Ascendium Education Solutions Inc: $298.2M Revenue, $93.2M Program Expenses

The composite efficiency score of 62/100 puts Ascendium Education Solutions Inc at C — neither standout nor failing. Some factors run above the median (typically program spending) while others run below (typically reserves or trend stability).

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 directs 80% of its expenses to programs — above the third-party-rater threshold for an efficient organization.

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. CEO compensation is reported as zero in the filing — typical for nonprofits where the chief executive is paid through a related entity (parent system, university, or foundation) rather than the filing organization itself, or for small organizations whose chief is a volunteer or board member. 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 ratios should be read.