National Academy of Sciences$344,24720%
New York University$340,90020%
West Virginia State University Foundation Inc$340,05943%
University of Arkansas Fort Smith$338,6303n/a
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching$333,99212%
Myfuturencinc$333,3001n/a
Unlocked Labs$330,820113%
Second Chance Educational Alliance Inc$330,0004n/a
Arag North America Inc$329,8051n/a
Pennsylvania State University$324,8751n/a
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$324,7811n/a
Emerson College$324,20010%
Wqpt$320,2503n/a
White Earth Tribal and Community College$319,35191%
Sitting Bull College$318,44890%
Nebraska Indian Community College$317,6239n/a
Partnership for Learning$310,615111%
Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness$302,766610%
Sisseton Wahpeton College$302,3789n/a
Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area$300,00015%
Thurgood Marshall College Fund$290,95030%
One Million Degrees$287,30013%
Loras College$283,15420%
Ilisagvik College$281,46780%
Trustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota$280,77430%
United Tribes Technical College$280,47680%
One City Schools Inc$280,00022%
Thread Inc$277,00013%
United Community Center Inc$276,30121%
Blackfeet Community College$273,76190%
Our Community Ltd$266,4902n/a
The Graduate Network Inc$260,000117%
Leech Lake Tribal College$255,72871%
Reentry Campus Program$252,750322%
Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network$250,900231%
The Brookings Institution$250,00010%
University of Saint Mary Inc$249,00010%
College of the Muscogee Nation$247,0858n/a
Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement$245,00016%
Ashland University$242,15520%
College of the Menominee Nation$241,05791%
Kentucky State University$239,9785n/a
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College$238,7269n/a
Friends of Saint Paul College$238,686310%
Nash$232,35435%
Qa Commons Inc$232,100355%
Nonviolence Institute$230,01439%
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Dane County Inc$217,50036%
Delaware State University Foundation Inc$216,20013%
Vera Court Neighborhood Center Inc$211,44563%
North Central State College Child Development Center$210,9883n/a
Cleveland State University$210,1483n/a
Grand View University$210,00030%
Cankdeska Cikana Community College$209,55090%
Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation$209,430211%
Inside Higher Ed Inc$205,0003n/a
Unlocked the Film LLC$204,4002n/a
Augsburg University$202,27020%
Fair Opportunity Project$200,0001n/a
The Legal Revolution$200,000118%
Wcij Inc$200,00015%
North Dakota State University$200,0003n/a
University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville$198,9683n/a
Simmons College of Kentucky Inc$198,76840%
GSV Summit LLC$198,3005n/a
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities$197,7001n/a
Wilberforce University Wilberforce University$195,74160%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$191,20071%
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College$191,0058n/a
University of Northwestern - St Paul$188,90730%
Marquette University$187,82220%
University of Mary$184,66730%
Sinte Gleska College Center Inc$183,7503n/a
Dvp-Praxis Ltd$183,0002n/a
Northcentral Technical College$181,4493n/a
Metropolitan State University Foundation$180,55824%
Viterbo University$177,90420%
Lorain County Community College$176,8293n/a
Equal Measure$176,00022%
Foundation for Dane County Parks Inc$174,4001n/a
Sova Solutions LLC$170,0002n/a
Concordia University St Paul$169,07530%
Carthage College$169,04720%
Lakeland University$168,48420%
Justdane$165,10023%
Academic Intelligence Inc$165,0003n/a
The Jain Family Institute$162,00018%
Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc$161,68352%
Peirce College$161,37760%
Evaluation and Assessment Solutions for Education$160,8001n/a
University of Central Ar Foundation Inc$160,00021%
Heidelberg University$158,68330%
Milwaukee Community Service Corps Inc$158,5202n/a
Lourdes University$158,01530%
Carleton College$156,10530%
The University of Findlay$153,65320%
Silver Lake College of the Holy Family Inc$151,68011%
The Ohio State University$151,4213n/a
Mercy College of Ohio$150,89030%
Aldo Leopold Nature Center Inc$150,62523%
Latino Academy of Workforce Development Inc$150,0001n/a
Classy Inc$150,0001n/a
Education First Consulting LLC$150,0001n/a
Wtia Workforce Institute$150,00021%
Boys & Girls Club of Aberdeen Area Inc$150,00025%
Tiffin University$148,27020%
Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media$148,02810%
Kent State University$147,7793n/a
John Carroll University$145,45020%
Indij Public Media$145,00013%
The University of the Virgin Islands$144,99530%
University of Wisconsin Madison$141,5332n/a
Columbus State Community College$140,9053n/a
Hiram College$138,60610%
Wisconsin School Counselor Association Inc$137,995314%
Chief Dull Knife College$137,90281%
Boys and Girls Club of Noblesville Inc$137,11935%
National Park Community College$134,9752n/a
Wisconsin Coalition on Student Loan Debt Inc Aka Wisconsin Coalition on Student Debt$134,000285%
Ohio Wesleyan University$131,25030%
Clark State College$125,9453n/a
Madison Reading Project Inc$125,78823%
Black Girl Magic Educational Services In$125,000213%
Three Frame Media Inc$125,0002n/a
Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc$124,67531%
Aberdeen Family YMCA$124,00021%
East Madison Community Center Inc$123,72545%
The University of Montana$123,6491n/a
Association for the Study of Higher Education$122,32554%
College Now Greater Cleveland Inc$120,00011%
Ohio University$119,3401n/a
Unite-La Inc$115,40012%
Madison Public Library Foundation Inc$115,00025%
Tohono O'Odham Community College$112,57150%
Bluefield University$109,02710%
St Louis University$108,60010%
Community Justice Incorporated$107,700312%
West Virginia University Foundation Inc$107,53610%
Legal Services Corporation$105,50020%
Building Brave Inc$105,100214%
Simpson College$104,80820%
Dream Alive Inc$100,00015%
South Dakota Foundation for the Blind and Visually Impaired$100,000152%
Madison Area Technical College Foundation Inc$100,00031%
United Way of Northeastern South Dakota Inc$97,62353%
Breakthrough T1d$96,25030%
Fort Peck Community College$96,10080%
Clark State College Foundation$95,28625%
Marietta College$93,60310%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$91,27761%
Madison Region Economic Partnership$91,00027%
Mount Mary University Inc$88,00030%
Haskell Indian Nations University$87,3743n/a
Indian Hills Community College$86,9872n/a
Regents of the University of California at Riverside$85,3802n/a
Mercy College of Health Sciences$84,00030%
Xavier University$84,00030%
Haskell Indian Nations Univ$83,0001n/a
Arkansas Baptist College$82,63240%
The River Food Pantry Inc$81,39931%
Chilimania Inc$81,150324%
National Rural Education Association$80,000156%
Union Institute & University$76,38430%
Denison University$76,28610%
Sxsw LLC$74,9103n/a
Wisconsin Philanthropy Network Inc$74,87582%
Ndscs$74,5371n/a
Partners for Rural Impact Inc$70,80020%
William Penn University$70,32720%
Stark State College Foundation$70,0252n/a
Edward Charles Foundation$70,00010%
Foundation for Black Women's Wellness Inc$68,75023%
Access Community Health Centers Inc$68,37530%
Notre Dame College$67,91630%
Community College Baccalaureate Association Inc$66,250320%
Upper Iowa University$65,67520%
Porchlight Inc$65,45021%
Fairshare Csa Coalition$65,00835%
YWCA Madison Inc$65,00021%
Competency-Based Education Network Inc$65,00022%
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College$63,7627n/a
Community Immigration Law Center$63,58339%
Edgewood University Inc$63,55520%
Defiance College$63,37220%
Inver Hills Community College Foundation$62,5562n/a
Madison Public Schools Foundation Inc$60,00023%
Minnesota State Community & Technic$58,4491n/a
Boys and Girls Clubs of West Central Wis$58,10023%
Box of Balloons Inc$57,784420%
Lauren Johnson Lose Someone Help Someone Memorial Fund$55,6923n/a
North Arkansas College$55,3511n/a
Wisconsin Judicare Inc$55,00031%
Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management$54,14530%
Fiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc$53,75011%
Lakeshore Technical College$53,3492n/a
Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc$53,00021%
The Village Diaper Bank Inc$52,18017%
Thrive for Life Prison Project Inc$51,60013%
College of the Muscogee Nation$51,3771n/a
Great Lakes Educational Loan Services Inc$51,3301n/a
The Rainbow Project Inc$50,87512%
Sunshine Place Inc$50,55011%
Hope's Door New Beginning Center$50,0001n/a
Rhodes College$50,00010%
Safe Harbor Foundation$50,000151%
Urban Triage Incorporated$50,00014%
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities$50,00011%
Simpson Street Free Press Inc$50,000112%
Sunbeam Family Services Inc$50,00010%
Freedom Inc$50,00011%
Trailhead Institute$50,00010%
Strada Collaborative Inc$50,00010%
Women's League Child Development Center Inc$50,00011%
Cottage Grove Vol Fire Department$50,000129%
Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program Inc$50,00011%
Wisconsin Literacy Inc$50,00012%
Arts at Large Inc$50,00012%
Bayview Foundation Inc$50,00011%
Womens Place and Resource Center Inc$50,0001n/a
360 Communities$50,00011%
Hers-Higher Education Resource Services$50,00011%
R Street Institute$50,00011%
The Bottom Line Inc$50,00010%
Civic News Company$50,00010%
Cwi Foundation Inc$50,0001n/a
Institute for Educational Leadership$50,00011%
Carol Matheys Center for Children & Families Inc$50,00018%
The Conference Board Inc$50,00010%
University of California Davis$49,9001n/a
School District of la Crosse$47,9102n/a
Green Bay Area Public School District$47,9002n/a
Sheboygan Area School District$47,8802n/a
Signal Vine Inc$46,9201n/a
Wisconsin Rapids Public Schools$44,8702n/a
Deerfield Community Center Inc$44,15022%
United Way Fox Cities Inc$43,75010%
Economic Justice Institute Inc$40,11836%
Briarpatch Youth Services Inc$40,00021%
Unified School District of Antigo$38,1052n/a
School District of South Milwaukee$38,0252n/a
Adams Friendship Area Schools$38,0202n/a
St Francis Public School District$38,0202n/a
School District of Monroe WI$37,9752n/a
Watertown Unified School District$37,9752n/a
Normandale Community College Foundation Inc$37,81621%
Northern Kentucky University Foundation Inc$37,50020%
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid Inc$37,00020%
The Right Relief Inc$36,000220%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$35,58020%
College Goal Wisconsin$35,5004n/a
No One Left Behind$35,50020%
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc$35,00040%
Berea College$34,15020%
Northeast South Dakota Head Start Program Inc$31,86821%
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi$31,55520%
The Sand County Foundation Inc$31,50030%
The Uw-Platteville Foundation and Alumni Association Inc$31,00020%
United Way of Central Indiana Inc$30,08640%
Board of Control for Southern Regional Education$30,00010%
Chippewa Valley Technical College$30,0001n/a
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Education Foundation Inc$30,00021%
Racine Unified School District$28,6651n/a
West Allis-West Milwaukee School District$28,6351n/a
Iowa Western Community College Foundation$28,48221%
Central Lakes College Foundation$27,00021%
Hawkeye Community College Fdn$26,65121%
Madison Media Partners$25,8093n/a
Badger Honor Flight Inc$25,30012%
Chippewa Valley Technical College Foundation Inc$25,27122%
Outreach Inc$25,15012%
Christian Cupboard Emergency Food Shelf Dba Open Cupboard$25,00010%
US Dream Academy Inc$25,00011%
Rape Crisis Center Inc$25,00011%
Sauk Prairie Youth Hockey Association Inc$25,000110%
Midstate Independent Living Choices Inc$25,0001n/a
Gps Education Partners Inc$25,00010%
Agrace HospiceCare Inc$25,00010%
The Ms Hershey Foundation$25,00010%
Cap Services Inc$25,00010%
First Stage Milwaukee$25,00010%
Siebert Lutheran Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
Mission Nutrition Deforest Inc$25,000121%
Maydm Inc$25,00013%
Chrysalis Inc$25,00011%
Aspire Foundation Inc$25,000112%
Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc$25,00010%
2-1-1 Wisconsin Inc$25,00012%
6-8 Inc$25,00015%
Zoological Society of Milwaukee Cty$25,00010%
Madison Northside Planning Council Inc$25,00012%
Skating Association for the Blind & Hand$25,00015%
Turn Away No Longer Inc$25,00012%
It's My Community Initiative Inc$25,0001n/a
Horizon House Inc$25,00011%
Girls on the Run of South Central Wisconsin Incorporated$25,00013%
Nuestro Mundo Inc$25,000135%
Boys & Girls Club of Tampa Bay Inc$25,00010%
Aberdeen Area Foster Closet$25,0001n/a
Camp We Can Inc$25,0001n/a
Gigis Playhouse$25,0001n/a
Pillars Inc$25,00010%
Second Helpings Inc$25,00010%
Feed My People Inc$25,00010%
Bikes for Kids Wisconsin Inc$25,000111%
SPURS Therapeutic Riding Center Inc$25,00016%
Sun Prairie Public Library Foundation$25,00011%
Tenant Resource Center Inc$25,0001n/a
Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation$25,000110%
Tellurian Inc$25,00010%
East Side Elders$25,0001n/a
Timbertop Camp Inc$25,0001n/a
Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired$25,0001n/a
The Links Foundation Incorporated$25,00010%
Maria M Love Convalescent Fund$25,000119%
Dtom 220 Foundation$25,000122%
Colab Connects$25,0001n/a
Black Men Teach$25,00011%
Madison Public Art Project Inc$25,0001n/a
Children's Outing Association$25,00010%
Impact Communications$25,0001n/a
McFarland Community Food Pantry Inc$24,00036%
United Tribes Technical College$23,5891n/a
Stevens Point Area Public School District$22,8201n/a
Lakeland Community College$22,5002n/a
School District of Fort Atkinson$22,0401n/a
Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce Inc$21,59230%
Minnesota Council on Foundations$21,22530%
Hennepin Technical College Foundation$21,00021%
Aberdeen School District$20,1281n/a
EducationCounsel LLC$20,0001n/a
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College$20,0002n/a
Zane State College$20,0002n/a
Class Action Network$20,000214%
Blackhawk Technical College Foundation Inc$20,00024%
Mid-State Technical College Foundation Inc$18,78323%
Vogel Foundation$18,75016%
Vogel Foundation Inc$18,7501n/a
La Valle Fire Rescue Association Inc$18,7501n/a
Eastern Gateway Community College$18,5852n/a
Acue$17,8081n/a
Sinte Gleska University$17,7522n/a
Niagara Area Scholarship Foundation$15,750131%
South Central College Foundation$15,65521%
100 Black Men of Madison Inc$15,00013%
Friends of the Uw Odyssey Project Inc$15,00016%
Exodus Refugee Immigration Inc$15,00010%
Appalachian Prison Book Project Inc$15,0001n/a
Green Valley Enterprises Inc of Beaver Dam$15,00010%
Rubin for Kids Inc$15,00017%
TEMPO Milwaukee Foundation Inc$15,00016%
Michigan Colleges Alliance$15,00020%
Jeremiah Program$15,00010%
Northwood Technical College Foundation Inc$14,00011%
Central Ohio Technical College$11,2811n/a
Philanthropy Ohio$11,03420%
Domestic Abuse Intervention Services Inc$10,64420%
Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund Inc$10,58222%
Northeast Iowa Community College$10,2371n/a
Northcentral Technical College Foundation Inc$10,13311%
Badger Air Community Council Inc$10,0001n/a
National Community College Hispanic Council$10,0001n/a
Society of Professional Journalists Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Credit Abuse Resistance Education$10,00012%
Family Promise of Greater Orlando Inc$10,00010%
Owens State Community College$9,9001n/a
Trinity Lutheran School$9,0001n/a
Richmond Promise Inc$8,80011%
Friends of Pbs Wisconsin Inc$8,58010%
Vermillion County Community Foundation$8,5001n/a
Office of the State Public Defender$8,3331n/a
Riverland Community College Foundation$8,00011%
Lavalle Area Community Action Inc$7,5001n/a
National Reentry Workforce Collaborative$7,4001n/a
City Colleges of Chicago$7,0501n/a
Mars Hill University$6,70010%
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College$6,6611n/a
Eau Claire Area School District$6,6101n/a
Trocaire College$6,10010%
La Valle Community Events Inc$6,0601n/a
Greater Twin Cities United Way$6,00010%
Holyoke Community College$5,5501n/a
Madison Birthday Boost$5,3691n/a
Northwest Iowa Community College$5,3601n/a
Healthy Routines Inc$5,25011%
Isd 197$5,1291n/a
Meriden Public Schools$5,0691n/a
Freedom Education Project Puget Sound$5,05011%
The Joseph Gomoll Foundation Inc DBA Joeys Song$5,02213%
National College Advising Corps Inc$5,00010%
Waco Foundation$5,0001n/a
Student Basic Needs Coalition$5,00010%

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Ascendium Education Solutions Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 44 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetStrada Education Foundation Inc: $269,965,386 over 6y, 56% of budgetMdrc: $26,823,087 over 9y, 8.2% of budgetMerit America: $22,057,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetJobs for the Future Inc: $18,443,090 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetTeachers College Columbia University: $17,171,271 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetThe Aspen Institute Inc: $16,632,410 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetAchieving the Dream Inc: $16,217,698 over 9y, 21% of budgetAmerican Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences: $10,396,767 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetEducation Commission of the States: $9,780,288 over 9y, 17% of budgetBlue Meridian Partners Inc: $9,000,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetEducation Design Lab: $8,492,425 over 5y, 28% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $6,181,698 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetPer Scholas Inc: $6,100,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetAmerican Association of State Colleges and Universities: $5,943,610 over 7y, 14% of budgetIthaka Harbors Inc: $5,914,616 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetWisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Inc: $5,000,000 over 1y, 60% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc: $4,989,198 over 7y, 26% of budgetSocial Finance Inc: $4,725,100 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetYear Up Inc: $4,600,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetNational Association of College and University Business Officers: $4,537,371 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetVera Institute of Justice Inc: $4,185,200 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetTexas Community College Education Initiative: $4,107,800 over 2y, 39% of budgetInstitute for Evidence-Based Change: $3,584,764 over 7y, 42% of budgetCollege Possible Inc: $3,492,000 over 6y, 6.9% of budgetResilience Education: $3,223,700 over 3y, 62% of budgetJohn N Gardner Institute for Excellence in Higher Education: $3,178,900 over 5y, 44% of budgetProject Quest Inc: $3,150,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetCenter for Black Excellence and Culture Inc: $3,126,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetCommunity Partners: $3,038,592 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetThe Institute for Higher Education Policy: $2,933,426 over 5y, 75% of budgetNatl Student Clearinghouse Research Center: $2,894,181 over 6y, 16% of budgetUrban League of Greater Madison Inc: $2,782,850 over 3y, 51% of budgetThe Coleridge Initiative Inc: $2,780,391 over 6y, 13% of budgetNew America Foundation: $2,780,200 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetAmerican Association of Colleges and Universities: $2,758,783 over 4y, 10.0% of budgetTennessee Higher Education Initiative Inc: $2,700,611 over 3y, 58% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $2,651,850 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $2,651,432 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCentro Hispano Inc: $2,640,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetThe Education Trust Inc: $2,560,550 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetNational College Attainment Network: $2,534,318 over 9y, 10.0% of budgetWisconsin Regional Training Partnership: $2,500,000 over 1y, 62% of budgetOne City Schools Foundation Inc: $2,500,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetRockwood Leadership Institute: $2,491,614 over 3y, 16% of budgetNpower Inc: $2,419,100 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetThe Launchcode Foundation: $2,235,567 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetUnited Negro College Fund Inc: $2,163,066 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetNational Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators: $2,146,925 over 3y, 9.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Ecmc FoundationMN85.8× affinity64 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ecmc Foundation · Madison Community Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Trustage Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · American Indian Higher Education Consortium Inc · American Indian College Fund · Strada Education Foundation Inc · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · Gates Foundation

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.

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About Ascendium Education Solutions Inc

How much does Ascendium Education Solutions Inc give?
Ascendium Education Solutions Inc reported 265 grants totaling $147,060,749 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 126 and 279 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Ascendium Education Solutions Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (76%), Employment (10%), Crime & Legal (3%).
Who are Ascendium Education Solutions Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Strada Education Foundation Inc ($270M), Mdrc ($27M), Merit America ($22M).
Does Ascendium Education Solutions Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ascendium Education Solutions Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ecmc Foundation, Madison Community Foundation, Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc.
Where is Ascendium Education Solutions Inc based?
Ascendium Education Solutions Inc is based in WI.

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 626 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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