Ascend Resource Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201701723
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2012
Forms available
Form 990 2012
Location
Holladay, UT, USA
Phone
8014780059
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
International Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,028,515
Expenses
$465,927
Assets
$697,269
Liabilities
$109,681

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Ascend resource center (arc) is a humanitarian organization committed to developing sustainable programs that empower businesses and organizations to become prosperous and self reliant.

What it reported doing in 2012

Ascend resource center focuses on building sustanable programs. The three main programs for 2012 are launching leaders, chadr for change, and return to manhood. Organization revenues and program expenses do not include the value of donated services and the facilities to carry out the organization's programs. These donated services and facilities were estimated to be worth 209,597 in 2012. The mission of the three programs for 2012: launching leaders mission: giving youth control of their future by teaching leadership principles and effective time management skills. Giving youth control of their future through teaching leadership principles and effective time management skills. The program is presented in a twelve-week training course that prepares students for leadership roles in society and teaches effective life management skills, while at the same time providing non- government organizations and local businesses direct access to a pool of qualified interns, volunteers and employees. Chadr for change mission: because compensated communities can change the world. Chadr for change (cc), is a social media platform where members can share their humanitarian efforts. Utilizing the unique chadr resources, businesses, non-profit organizations, and individuals are compensated for uploading content; content which is applicable to the humanitarian world. Return to manhood mission: transforming boys into men of prosperity through forgotten rites of passage. Ascend resource center, in collaboration with the return to manhood project, has developed a time proven program that transfers boys into men of prosperity and success. This program is built upon a universal four-step cycle of maturation, and is reinforced by twelve core principles that have application across all cultural and economic class. Specifically, the return to manhood humanitarian curriculum is an ordered list of prescribed steps boy need to accomplish in order to become a man.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 87%; rating input score 87; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 54.7%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.5; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.7%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 20 of 23 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $465K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $60K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and related organizations
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

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

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.