Ascend Outdoor Adventures

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272225047
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Cedar Park, TX, USA
Phone
5129659371
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$166,629
Expenses
$175,990
Assets
$9,019
Liabilities
$2,456

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JASON MANN (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • RUSS DEAN (VICE PRESIDE)
  • SCOTLAND ALLEN (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Ascend outdoor adventures exiests to bring individuals closer to christ and each other through outdoor adventure experiences.

What it reported doing in 2025

Ascend used donations in 2016 to buy equipment neccessary lead groups in outdoor adventure activities, take church groups on mission trips, take care of administration needs, networking with churches, developing cirriculum, and other administrative needs. Ascend also used program revenue to buy food and supplies and pay neccessary fees and guide fees to lead various outdoor expeditions in carrying out its primary purpose.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 56.7%; rating input score 57

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.6%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 46.8%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60% of revenue deployed · 56.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $100K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.