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← ASCENDUS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ASCENDUS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,403,959
Total expenses
$9,060,343
Contributions and grants received
$9,761,513
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,194,209
Investment income
-$1,048
Other revenue
$449,285
Total assets, end of year
$40,451,243
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,696,954
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$20,754,289
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,442,118
Management and general expenses
$826,176
Fundraising expenses
$792,049
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,442,118

Program services were 82.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $462,723

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,298,790

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $2,272,018 · related or exempt $2,272,018

  • 2b · Program service revenue: LOAN PORTFOLIO INCOME

    total $922,191 · related or exempt $922,191

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $27,361 · excluded $27,361

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $27,297,215

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $27,325,624

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$28,409

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$28,409 · related or exempt -$28,409

  • 11a · Other revenue: LOAN RECOVERY INCOME

    total $444,219 · related or exempt $444,219

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $5,066 · related or exempt $5,066

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $449,285

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $755,914 · program services $597,172 · management and general $60,473 · fundraising $98,269

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,713,279 · program services $2,891,778 · management and general $485,146 · fundraising $336,355

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $52,997 · program services $41,369 · management and general $6,488 · fundraising $5,140

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $595,945 · program services $464,854 · management and general $74,469 · fundraising $56,622

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $370,450 · program services $289,170 · management and general $45,352 · fundraising $35,928

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $66,188 · program services $66,188

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $436,718 · program services $257,044 · management and general $46,268 · fundraising $133,406

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $21,540 · program services $12,678 · management and general $2,282 · fundraising $6,580

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $389,056 · program services $369,082 · management and general $11,145 · fundraising $8,829

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $740,039 · program services $663,885 · management and general $22,397 · fundraising $53,757

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $271,400 · program services $211,853 · management and general $33,225 · fundraising $26,322

  • 17 · Travel

    total $42,462 · program services $33,146 · management and general $5,198 · fundraising $4,118

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,327 · program services $1,816 · management and general $285 · fundraising $226

  • 20 · Interest

    total $360,879 · program services $360,879

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $124,741 · program services $97,372 · management and general $15,271 · fundraising $12,098

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $58,253 · program services $45,472 · management and general $7,131 · fundraising $5,650

  • 24a · Other expenses: LOAN LOSS PROVISION

    total $956,523 · program services $956,523

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $72,686 · program services $56,738 · management and general $8,899 · fundraising $7,049

  • 24c · Other expenses: RECRUITMENT

    total $16,632 · program services $12,983 · management and general $2,036 · fundraising $1,613

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISC

    total $12,314 · program services $12,116 · management and general $111 · fundraising $87

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $17,309,788 · end of year $15,570,383

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,448,830 · end of year $559,405

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,465,758 · end of year $2,398,670

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $141,272 · end of year $154,232

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $19,468,232 · end of year $17,299,175

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $93,311 · end of year $289,439

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,339,716

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,211,839

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $227,164 · end of year $127,877

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,623,457 · end of year $4,052,062

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $932,472 · end of year $1,286,663

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,026,607 · end of year $18,066

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $3,480,964

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $26,129,237 · end of year $14,623,080

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $278,823 · end of year $288,181

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,583,231 · end of year $14,752,757

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,827,442 · end of year $6,001,532

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

ASCENDUS EMPOWERS LOW-TO-MODERATE INCOME BUSINESS OWNERS THROUGH ACCESS TO CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL EDUCATION. WITH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, THESE ENTREPRENEURS, OFTEN MINORITIES AND WOMEN, CAN BUILD ASSETS, BETTER PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES, CREATE EMPLOYMENT AND STRENGTHEN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

  • ASCENDUS HAS TWO PRIMARY PROGRAMS, THE LARGEST OF WHICH IS THE PROVISION OF MICROLOANS AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO MICRO-ENTREPRENEURS. THE ORGANIZATION SERVES LOW-TO MODERATE-INCOME, MINORITY, IMMIGRANT AND WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, POPULATIONS THAT LACK ACCESS TO MAINSTREAM CREDIT SOURCES. WITH ACCESS TO CREDIT, OUR CLIENTS GO ON TO BUILD ASSETS, GROW HOUSEHOLD INCOMES AND CREATE JOBS FOR THEMSELVES AND OTHERS WITHIN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $7,102,259 · Revenue $3,259,031

  • ASCENDUS IS A CERTIFIED COMMUNITY ADVANTAGE LENDER UNDER THE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, ASCENDUS OFFERS SMALL BUSINESS LOANS RANGING FROM $50,000 TO $250,000 AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE FOURTEEN STATES IN WHICH IT IS REGISTERED (CT, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, VA).LOANS ARE PARTIALLY GUARANTEED BY THE SBA AND HAVE TERMS UP TO 10 YEARS, PROVIDING ASCENDUS THE FLEXIBILITY TO LEND TO GROWING SMALL BUSINESSES, WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE AFFORDABLE PAYMENTS THAT MAKE OUR LOANS ACCESSIBLE TO UNDERSERVED BUSINESSES.

    Expenses $339,859 · Revenue $356,054

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Amy Hellen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Colleen Galvin

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Delehanty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jas Jeet Singh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerome Weiss

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Hernandez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kimberly Johnson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Miller

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Servon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pablo Cortina

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Perri Richmond

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roshelle Nagar

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Cassell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sudhir Jain

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tyler Van Gundy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zara Ingilizian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ana Hammock

    CHIEF LENDING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $185,332
    From this org
    $185,053
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $279
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,145
    Bonus
    $6,908
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $279
    Filer's total
    $185,332
  • Ayaz Khan

    CFO (OUTGOING)

    Total calculated
    $153,232
    From this org
    $147,221
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,011
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $118,811
    Bonus
    $410
    Other
    $28,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,011
    Filer's total
    $153,232
  • Paul Quintero

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $417,339
    From this org
    $387,981
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,358
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $331,758
    Bonus
    $56,223
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,358
    Filer's total
    $417,339
  • Andrea Ierace

    VP OF LENDING

    Total calculated
    $142,774
    From this org
    $133,171
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,603
    Hours/week
    40
  • Fabiana A Estrada

    DIRECTOR OF LENDING

    Total calculated
    $168,153
    From this org
    $149,979
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,174
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,780
    Bonus
    $21,199
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,174
    Filer's total
    $168,153
  • Jennifer Spaziano

    V.P. TECH & INNOVATION

    Total calculated
    $142,439
    From this org
    $142,439
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Rodrigo Cerveira

    V.P. CREDIT RISK & LOAN SE

    Total calculated
    $184,228
    From this org
    $155,916
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,312
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,794
    Bonus
    $23,122
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,312
    Filer's total
    $184,228
  • Victoria N Richardson

    V.P OF DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $166,938
    From this org
    $137,420
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,518
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,906
    Bonus
    $22,514
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,518
    Filer's total
    $166,938

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
AYAZ KHAN RECEIVED THE SEVERANCE PAY OF $28,000 AND IT IS REPORTED IN COLUMN B(III).
PART I, LINE 7
THE BOARD APPROVES THE SUCCESS SHARE PLAN BONUS OF DIRECTORS BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION AND REVIEW OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
2 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202312859349302346

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