Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc

Analysis

Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc reported income of $7.7m and spending of $8.1m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $3.1m to $7.7m (+150%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 170%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mammel Family Foundation ($7.7m), Foundation for Southeast Texas Inc ($7.8m) and Russell Development Company Inc ($7.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% and program service revenue 11% of the total. At year end it held assets of $42.0m against liabilities of $562k, net assets of $41.5m.