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Screen a listAscent College
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$873krevenue
FY2025 · +29% in 3 yrs14staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−5.2%
Months of reserve0.9mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+8.7%
Middle half of peersMedianAscent College
Where the money goes FY2025 · $918k spent
Programs$542k59%Management and general$325k35%Fundraising$51k6%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
Federal awards stopped after FY2021
$131k in FY2021, none traced since.
USAspendingDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$113k in FY2024 and −$45k in FY2025. Cash covers 0.9 months, under the peer median of 5.3.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 9% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort4funders
$12ka year, last 3 years
56%from its largest funder
Funder’18’19’20’21’22’23Des Plaines Publishing Charitable TrustSince FY2020$20k$3k$8k$4kChad Campana Memorial FoundationNew in FY2023$2kLee Jackson Educational FoundationOn and off$2kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$5k$15k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund