Ascend Clinical Services

Analysis

Ascend Clinical Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Rehrersburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Ascend Clinical Services reported income of $15.3m and spending of $13.7m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $9.1m to $15.3m (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ascend Clinical Services sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Monadnock Family Services ($15.2m), Center of Family Love ($15.3m) and Our Daily Bread of Tennessee Inc ($15.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 26% and program service revenue 70% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $477k (3.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $7.5m. At year end it held assets of $10.7m against liabilities of $3.0m, net assets of $7.7m. It reported 189 employees.