Ascend - Leadership Through Athletics Inc

Analysis

Ascend - Leadership Through Athletics Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Fairfax, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2014, 12 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 December 2023, Ascend - Leadership Through Athletics Inc reported income of $340k and spending of $511k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $179k to $340k (+90%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 506%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ascend - Leadership Through Athletics Inc sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Catholic Pregnancy Help Center Inc ($340k), Milestone Community Development ($340k) and Northwest Wyoming Family Planning Inc ($340k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 9.9% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $58k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $60k. At year end it held assets of $486k against liabilities of $60k, net assets of $426k. It reported 2 employees.