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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ASCEND DALLAS.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,430,079
Total expenses
$5,593,893
Contributions and grants received
$5,487,487
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$15,784
Investment income
$4,601
Other revenue
-$77,793
Total assets, end of year
$2,947,013
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,576,810
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,370,203
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,751,603
Management and general expenses
$523,477
Fundraising expenses
$318,813
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,751,603

Program services were 84.9% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $380,000

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $408,714

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,339,305

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,359,468

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COACHING INSTITUTE

    total $15,784 · related or exempt $15,784

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,601 · excluded $4,601

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $59,215

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $408,714

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $142,219

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$83,004 · excluded -$83,004

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $5,211 · excluded $5,211

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,211

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $837,079 · program services $588,035 · management and general $116,298 · fundraising $132,746

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,949,003 · program services $2,789,606 · management and general $71,940 · fundraising $87,457

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $137,421 · program services $122,991 · management and general $6,650 · fundraising $7,780

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $103,602 · program services $103,602

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $280,562 · program services $251,101 · management and general $13,578 · fundraising $15,883

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,567 · management and general $3,567

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $62,024 · management and general $62,024

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $212,058 · program services $154,300 · management and general $39,257 · fundraising $18,501

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $692 · program services $30 · management and general $414 · fundraising $248

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $137,616 · program services $108,602 · management and general $26,371 · fundraising $2,643

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $149,432 · program services $59,504 · management and general $79,645 · fundraising $10,283

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $239,808 · program services $171,492 · management and general $45,779 · fundraising $22,537

  • 17 · Travel

    total $114,788 · program services $103,514 · management and general $9,894 · fundraising $1,380

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $119,483 · program services $118,159 · management and general $917 · fundraising $407

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,117 · management and general $3,117

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $32,354 · program services $10,042 · management and general $21,324 · fundraising $988

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $33,155 · program services $28,236 · management and general $3,368 · fundraising $1,551

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $86,476 · program services $84,477 · management and general $1,999 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: FEES & LICENSES

    total $44,059 · program services $20,879 · management and general $8,664 · fundraising $14,516

  • 24c · Other expenses: RECRUITMENT

    total $43,423 · program services $35,170 · management and general $6,707 · fundraising $1,546

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $4,174 · program services $1,863 · management and general $1,964 · fundraising $347

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $602,712 · end of year $270,275

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $336,979 · end of year $341,580

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,003,623 · end of year $1,061,580

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,252 · end of year $1,027

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $43,375 · end of year $139,151

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

    $462,691

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

    $420,072

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $46,541 · end of year $42,619

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,236,820 · end of year $1,090,781

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $384,622 · end of year $368,046

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $8,708

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $101,446 · end of year $43,601

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,251,217 · end of year $1,156,455

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$164,354 · end of year $113,328

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,698,371 · end of year $1,256,875

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AT ASCEND DALLAS WE EMPOWER WOMEN, FIGHT POVERTY AND IMPACT GENERATIONS.

  • ASCEND DALLAS ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT EMPOWERS WOMEN WITH THE CONFIDENCE AND KNOWLEDGE NEEDED TO MAKE SOUND FINANCIAL DECISIONS. WITH THE SUPPORT AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF AN ASCEND DALLAS FINANCIAL COACH, WOMEN DEVELOP SMART GOALS TO CHART THEIR PATH TO FINANCIAL GROWTH. CLIENTS CAN JOIN ANY OF OUR RESILIENCY PATHWAYS AIMED AT PERSONAL FINANCE, CAREER GROWTH, BUSINESS FINANCE AND PERSONAL WELLNESS. OUTCOMES SHOW IMPROVEMENTS IN FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE, SAVINGS, CREDIT, DEBT AND INCOME. IN FY 23-24, THE PROGRAM REACHED 2,160 PARTICIPANTS.

    Expenses $2,519,861

  • ASCEND DALLAS NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP (NFP) EMPOWERS VULNERABLE FIRST-TIME MOMS TO TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES AND CREATE BETTER FUTURES FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR BABIES. NFP WORKS BY HAVING SPECIALLY TRAINED NURSES REGULARLY VISIT YOUNG, FIRST-TIME MOMS-TO-BE, STARTING EARLY IN THE PREGNANCY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE CHILD'S SECOND BIRTHDAY. DURING FY23-24, NFP SERVED 329 WOMEN AND 260 BABIES.

    Expenses $2,223,656

  • THE ASCEND DALLAS COACHING INSTITUTE TEACHES PRACTITIONERS TO COACH OTHERS ON FINANCIAL TOPICS THROUGH DYNAMIC, INTERACTIVE COACH TRAINING THAT COMBINES FUNDAMENTAL COACHING SKILLS WITH STRONG FINANCIAL CONTENT. THE TRAINING HELPS COACHES CREATE A SOLID UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THEY CAN USE COACHING SKILLS AND TOOLS TO WORK WITH CLIENTS TO CO-CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE. CONTRACTED THROUGH CNM INGENUITY, INC, OUR TRAINING CREATES A PATHWAY FOR COACHES TO BECOME CERTIFIED BY CNM, ICF OR/AND BCC. THE PAST YEAR, WE PROVIDED TRAINING FOR 118 COACHES.

    Expenses $8,086 · Revenue $15,784

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michelle Hudson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Vaughan

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Ashmore

    PRESIDENT ELECT/TREASURER/FINANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ashley Storms

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Casso

    NOM/GOV CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Harvey

    DEV/MKTING CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Albright

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Cooksey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellen Farrell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leona Allen Ford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Malia Hodges

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cynthia Nwaubani

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jervonne Newsome

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jolene Risch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Shepherd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Holly Tucker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Wilkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Henderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tiffany Brunson

    DIRECTOR (START 7/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tyler Jones

    DIRECTOR (START 7/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carmen Medrano Cary

    DIRECTOR (START 7/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Sherrill Martin

    DIRECTOR (START 7/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stormee Williams

    DIRECTOR (START 7/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Renda Mathew

    DIRECTOR (7/23 THRU 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shari Hicks

    DIRECTOR (7/23 THRU 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kate Rose Marquez

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $255,580
    From this org
    $226,155
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,425
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $226,155
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,684
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,741
    Filer's total
    $255,580
  • Susan Smithson

    CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $190,233
    From this org
    $169,772
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,461
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,772
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,498
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,963
    Filer's total
    $190,233
  • Laura Larochelle

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $133,364
    From this org
    $117,330
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,034
    Hours/week
    40
  • Leilani Miller

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (THRU 11/23)

    Total calculated
    $150,806
    From this org
    $142,631
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,175
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $122,119
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $20,512
    Deferred
    $5,277
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,898
    Filer's total
    $150,806

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
LELAINI RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT OF $20,512.00

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
2023
Filed
28 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530289349302008

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