Ascendo Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873162235
IRS 990-PF coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Los Altos, CA, USA
Phone
4086077701
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Operating Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$20,015
Expenses
$24,202

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Private Operating Foundations

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 6 grants totaling $12,700. The stated grant purposes included to nurture, train and develop young musicians from culturally diverse backgrounds and encourage a lasting appreciation of music and to provide high-quality performance opportunities for young people and outstanding musical events for the wider community., to help people get started with building communities fast., and to evangelize the gospel of jesus christ to people worldwide., plus 3 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The foundation combined direct charitable work with grants to other organizations or people.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 55

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 52.5%; rating input score 52; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 1.54; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 55th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 52/100.
  • Review — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 55/100.