Texas · Nonprofit
ASCEND DALLAS
ASCEND DALLAS (Texas) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,053,900 to it, the largest being The Moody Foundation ($1,200,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.9M
- Funders on record
- 49
- Grants received
- $4.1M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Ascend Dallas does
Mission
At Ascend Dallas we empower women, fight poverty and impact generations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In fiscal year 2025, the organization implemented the matched savings program which aims to improve the economic self-sufficiency of families, primarily those served through our nurse-family partnership. The savings accounts are are part of a larger wealth-building strategy designed to combine mainstream banking access, financial education, 1:1 financial counseling and other financial tools to build a habit of savings with the goal of purchasing assets.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Ascend Dallas nurse-family partnership (nfp) empowers vulnerable first-time moms to transform their lives and create better futures for themselves and their babies. Nfp works by having specially trained nurses regularly visit young, first-time moms-to-be, starting early in the pregnancy and continuing through the child's second birthday. During fy24-25, nfp served 356 mothers and 291 babies.
$2,539,781 spent55% of program spendingAscend Dallas economic advancement empowers women with the confidence and knowledge needed to make sound financial decisions. With the support and accountability of an Ascend Dallas financial coach, women develop smart goals to chart their path to financial growth. Clients can join any of our resiliency pathways aimed at personal finance, career growth, business finance and personal wellness. Outcomes show improvements in financial knowledge, savings, credit, debt and income. In fy 24-25, the program reached 2,608 participants.
$2,064,852 spent45% of program spendingThe Ascend Dallas coaching institute teaches practitioners to coach others on financial topics through dynamic, interactive coach training that combines fundamental coaching skills with strong financial content. The training helps coaches create a solid understanding of how they can use coaching skills and tools to work with clients to co-create positive change. Contracted through cnm ingenuity, inc, our training creates a pathway for coaches to become certified by cnm, icf or/and bcc.
$2,923 spent$3,996 earned by the program0% of program spendingAscend Dallas matched savings program aims to improve the economic self-sufficiency of families, primarily those served through our nurse-family partnership. The savings accounts are are part of a larger wealth-building strategy designed to combine mainstream bankiong access, financial education, 1:1 financial counseling and other financial tools to build a habit of savings with the goal of purchasing assets.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,607,556.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $3.3M to $1.5M (−54%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 27% · 2018 39% · 2019 37% · 2020 33% · 2021 56% · 2022 50% · 2023 49% · 2024 61% · 2025 45%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of ASCEND DALLAS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Kate Rose Marquez
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $192k → $732k.
12 of 49 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $6.8M from 9 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money ASCEND DALLAS raised.
From the IRS filings of ASCEND DALLAS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 49 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ASCEND DALLAS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
29% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ASCEND DALLAS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 30% · 2019 89% · 2020 31% · 2021 82% · 2022 42% · 2023 21% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
41% of ASCEND DALLAS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
58% of ASCEND DALLAS's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $906k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ASCEND DALLAS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ASCEND DALLAS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ASCEND DALLAS: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ASCEND DALLAS?
- ASCEND DALLAS (Texas) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,053,900 to it, the largest being The Moody Foundation ($1,200,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASCEND DALLAS have?
- IRS filings report 49 organizations giving $4,053,900 in grants to ASCEND DALLAS, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASCEND DALLAS?
- The Moody Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASCEND DALLAS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 49 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing