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ASCENT 121 INC

EIN 46-1577827 CARMEL, IN

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Revenue 2025
$1,608,510
Expenses 2025
$1,409,954

Program services were 78.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P62
Classification
1200
Street
PO BOX 1143

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE AGENCY SHALL BE I) TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE FOR THE HEALTH, EDUCATIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL AND WELFARE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS SITUATIONS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING, II) TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE FOR THE WELFARE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM, III) TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO OTHER TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SERVING POPULATIONS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, POVERTY, SOCIAL DISENFRANCHISEMENT, ILLITERACY AND FOOD INSECURITY, IV) TO ASSIST, ENABLE AND FACILITATE TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS WITH SIMILAR MISSIONS, V) TO EMPOWER VOLUNTEERS AND DONORS TO SHARE RESOURCES FOR THE CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES OF THE AGENCY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ASCENT 121 PROVIDES LONG TERM TRAUMA RECOVERY SERVICES FOR SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

  • SURVIVOR SERVICES:ASCENT 121 PROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER RECOVERY SERVICES FOR INDIANA TEEN SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. WE OFFER OPTIONS INCLUDING DIAGNOSTIC & EVALUATION SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH AND FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES, CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES. REFERRALS COME FROM THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES AS WELL AS OTHER SOURCES. THE AGENCY SERVES OVER 100 CHILDREN ANNUALLY. ASCENT 121 IS ACCREDITED BY THE EVANGELICAL COUNCIL FOR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY (ECFA), THE INDIANA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BOARD, AND WAS THE WINNER OF THE FBI DIRECTOR'S COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD FOR EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.COMMUNITY EDUCATION:ASCENT 121 RAISES AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 75 PUBLIC EVENTS EACH YEAR AT SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES.DISCIPLESHIP:OPTIONAL DISCIPLESHIP IS OFFERED FOR THE YOUTH IN OUR PROGRAMS.CONSULTING SERVICES:ASCENT 121 PROVIDES TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR OTHER AGENCIES AND INDIVIDUALS WORKING WITH SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.

    Expenses $1,106,622 · Revenue $810,352

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Megan McGuire

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $126,643
    From this org
    $106,393
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,250
    Hours/week
    40

  • Megan Jessup

    COO

    Total calculated
    $102,837
    From this org
    $97,940
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,897
    Hours/week
    40

  • Louise Lombard

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Elyas Musleh

    BOARD VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Tim Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cherie Ihnen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,608,510
    Expenses
    $1,409,954
    Contributions
    $764,860
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,376,466
    Expenses
    $1,260,868
    Contributions
    $859,499
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,270,261
    Expenses
    $1,276,355
    Contributions
    $402,842
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,112,560
    Expenses
    $1,221,340
    Contributions
    $415,474
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,305,264
    Expenses
    $1,081,501
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,025,152

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,045,002
    Expenses
    $891,635
    Assets (EOY)
    $811,122

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $828,699
    Expenses
    $785,720
    Assets (EOY)
    $673,327

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $859,283
    Expenses
    $724,355
    Assets (EOY)
    $638,674

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $691,323
    Expenses
    $468,145
    Assets (EOY)
    $474,213

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $357,231
    Expenses
    $387,914
    Assets (EOY)
    $247,657

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2014

Tax period
1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014
Principal officer
Dr Joseph Fraiz
Mailing address
PO Box 1143Carmel IN 46082
Website
www.ascent121.com

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.