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Schedule I
(Form 990)
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Grants and Other Assistance to Organizations,
Governments and Individuals in the United States
Complete if the organization answered "Yes," on Form 990, Part IV, line 21 or 22.
Graphic Arrow Attach to Form 990.
Graphic Arrow Go to www.irs.gov/Form990 for the latest information.
OMB No. 1545-0047
2021
Open to Public
Inspection
Name of the organization
Ascendium Education Solutions Inc
 
Employer identification number
39-1853833
Part I
General Information on Grants and Assistance
1
Does the organization maintain records to substantiate the amount of the grants or assistance, the grantees' eligibility for the grants or assistance, and
the selection criteria used to award the grants or assistance? ........................
2
Describe in Part IV the organization's procedures for monitoring the use of grant funds in the United States.
Part II
Grants and Other Assistance to Domestic Organizations and Domestic Governments. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" on Form 990, Part IV, line 21, for any recipient
that received more than $5,000. Part II can be duplicated if additional space is needed.
(a) Name and address of organization
or government
(b) EIN (c) IRC section
(if applicable)
(d) Amount of cash grant (e) Amount of non-cash
assistance
(f) Method of valuation
(book, FMV, appraisal,
other)
(g) Description of
noncash assistance
(h) Purpose of grant
or assistance
(1) Boys and Girls Club of Dane County
2001 Taft Street
Madison,WI53713
39-1925617 501(c)(3) 250,000       AVID/TOPS Program support
(2) Council for Opportunity in Education
1025 Vermont Avenue
NW Suite 900
WASHINGTON,DC20005
52-1221301 501(c)(3) 20,000       Annual Awards Dinner 9/13/2021
(3) Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College
13466 W Trepania Road
Hayward,WI54843
39-1453493 501(c)(3) 29,684       PS Emergency Aid Paid Internship Program
(4) Scholarship America Inc
One Scholarship Way
St Peter,MN56082
04-2296967 501(c)(3) 13,000       PS Ptnr Grant 2020-2022
(5) United Way of Dane County
2059 Atwood Avenue
Madison,WI53704
39-0817532 501(c)(3) 62,000       Matching Grant - United for our Communities Loaned executive
(6) Grantmakers for Education
720 SW Washington Street
Suite 605
Portland,OR97205
33-0919329 501(c)(3) 93,250       ED Conf and Mmbrshp
(7) National College Attainment Network
1001 Connecticut Ave
Washington,DC20036
31-1793562 501(c)(3) 63,625       NACN Membership, summer melt texting, Grant, Rebuilding for Postsecondary Equity: Rising to the Challenge 10/05/2021-10/07/2021
(8) Vera Court Neighborood Center Inc
614 Vera Court
Madison,WI537041938
39-1945609 501(c)(3) 61,834       Good Neighbor Grant c/o Latino Academy of Workforce Development
(9) University of Wisconsin System
780 Regent Street Suite 255
UW Madison
Madison,WI53715
39-1805963 501(C)(3) 150,000       Optimizing Delivery Systems for Higher Education in Prison
(10) MDRC
16 East 34th Street
New York,NY10016
23-7379473 501(c)(3) 406,093       Capitalizing on Federal Momentum to Advance Postsecondary Student Success; Multiple Measures Assessment Phase II; Understanding Barriers to Refiling the FAFSA
(11) Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities
1307 New York Avenue NW Suite 400
Washington,DC20005
53-0183246 501(c)(3) 308,456       Data Fellows Program Pilot
(12) Excelencia in Education
1717 N St N W 2nd Fl
Washington,DC20036
20-0927912 501(c)(3) 259,200       Examples of Excelencia 10/28/2021 - 10/29/2021 Diana Natalicio-University of Texas at El Paso Book Project Institutional Transformation in Puerto Rico: Lessons Learned in Resiliency
(13) Madison Metropolitan School District
545 W Dayton Street
Madison,WI53703
39-6003202 State of WI 500,000       Early College STEM Academy
(14) Rector & Visitors of University of Virginia
1001 N Emmet Street
Charlottesville,VA229044195
54-6001796 501(c)(3) 204,000       Career Advising Tools and Outreach for Low-Income Graduates - Planning Phase
(15) Achieving The Dream Inc
8403 Colesville Rd
Silver Spring,MD209106355
27-1635830 501(c)(3) 857,186       Student Success Partner Grant, Maintain Momentum: Supporting Postsecondary Education Membership Organizations and Networks
(16) Education Commission of the States
700 N Broadway
Suite 810
Denver,CO80203
31-0722194 501(c)(3) 575,000       Cataloguing and Understanding the Origins and Intents of Administrative Holds Strong Start to Finish Implementation & Innovation Fund
(17) Rand Corporation
1776 Main St
PO Box 2138
Santa Monica,CA904072138
95-1958142 501(c)(3) 420,400       Building Stackable Credential Pipelines that Support Equity and Provide Pathways
(18) Teachers College COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
525 West 120th Street
New York,NY10027
13-1624202 501(c)(3) 1,666,709       Bringing to Scale and Measuring the Effects of Guided Pathways Reforms by Ohio's Community Colleges; Guided Pathways: "What and How To" Educational Series; Paving the Way to Equitable, Adequate, and Effective Community College Funding; Reporting of Postsecondary Education
(19) University of Texas at Austin
110 Inner Campus DR
STOP K5300
Austin,TX787121663
74-6000203 501(c)(3) 593,783       Moving Mathematics Pathways to Normative Practice in Arkansas
(20) Aaniiih Nakoda College
PO Box 159
Harlem,MT59526
81-0420980 501(c)(3) 25,154       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Programs
(21) Aspen Institute Inc
One Dupont Cir NW
Washington,DC20036
84-0399006 501(c)(3) 1,911,225       Accelerating Transfer Reform; Researching and Awarding Excellence in Rural Community Colleges; Strengthening Guided Pathways through Workforce
(22) Bay Mills Community College
12214 W Lakeshore Dr
Brimley,MI49715
38-2604866 501(c)(3) 19,595       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(23) Blackfeet Community College
PO Box 819
Browning,MT59417
81-0378943 501(c)(3) 10,300       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(24) Cankdeska Cikana Community College
214 1st Ave
Fort Totten,ND58335
45-0350756 501(c)(3) 17,188       Project Success Emergency Aid Program
(25) Central State University
PO Box 1004
Wilberforce,OH45384
31-0675386 501(c)(3) 33,710       Emergency Aid, Paid Internship Program
(26) Chief Dull Knife College
PO Box 98
Lame Deer,MT59043
81-0351900 501(c)(3) 9,191       Paid Internship Program
(27) College of Menominee Nation
PO Box 1179 N172 Hwy 47/55
Keshena,WI54135
39-1773613 501(c)(3) 10,000       Emergency Aid
(28) College of the Muscogee Nation
PO Box 917
Okmulgee,OK74447
35-2357683 501(c)(3) 10,300       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(29) Community Partners
1000 N Alameda St
Los Angeles,CA90012
95-4302067 501(c)(3) 507,800       Practitioner Fellowships; Understanding the Landscape of Higher Education in Prison
(30) Dine College
PO Box C12
Tsaile,AZ86556
86-0215931 501(c)(3) 58,730       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(31) Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College
30 Seventh Street East Suite 350
St Paul,MN551017804
41-1687554 501(c)(3) 96,260       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(32) Fort Peck Community College
PO Box 398
Poplar,MT59255
81-0374399 501(c)(3) 10,300       Project Success Emergency Aid Program
(33) Institute of American Indian Arts
PO Box 5310
Sante Fe,NM87502
85-0365964 501(c)(3) 42,146       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(34) Jobs For The Future Inc
88 Broad St 8th Floor
Boston,MA02110
06-1164568 501(c)(3) 2,881,684       Horizons: Designing Jobs for the Future Identification of a Signature Statewide Initiative in Wisconsin Ready for Pell Scaling the Student Success Center Network Coaching Program
(35) Leech Lake Tribal College
6945 Littlewolf Rd NW
Cass Lake,MN56633
75-3061667 501(c)(3) 11,300       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(36) Lincoln University
820 Chestnut St
Jefferson City,MO65102
44-6001089 501(c)(3) 49,627       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(37) Little Big Horn College
8645 S Weaver Dr
Crow Agency,MT59022
81-0331905 501(c)(3) 26,001       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(38) Little Priest Tribal College
601 E College Dr
Winnebago,NE68071
91-1849962 501(c)(3) 23,322       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(39) National Student Clearinghouse Research Ctr
2300 Dulles Station Blvd
Herndon,VA20171
27-1255674 501(C)(3) 1,083,700       Redesigning StudentTracker, Analysis of Post-COVID-19 Transfer Data - COVID-19 Response Fund
(40) Navajo Technical University
PO Box 849
Crownpoint,MN87313
85-0303705 501(c)(3) 77,290       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(41) Nebraska Indian Community College
1111 Hwy 75 PO Box 428
Macy,NE68039
47-0623553 501(c)(3) 10,800       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(42) Northwest Indian College
2522 Kwina Rd
Bellingham,WA98226
91-0905644 501(c)(3) 66,950       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(43) Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College
220 College Dr
New Town,ND58763
45-0322990 501(c)(3) 13,898       Emergency Aid Program Project Success Paid Internship Program
(44) Oglala Lakota College
PO Box 490
Kyle,SD57752
23-7135915 501(c)(3) 18,883       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(45) Red Lake Nation College
PO Box 576
Red Lake,MN56671
26-3031521 501(c)(3) 44,633       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(46) Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College
7070 E Broadway
Mt Pleasant,MI48858
38-6178758 Tribal College 5,287       Project Success Emergency Aid Program
(47) Salish Kootenai College Inc
PO Box 70
Pablo,MT59855
81-0378823 501(c)(3) 53,237       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(48) Sisseton Wahpeton College
12572 BIA Hwy 700
Agency Village,SD57262
46-0357254 501(c)(3) 25,282       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(49) Sitting Bull College
9299 Hwy 24
Fort Yates,ND58538
23-7373765 501(c)(3) 22,326       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(50) Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
9169 Coors Blvd NW PO Box 10146
Albuquergue,NM87184
85-0235298 501(c)(3) 30,131       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(51) State of Montana
2500 Broadway
Helena,MT59601
81-0302402 state of mt 500,000       College Access & Success Services
(52) Stone Child College
8294 Upper Box Elder Rd
Box Elder,MT59521
81-0420650 501(c)(3) 44,300       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(53) Turtle Mountain Community College
PO Box 340
Belcourt,ND58316
45-0323401 501(c)(3) 55,205       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(54) United Tribes Technical College
3315 University Dr
Bismark,ND58504
45-0314233 501(c)(3) 11,300       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(55) White Earth Tribal & Community College
2250 College Rd
Mahnomen,MN56557
41-1978247 501(c)(3) 21,598       Project Success Emergency Aid and Paid Internship Program
(56) Harris-Stowe State University
3026 Laclede Avenue
St Louis,MO63103
43-1166917 501(c)(3) 53,434       PS Pd Internship Program
(57) Ilisagvik College
PO Box 749
Barrow,AK99723
92-0158414 501(C)(3) 6,434       PS Pd Internship Program
(58) Iowa Department of Education
400 E 14th Street
Des Moines,IA503190146
90-0743434 IA Dept of ED 343,000       Optimizing Delivery Systems for Higher Education in Prison
(59) Philander Smith College
900 W Dalsey Bates Dr
Little Rock,AR72202
71-0239729 501(c)(3) 47,144       Project Success Emergency Aid Paid Internship Programs
(60) Shorter College
604 N Locust St
North Little Rock,AR72114
71-0350954 501(c)(3) 38,452       Project Success emergency Aid Paid Internship programs
(61) Vera Institute for Justice Inc
238 Broadway 12th Floor
New York,NY10279
13-1941627 501(c)(3) 550,000       Unlocking the Promise of Pell for Students in Prison
(62) University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
1200 N University Dr
Pine Bluff,AR71601
71-9010030 501(c)(3) 97,463       Emergency Aid Paid Internship Programs
(63) WestEd
730 Harrison St
San Francisco,CA941071242
94-3233542 IRC 115(1) 60,822       Project Success Partner Grant 2020 - 2022
(64) Yes We Must Coalition
5 Coltsway
Wayland,MA01778
54-1439744 501(c)(3) 40,000       Supporting Postsecondary Education Membership Organizations
(65) American Assoc of State Colleges and Universities
1307 New York Avenue NW
Washington,DC20005
52-0747578 501(c)(3) 826,950       Provosts' Student success Network Supporting Postsecondary Education Membership Organizations and Networks
(66) Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
1310 L Street NW
Suite 650
Washington,DC20005
01-0669150 501(c)(3) 18,000       Membership 6/1/2021-5/31/2022
(67) Institute for Evidence Based Change
3711 Long Beach Blvd
Suite 5033
Long Beach,CA90807
26-3542835 501(c)(3) 648,282       Implementing and Evaluating Caring Campus Faculty Engagement
(68) Strada Education Network Inc
10 West Market
Suite 1100
Indianapolis,IN46204
47-3044430 501(c)(3) 66,090,349       support their philanthropic efforts pursuant to the December 6, 2016 transfer of ownership of United Student Aid Funds and Northwest Education Loan Association from USA Funds (now Strada) to Ascendium.
(69) Keweenay Bay Oijbwa Community College
PO Box 519
Baraga,MI49908
01-0678043 501(c)(3) 10,435       Emergency Aid Program and Paid Internship Program
(70) America Achieves Inc
16 34th Street FL 18
New York,NY10016
27-3238471 501(c)(3) 30,000       Scaling Education to Employment Solutions
(71) American Foreign Policy Council
509 C Street NE
Washingston,DC20002
52-1274529 501(c)(3) 375,000       Internship Program Cultivating Tomorrow's National Security and Foreign Policy Leaders
(72) ASIAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN SHOLARSHIP FUND
2025 M ST NW Ste 510
Washington,DC200363363
57-1192973 501(c)(3) 294,500       Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Research Capacity Building Initiative
(73) ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVESINC
42 Broadway Floor 20
New York,NY10004
23-7156531 501(c)(3) 10,000       Membership ABFE 9/25/2021-9/24/2022
(74) BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NOBLESVILLE
1700 Conner Street
Noblesville,IN46060
35-1054426 501(c)(3) 25,722       Unite for our Communities matching program Good Neighbor Grant
(75) COLERIDGE INITIATIVE INC
4511 Dalton
Chevy Chase,MD20815
83-0963735 501(c)(3) 175,348       Supporting a Multi-State Education-Workforce Data Infrastructure
(76) DVP-PRAXIS LTD
8888 Keystone Crossing
Ste 1300
Indianapolis,IN46240
20-3208500   155,000       Evaluation of Veterans Credentialing Pilot Initiative
(77) EDUCATION DESIGN LAB
1200 18TH St NW Ste 710
Washington,DC200362506
46-4248042 501(c)(3) 1,450,800       Catalyzing Rural Community Colleges Through a Design Challenge Community College Growth Engine Fund Expansion
(78) EDUCATION WRITERS ASSOCIATION
1825 K St NW Ste 200
Washington,DC200061220
23-7439790 501(c)(3) 40,000       Supporting Postsecondary Education Writers and Coverage
(79) INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT NEWS
714 W Olympic Blvd Ste 929
Los Angeles,CA900151353
27-2614911 501(c)(3) 275,000       National Reporting on Rural and Prison Higher Education
(80) ITHAKA HARBORS INC
101 Greenwich Street
New York,NY100060002
13-3857105 501(c)(3) 600,502       Horizons: JFF National Summit 5/7/2021 - 6/16/2021 Understanding Educational Space Needs in Prisons "
(81) KENTUCKY COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATIO
300 N Main St
Versaillews,KY403831245
61-1351918 501(c)(3) 34,100       Implementing Competency-Based Education at Scale
(82) KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY
400 E Main Street 4th Floor
Frankfort,KY406012334
61-1099712 501(c)(3) 69,200       Project Success Emergency Aid Program Project Success Paid Internship Program
(83) LEGAL ACTION OF WISCONSIN INC
230 West Wells St RM 800
Milwaukee,WI53203
39-1077192 501(c)(3) 88,500       Lawyers for Learners Program - Funding Expansion of the Tech College Student Legal Aid Program- Completion of the Project Milestones for Objective 1 & 2 (Months 1-12)
(84) LINCOLN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
1570 Baltimore Pike
Lincoln University,PA191039141
23-1352655 501(c)(3) 69,650       Project Success Emergency Aid Program Project Success Paid Internship Program
(85) LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION
28 Liberty Street 34th Floor
New York,NY10005
13-3030229 501(c)(3) 675,000       Building Pathways to Quality Jobs and Financial Security in Rural America Leveraging Arkansas Community Colleges to Support Economic Development
(86) NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION
740 15th St NW Ste 900
Washington,DC200051031
52-2096845 501(c)(3) 290,000       Community Colleges as Apprenticeship Intermediaries: Learning What Works
(87) NONVIOLENCE INSTITUTE
265 Oxford St
Providence,RI02905
05-0517863 501(c)(3) 14,375       Credit for Experience: Leveraging Prior Learning Assessments in Prison
(88) NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA HEAD START
200 S Harrison St Ste 1
Aberdeen,SD57401
46-0395724 501(c)(3) 17,403       Unite for Our Communities Matching Grant
(89) OPERATION RESTORATION
PO Box 56894
New Orleans,LA70156
61-1791941 501(c)(3) 250,000       Expanding Access to Postsecondary Pathways in Louisiana State Prisons
(90) PEAK GRANTMAKING
1666 K Street NW 440
Washington,DC20006
74-3158155 501(c)(3) 11,250       PEAK Grantmaking Membership PEAK2021 (5/4/21-5/13/21)
(91) PHILANTHROPY WEST VIRGINA INC
PO Box 1584
Morgantown,WV26505
55-0721553 501(c)(3) 375,000       Launching West Virginia Climbs
(92) PRESIDENTS FORUM
2001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 1
Washington,DC20006
38-4127568 501(c)(3) 250,000       Learners First Convening Series: Creating Equitable Opportunities for Adult Learners 12/15/2021-12/30/2022
(93) ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC
6 W 48th Street Fl 10
New York,NY100361802
13-3615533 501(c)(3) 250,000       College Promise Careers Institute & Expanding Ecosystems for Promise Student Support
(94) SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW
Washington,DC20007
26-4739791 501(c)(3) 55,710       Practitioner and Research Fellows
(95) SOVA SOLUTIONS LLC
1092 Pipestem PL
Potomac,MD208545510
81-4262208   50,000       Exploring the Role of Accreditors in Transfer Reform
(96) THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION INC
1255 Twenty Third Street NW Ste 700
Washington,DC20037
52-1131774   645,000       Different voices of student success
(97) THE COLLEGE & COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP INC
475 Riverside Dr Ste 1626
New York,NY101150038
31-1720017 501(c)(3) 401,840       Thrive Technical Assistance Program
(98) THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUNDS INC
901 F Street NW No 700
Washington,DC200041436
41-1750692 501(c)(3) 143,000       HBCU Degree Completion Pilot
(99) UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC
1805 7th Street NW
Washington,DC20001
13-1624241 501(c)(3) 741,663       Codifying Career Pathways Initiative Evaluating the HBCU Adult Learner Initiative
(100) UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GLOBAL CAMPUS
3501 University Blvd E
Adelphi,MD207837998
52-6002033 501(c)(3) 275,275       Community College Doctoral Program Redesign
(101) YWCA MADISON INC
101 E Mifflin Street Ste 100
Madison,WI53703
39-0806303 501(c)(3) 15,000       Good Neighbor Grant
(102) Pierce College
1420 Pine Street
Philadelphia,PA19102
23-1627436 501(C)(3) 33,400       PS Emergency Aid Program PS Pd Internship Program
(103) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
1110 VERMONT AVENUE
WASHINGTON,DC20005
53-0259954 501(c)(3) 1,007,000       NACUBO Strategically Financing Structures to Remove Barriers
(104) 100 BLACK MEN OF MADISON INC
PO BOX 787
MADISON,WI537010787
39-1803848 501(c)(3) 15,000       GOOD NEIGHBOR GRANT
(105) ABERDEEN FAMILY YMCA
55 STATE STREET
ABERDEEN,SD574014524
46-0255779 501(c)(3) 24,000       CORPORATE MATCH - TRIPLE YOUR IMPACT GOOD NEIGHBOR GRANT
(106) ACCESS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC
2901 W/ BELTLINE HWY STE 120
MADISON,WI53713
39-1391134   9,375       Corporate Match - Triple Your Impact
(107) AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL
1400 CRYSTAL DR 10TH FLOOR
ARLINGTON,VA222023289
25-0965219 501(c)(3) 200,000       Assessing Quality and Equitable Access and Outcomes of Distance Postsecondary Courses for the Incarcerated
(108) APPALACHIAN PRISON BOOK PROJECT
PO BOX 601
MORGANTOWN,WV265070601
45-4090618 501(c)(3) 15,000       GOOD NEIGHBOR GRANT
(109) APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
438 ACADEMY STREET
BOONE,NC286082043
56-1176030   428,000       Defining What It Means to Be a Rural-Serving Postsecondary Institution
(110) APPRENTI
1595 NW GILMAN BLVD SUITE 6B
ISSAQUAH,WA980275329
47-3951262 501(c)(3) 118,333       Creating Pathways to Mid-Level Tech Careers and Educational Opportunity
(111) ARKANSAS BAPTIST COLLEGE
1600 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr
Little Rock,AR722026073
71-0298658 501(c)(3) 10,150       Project Success Emergency Aid Program
(112) ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY MID-SOUTH
2000 W Broadway St
West Memphis,AR723013829
71-0533838   106,700       Project Success Emergency Aid Program Project Success Paid Internship Program
(113) ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF HIGHER EDUCATION
4505 S Maryland Pkwy
Las Vegas,NV89154
52-1071242 501(c)(3) 33,850       ASHE Annual Conference 11/3/2021-11/6/2021
(114) BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC
2059 Atwood Avenue 2
Madison,WI89154
39-1077783 501(c)(3) 15,300       Triple your impact - Corporate Match Good Neighbor Grant
(115) BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGE
219 Rock Street
Bluefield,WV24701
55-6000751 501(c)(3) 108,400       Project Success Emergency Aid Program Project Success Paid Internship Program
(116) BOX OF BALLOONS
C/O Cate Venzuela
3506 Country Grove Dr
Madison,WI537195068
46-4826289 501(c)(3) 10,975       Dollars for Doers 2021 Donation
(117) BRIARPATCH YOUTH SERVICES INC
2720 Rimrock Rd
Madison,WI537133337
39-1391737 501(c)(3) 15,000       Good Neighbor Grant
(118) CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY
149 S Hill St Suite 925
Los Angeles,CA900154368
20-0427622 501(c)(3) 325,000       Strengthening Implementation of Equitable Placement Policy Reform at Community Colleges
(119) CENTER ON RURAL INNOVATION INC
PO Box 392
Hartland,VT050480392
82-4508477 501(c)(3) 403,100       Exploring Pathways to Sustainable Digital Employment in Rural Communities
(120) CENTRO HISPANO INC
810 W Badger Rd
Madison,WI537132527
93-0844812 501(c)(3) 15,000       Good Neighbor Grant
(121) CHILIMANIA INC
1007 N Main St
Edgerton,WI535341325
75-3088121 501(c)(3) 19,625       Triple Your Impact Dollars for Doers 2021
(122) COLLEGE GOAL WISCONSIN
625 Stewart Avenue
Wausau,WI54401
81-3509136 501(c)(3) 7,500       College Goal Wisconsin Fall Event 7/1/2021-11/30/2021
(123) COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
6003 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins,CO805236003
84-6000545   694,050       Curricular Analytics
(124) COLUMBUS LEARNING CTR MGMT CORP
4555 Central Avenue
Columbus,IN472031893
35-2120567   425,000       Building Rural Community Learning Systems
(125) COMMUNITY COLLEGES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION
PO Box 587
Pendelton,SC296700587
47-2240289 501(c)(3) 270,800       Maintain Momentum: Supporting Postsecondary Education Membership Organizations and Networks
(126) COMMUNITY SHARES OF WISCONSIN
612 W Main St 200
Madison,WI53703
39-1172378   50,000       Unite for our Communities
(127) COMPETENCY BASED EDUCATION NETWORK INC
1417 Hanson Dr
Franklin,TN370678668
82-1307652 501(c)(3) 15,000       CBExchange Conference 11/9/2021 - 11/12/2021
(128) COMPLETE COLLEGE AMERICA INC
350 Massachusetts Avenue Suite 300
Indianapolis,IN462042271
26-4789471 501(c)(3) 540,500       Equity and Policy Alignment to Drive Student Graduation Rates and Close Attainment Gaps?
(129) CONSORTIUM OF UNIVERSITIES OF THE WASHINGTON METRO
1020 19th St NW Ste 500
Washington,DC200366122
52-0847610   300,000       Maintain Momentum: Supporting Postsecondary Education Membership Organizations and Networks
(130) CORNELL UNIVERSITY
341 Pine Tree Road
Ithaca,NY148502820
15-0532082 501(c)(3) 200,000       Education Justice Tracker
(131) EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER INC
8 Straubel Ct
Madison,WI537044104
39-1941839 501(c)(3) 18,550       Dollars for Doers 2021 Good Neighbor Grant
(132) EDUCATION FIRST CONSULTING LLC
PO Box 22871
Seattle,WA981220871
26-0634492   150,000       Landscape Scan on the Role of Intermediaries in Rural Communities
(133) EDUCATIONCOUNSEL LLC
1320 Main Street 17th Fl
Columbia,SC292013268
57-0215445   20,000       Federal Higher Education Policy Learning Sessions 9/1/2021-12/31/2021 Support for Learning Session on Federal Higher Ed & Philanthropy Opportunities, June 2021 - 11/2021
(134) EXODUS REFUGEE IMMIGRATION INC
2457 E Washington Street Suite A
Indianapolis,IN462014182
35-1900090 501(c)(3) 15,000       Good Neighbor Grant
(135) FRIENDS OF THE UW ODYSSEY PROJECT INC
655 Crandall Street
Madison,WI537111836
27-1073291 501(c)(3) 15,000       Good Neighbor Grant
(136) GENERATION USA
1616 H St NW Ste 820
Washington,DC200064917
84-3357705 501(c)(3) 550,000       Scaling Community College Partnerships to Expand Access to Technology Careers
(137) GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
37th O St NW
Washington,DC20057
53-0196603   221,300       Expansion of the Good Jobs Project
(138) GOODMAN CENTER
214 Waubesa St
Madison,WI53704
39-1919172   15,000       Good Neighbor Grant
(139) GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC
PO Box 71
Madison,WI537010071
39-0843590   6,162       68th Annual Dinner -Gold Sponsor, 10/20/21
(140) GREEN VALLEY ENTERPRISES INC
1223 Madison St
Beaver Dam,WI539162629
39-1097670 501(c)(3) 15,000       Good Neighbor Grant
(141) JEREMIAH PROGRAM
615 1st Ave NE Suite 210
Minneapolis,MN554132982
41-1801834 501(c)(3) 15,000       Good Neighbor Grant
(142) JUSTDANE
2115 s pARK sTREET
S Park Street
Madison,WI537131219
23-7298482 501(c)(3) 55,100       Dollars for Doers 2021 Just Bakery Hospitality Management Training Track
(143) KENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
350 South Lincoln St
Kent,OH442420001
34-6576307 501(c)(3) 439,564       Development of a Comprehensive Transfer Blueprint
(144) LA VALLE FIRE RESCUE ASSOCIATION INC
101 W Main St
LaValle,WI539419564
47-2744236 501(c)(3) 18,750       Triple your Impact
(145) LAUREN JOHNSON LOSE SOMEONE HELP SOMEONE MEMORIAL
1316 Mason Lane
Edmond,OK73034
82-2417684   18,950       Triple Your Impact Dollars for Doers-2021
(146) LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
3333 K Street NW 3rd FL
Washington,DC200073500
52-1039060 501(c)(3) 100,000       Legal Services Corp support Rural Justice Task Force
(147) LITERACY NETWORK INC
701 Dane St
Madison,WI537131900
51-0180488 501(c)(3) 24,375       Triple Your Impact Dollars for Doers
(148) MADISON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC
201 W Mifflin St
Madison,WI537032597
39-1777242 501(c)(3) 15,000       Good Neighbor Grant
(149) MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
77 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge,MA021394307
04-2103594 501(c)(3) 270,000       Massachusetts Prison Education Consortium Expansion
(150) MCFARLAND COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY
PO Box 101
McFarland,WI53558
36-4613663 501(c)(3) 7,500       Triple Your Impact
(151) MERIT AMERICA
712 H Street NE Suite 1560
Washington,DC200023627
84-2108762 501(c)(3) 837,000       Assessing Training Success through Place-Based and Geographic-Agnostic Program Models
(152) MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT
105 Fifth Ave South Ste 450
Minneapolis,MN554012555
38-3011476 501(c)(3) 765,200       Midwest Credential Transparency Alliance
(153) MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
30 7th St E Ste 350
St Paul,MN551017804
41-1687554   1,646,700       Minnesota Math Pathways
(154) NATIONAL RURAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
615 McCallie Ave Hunter Hall 205
Chattanooga,TN347032504
23-7033384 501(c)(3) 80,000       Practitioner Fellowships Raising Rural Grand Challenge Framework
(155) NEW VENTURE FUND
1828 L Street NW Suite 300-A
Washington,DC200365104
20-5806345 501(c)(3) 1,155,000       Continuation of a Learning Community of Rural Community College Leaders NCII Impact Fund - Rural Guided Pathways
(156) NIAGARA AREA CITIZENS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC
C/O Niagara Schools
1250 Roosevelt RD
Niagara,WI541511034
46-4834488   15,750       Triple Your Impact
(157) NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
Campus Box 7502
Raleigh,NC276957205
56-6000756   524,200       Advancing Equitable Outcomes through Leadership
(158) OPERATION FRESH START INC
2670 Milwaukee St
Madison,WI537045120
23-7108090   150,228       Dollars for Doers Operation Fresh Start Gala Event 9/30/2021 - 9/30/2021
(159) PARTNERSHIP FOR COLLEGE COMPLETION
200 S Michigan Ave Suite 1410
Chicago,IL606042459
81-3500697 501(c)(3) 255,000       Building Capacity Across Illinois to Scale Corequisite Supports Academic Planning Tool Pilot
(160) PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT
601 Lexington Ave FL 17
New York,NY100224662
83-1400442 501(c)(3) 584,775       Academic Planning Tool Pilot
(161) PORCHLIGHT INC
306 N Brooks St
Madison,WI537151082
39-1579521 501(c)(3) 15,450       Triple Your Impact Good Neighbor Grant
(162) RUBIN FOR KIDS INC
PO Box 1405
Madison,WI537011405
39-1829020 501(c)(3) 15,000       Good Neighbor Grant
(163) SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS & MARY SCHOOL
219 Columbus St
Sun Prairie,WI539602202
  10,500       Triple Your Impact
(164) SEACHANGE CAPITAL PARTNERS INC
155 E 44th St Fl 6
New York,NY100174100
20-5124665   173,500       Transformational Partnership Fund
(165) SECOND CHANCE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE INC
100 Pearl Street 14th Fl
Hartford,CT061034500
81-1725510 501(c)(3) 87,500       Optimizing Delivery Systems for Higher Education in Prison Evaluation
(166) SOUTHERN REGIONAL EDUCATION BOARD
592 10th St NW
Atlanta,GA303185776
58-0566141 501(c)(3) 30,000       Convening a Student Success Advisory Council 7/1/2021-6/30/2022
(167) St Dennis School
409 Dempsey Rd
Madison,WI53714
  9,000       Triple Your Impact
(168) TEAM PENNSYLVANIA FOUNDATION
240 North Third Street 2nd FL
Harrisburg,PA171011503
23-2876177 501(c)(3) 73,300       Next Generation Sector Partnerships National Benchmarking & Rural Affinity Group
(169) THE CONFERENCE BOARD INC
845 3rd Avenue
New York,NY100226600
13-1624108 501(c)(3) 50,000       Upskilling Rural Americans in a Post-pandemic Economy
(170) THE FOUNDATION FOR MAINE'S COMMUNITY COLLEGES
54 Lighthouse Circle
South Portland,ME041061661
27-1363414 501(c)(3) 225,800       Training Low-Income Workers for Remote Opportuniti
(171) THE INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP INC
4301 Connecticut Ave NW Ste 100
Washington,DC200082304
52-1198450 501(c)(3) 50,000       Co-Designing Equitable Pathways in Appalachia
(172) THE RIGHT RELIEF INC
N82W16400 Lavergne Ct
Menomonee Falls,WI53051
84-3197504 501(c)(3) 18,000       Triple Your Impact
(173) THE URBAN INSTITUTE
500 Lenfant Plaza SW
Washington,DC200242274
52-0880375 501(c)(3) 737,000       Workforce Aligned Postsecondary Education: Understanding the Way Forward
(174) TRINITY LUTHERAN SCHOOL
923 S Dakota St
Aberdeen,SD574016362
34-4613663 501(c)(3) 9,000       Triple Your Impact
(175) UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
4300 Roosevelt Way NE Suite 300
Seattle,WA981054718
91-6001537   310,045       STEM Transfer Partnerships
(176) UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
2 John Brewers Bay
St Thomas,VI008026004
66-0432514 501(c)(3) 106,700       Project Success Emergency Aid Program Project Success Paid Internship Program
(177) UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATIO
1848 University Ave
Madison,WI537264090
39-0743975 501(c)(3) 7,500       Triple Your Impact
(178) URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON INC
2222 S Park St Ste 200
Madison,WI537132168
39-1098146 501(c)(3) 140,900       Good Neighbor Grant Advance Employment Services Ascendium Corporate Match - Triple Your Impact
(179) WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
PO Box 1000
Institute,WV251121000
55-6019228   108,400       Project Success Emergency Aid Program Project Success Paid Internship Program
(180) WISCONSIN PHILANTHROPY NETWORK
15850 W Bluemound Rd Ste 204
Brookfield,WI530056007
39-6236498 501(c)(3) 7,925       Virtual Statewide Conference on Philanthropy 11/03/2021-11/04/2021 Wisconsin Philanthropy Network Membership (3/12/2021 - 3/12/2022)
(181) WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM BOARD
4622 University Avenue
Madison,WI537077874
39-6006494   150,000       Maintain Momentum: Supporting Postsecondary Education Membership Organizations and Networks
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Schedule I (Form 990) 2021

Schedule I (Form 990) 2021
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Part III
Grants and Other Assistance to Domestic Individuals. Complete if the organization answered "Yes" on Form 990, Part IV, line 22.
Part III can be duplicated if additional space is needed.
(a) Type of grant or assistance (b) Number of
recipients
(c) Amount of
cash grant
(d) Amount of
noncash assistance
(e) Method of valuation (book,
FMV, appraisal, other)
(f) Description of noncash assistance
(1) Jim Elliott Apprentice Scholarship 20 30,000      
(2) Tools of the Trade Scholarship 231 343,500      
(3) Project Success 27196 61,790      
(4) MICHAEL LEVIN-EPSTEIN / Rural Matters Podcast 1 32,000      
(5) EMPLOYEE DEPENDENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 19 36,250      
(5)
(6)
(7)
Part IV
Supplemental Information. Provide the information required in Part I, line 2; Part III, column (b); and any other additional information.
Return Reference Explanation
Form 990, Schedule I - Part I, Line 2 Description of Organization's Procedures for Monitoring the use of Grants in the United States: Ascendium Education Solutions, Inc. (SOLUTIONS) receives periodic reports from funded programs to determine whether the program is successfully meeting its goals and objectives, and whether the provided funds were appropriately expended. SOLUTIONS's staff conducts site visits to college access supported programs to observe the program. Where practicable, the disbursements are scheduled to coincide with program activities.
Form 990, Schedule I - Part III, Line 1 The Jim Elliott Apprentice Scholarship program is to benefit construction trade apprentices, to be applied toward the cost of tuition books, work clothes and tools. The recipients were determined based on criteria defined by the program and no individual recipient receives more than $1,500 per year.
Form 990, Schedule I - Part III, Line 2 Tools of the Trade Apprentice Scholarship program to benefit construction and industrial trade apprentices ,to be applied toward the cost of tuition, books, work clothes and tools. The recipients were determined based on criteria defined by the program and no individual recipient receives more than $1,500 per year.
Form 990, Schedule I - Part III, Line 3 The Project Success Program provides a wide array of services and support to increase completion rates and decrease cohort default rates at minority-service institutions. The recipients were determined based on criteria defined by the program. Services were contracted to provide for monitoring of the contract performance. The monitoring will include analysis and compliance of all progress reports, assessment of quality assurance through administration of college surveys, and an overall assessment of the Project Success Program.
Form 990, Schedule I - Part III, Line 4 Provided grant for recipient to conduct a Rural Matters Podcast.
Form 990, Schedule I - Part III, Line 5 ASCENDIUM GROUP INC. UTILIZES A THOROUGH APPLICATION PROCESS TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO WORTHY STUDENTS USING THE APPLICATION POOL OF ITS EMPLOYEE'S DEPENDENTS. THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED TO THE STUDENTS AND PAID ON THEIR BEHALF TO THE UNIVERSITIES THEY ATTEND.
Schedule I (Form 990) 2021



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