Ascendium Education Solutions Inc: $298.2M Revenue, $119.5M Expenses

The composite efficiency score of 58/100 puts Ascendium Education Solutions Inc at C — neither standout nor failing. Some factors run above the median (often reserves) while others run below (often revenue stability or officer-comp ratio).

Ascendium Education Solutions Inc is a large nonprofit by U.S. standards: $298.2M in 2023 revenue against $119.5M in expenses. Organizations in this revenue bracket usually run multiple programs with permanent staff and a meaningful endowment or reserve. Ascendium Education Solutions Inc holds a moderate reserve position relative to its $119.5M in annual expenses — neither fragile nor a large surplus.

Revenue has declined meaningfully over the five-year filing window — a pattern that warrants attention to underlying funding sustainability. Ascendium Education Solutions Inc's 2023 revenue is materially below its earlier filings. Officer compensation is modest relative to organizational size: Ascendium Education Solutions Inc reports $1.8M in total compensation for current officers and key employees (Form 990 Part IX, line 5) against $298.2M in revenue. The ratio is well within the bands third-party charity raters consider reasonable at this scale. In the Education category, Ascendium Education Solutions Inc sits alongside universities, K-12 systems, scholarship funds, and education-research organizations. Education-sector nonprofits often hold large endowments, which affects how the reserves-and-revenue figures should be read.