Funding search · EIN 391853833 · Grantmaking charity · Madison, WI

Ascendium Education Solutions

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$296.7M
in grants paid
667
grants
454
recipients
2022–2024
filing years

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Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

  • $7.6M

    Merit America · Washington, DC · 2024

    Grant, Scaling IT Support and Data Analytics Certificate Programming for Learners from Low-Income Grant, Accelerating Workforce Training Pathways via Merit America's Opportunity Fund

  • $7.4M

    Mdrc · New York, NY · 2024

    Grant, Strengthen and Scale Multiple Measures Assessment Implementation Grant, Examining Faculty Decision-Making in Course Equivalency and Transfer Grant, Learning Partner for Future Sectoral Training Evidence-Building read all
  • $3.6M

    Teachers College Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024

    Grant, Paving the Way to Equitable, Adequate and Effective Community College Funding Grant, Expanding and Sharing the Evidence Base of Key Student Success Reforms Grant, Supporting National Reporting on Postsecondary Ed read all
  • $3.3M

    Louisiana Board of Regents · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024

    Grant, Supporting National Reporting on Postsecondary Education and Workforce Training

  • $3.3M

    American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences · Arlington, VA · 2024

    Grant, Assessing Quality and Equitable Access and Outcomes of Distance Postsecondary Courses for the Incarcerated Grant, Rural Research Support Partner Grant, Advancing Postsecondary Competency-Based Education Pathways read all
  • $3.0M

    Blue Meridian Partners · New York, NY · 2024

    Grant, Blue Meridian Partners Impact Investment

  • $2.8M

    Achieving the Dream · Silver Spring, MD · 2024

    Grant, Redesigning Pathways for Adult College and Career Success Grant, Project Success Formative and Summative Assessment Grant, Project Success 2024-2025 Grant, Travel Grant - Rural Summit Grant, Exploring Shortened A read all
  • $2.7M

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Grant, NCII Impact Fund - Rural Guided Pathways Grant, Scaling the Leadership Academy for Student Success Grant, Expanding Rural Guided Pathways

  • $2.5M

    Social Finance · Boston, MA · 2024

    Grant, Exploring Innovative Financing to Strengthen Pre-Apprenticeships, Creating Rural Talent Finance Partnerships, and Establishing the Social Finance Institute

  • $2.5M

    Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Grant, Coalition-Led Career Pathway Initiative Framework for Apprenticeship Expansion in Wisconsin

  • $2.4M

    State of Ohio · Columbus, OH · 2024

    Grant, Ohio Strong Start in Science (OhioSSS)

  • $2.4M

    Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Grant, Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening Grant, Closing the Pell Implementation Gap Grant, Travel Grant - National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators 2024 National Conference G read all
  • $2.4M

    The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Grant, Advancing Community College Students' Post-Graduation Success Grant, Aspen Prize, Higher Education Board Reform, and Increasing Focus on College Leadership

  • $2.3M

    Jobs for the Future · Boston, MA · 2024

    Horizons 2024 Sponsorship 7/22/24 - 7/23/24 Grant, Supporting Career Pathways for Low-Income Rural Immigrants, Migrants and Refugees Grant, Travel Grant - Rural Summit Grant, Fair Chance to Advance: Transforming Systems read all
  • $2.1M

    Texas Community College Education Initiative · Austin, TX · 2024

    Grant, Talent Strong Texas Pathways for Multilingual Learners of English Grant, Talent Strong Texas Pathways: Student Supports and Belonging HB8 Implementation

  • $2.0M

    Ithaka Harbors · New York, NY · 2024

    Grant, Building Data Collection and Evaluation Capacity for Higher Education in Prisons Grant, Enhancing and Expanding the Transfer Explorer Tool Grant, Strategies to Support Holistic Credit Mobility Grant, Travel Grant read all
  • $2.0M

    Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2024

    Grant, Fueling Growth Through Innovation

  • $1.9M

    New England Board of Higher Education · Boston, MA · 2024

    Grant, Launching the New England Prison Higher Education Collaborative Grant, Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening -AL

  • $1.8M

    Resilience Education · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Grant, Expanding Business Education and Employment Opportunity in Postsecondary Education in Prison Programs Grant, Identifying and Scaling Programmatic Technical Assistance Resources in Higher Education in Prison Trave read all
  • $1.6M

    Universities of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2024

    Grant, Supporting the Wisconsin Tuition Promise 2025

  • $1.5M

    Year Up · Boston, MA · 2024

    Grant, Innovation and Expansion of Accelerated Training and Shared Outcomes Model

  • $1.5M

    National Lead for America · Wichita, KS · 2024

    Grant, Strengthening National Service as a Pathway to Workforce Development and Economic Mobility in Rural Communities

  • $1.4M

    Npower · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Grant, Advancing Alternate Pathways to Technology Careers for Learners from Low-Income, Underserved Communities

  • $1.3M

    State of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2024

    Grant, Optimizing Delivery Systems for Higher Education in Prison

  • $1.2M

    New America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    Grant, Bringing Value-Based Bachelor's Degrees to Rural Community College Students Grant, Putting Community Colleges at the Center of Innovation Economies

  • $1.1M

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

    Grant, Expanding Workforce Alignment and Capacity of College Promise Programs to Better Support Low-Income Learners Grant, Developing a National Justice Worker Credentialing Model Grant, Frontline Justice an initiative read all
  • $1.1M

    North Carolina State University · Raleigh, NC · 2024

    Grant, Advancing Equitable Outcomes through Leadership Grant, Building Evidence to Increase Rural Learner Success Travel Grant - Association for the Study of Higher Education

  • $1.0M

    Wested · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Grant, Travel Grant - National Higher Education Teaching Conference 2024 Grant, Building the Data Capacity of Rural Postsecondary Institutions Grant, Project Success 2024-2025

  • $1.0M

    The Regents of the University of California · Irvine, CA · 2024

    Grant, From Training to Employment: A Multi-Inquiry Study of Noncredit Workforce Training Programs Grant, Improving College-Career Transitions: Leveraging Internships and Campus Career Services to Improve Early Career O read all
  • $983,210

    Project Quest · San Antonio, TX · 2024

    Grant, Building Career Pathways to Economic Mobility and Capacity Growth

  • $982,533

    Strada Education Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024

    Grant, Documenting Opportunities for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Learners Grant, Launching the Pittsburgh Regional Upskilling Alliance

  • $913,541

    University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    Grant, Planning for a Center for Prison Education Research and Leadership Grant, Site-Specific Evaluation of Academic Recovery Innovations Grant, Travel Grant - DREAM 2024 Conference Grant, Travel Grant - Grantmakers fo read all
  • $888,900

    Coalfield Development Corporation · Huntington, WV · 2024

    Grant, Rural Appalachian Workforce Development and Postsecondary Pathways Project

  • $885,000

    University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024

    Grant, Scaling Math Pathways in Alabama Grant, Mobile-Enabled Learning Supports in Co-Requisite Courses in Louisiana

  • $867,537

    Rockwood Leadership Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Grant, Formerly Incarcerated Leaders Fellowship

  • $803,900

    Yes We Must Coalition · Wayland, MA · 2024

    Grant, Addressing Inequity in College Retention of Low-Income Students: Collaboratively Creating Pathways to Careers in Four-Year Degree Programs

  • $784,500

    Foundation for California Community Colleges · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    Grant, Exploring Shortened Academic Terms in California Community Colleges

  • $781,050

    Loyola University · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening AL Grant, Identifying and Scaling Programmatic Technical Assistance Resources in Higher Education in Prison Grant, Jesuit Prison Education Grant, Examining Edu read all
  • $780,000

    Association of Community College Trustees · Washington, DC · 2024

    Grant, Expanding Registered Apprenticeships and the Role of Community Colleges

  • $764,725

    Alliance for Higher Education in Prison · Denver, CO · 2024

    Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening AL Sponsorship, 13th NCHEP 11/8-11/11/23 Grant, Supporting the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison's Field Leadership

  • $764,512

    University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Grant, STEM Transfer Partnership 2.0: Extending Impact Through Enhanced Partnerships Travel Grant - Association for the Study of Higher Education

  • $764,117

    Columbus Learning Center Management Corporation · Columbus, IN · 2024

    Grant, Building Rural Community Learning Systems: Education to Employment Partnerships Travel Grant - Grantmakers for Education

  • $760,450

    Scholarship America · St Peter, MN · 2024

    2024 Irving Innovation Awards Sponsorship, 11/12/24 Grant, Creating a National Movement for Emergency Aid Triple Your Impact match 2024 Match 11/2023-Jacki Fairbairn | Triple Your Impact match 2024 Match 11/2023

  • $752,450

    The Research Foundation for the State University of New York · Albany, NY · 2024

    Grant, Establishing a State University of New York Prison Education Network Grant, Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening -AL

  • $750,000

    Vermont Youth Conservation Corps · Richmond, VT · 2024

    Grant, Providing Work-Based Learning Opportunities through Serve-Learn-Earn Vermont

  • $743,600

    Join Freeworld · Austin, TX · 2024

    Grant, Scaling CDL Training and Career Pathways for Formerly Incarcerated Learners Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening AL

  • $724,854

    John N Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education · Brevard, NC · 2024

    Grant, Governing Board Success Academy Grant, Accelerating Just Transformation in the Foundational Postsecondary Experience

  • $707,760

    Michigan Community College Foundation · Lansing, MI · 2024

    Grant, Upper Midwest Collaborative to Address Economic Imperatives

  • $700,000

    Goodwill Industries International · Rockville, MD · 2024

    Grant, Implementing the Opportunity Accelerator Program to Expand Postsecondary Pathways for Rural Learners

  • $648,350

    Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2024

    Grant, Curricular Analytics

  • $626,100

    Naspa · Washington, DC · 2024

    Grant, Building a National Network of First-Generation Data Savvy Institutions

  • $625,300

    Complete College America · Indianapolis, IN · 2024

    Grant, Equity and Policy Alignment to Drive Student Graduation Rates and Close Attainment Gaps Sponsorship, Impact Level - 2024 Annual Convening: All In 11/18-11/20/24

  • $602,844

    University of Puget Sound · Tacoma, WA · 2024

    Grant, Technical Assistance for Teaching and Learning Initiative Travel Grant - Council of Independent Colleges Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening AL

  • $600,000

    The Institute for College Access and Success · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Grant, Supporting Plans to Reconnect Black Rural Residents with Postsecondary Education and Training

  • $595,000

    Wakiya Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2024

    Grant, Connected Pathways for Tribal Colleges and Universities

  • $591,869

    Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2024

    Grant, A Profile of Low-Income Undergraduates in the United States Grant, Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening -AL Grant, Conducting an Evaluability Assessment of Reentry Campus Program

  • $547,700

    The Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    Grant, Evaluations of Strategies to Improve Education and Workforce Success

  • $547,695

    University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024

    Ascendium Education Group Public Policy Education Innovation and Expansion Fund Good Neighbor Giving 2024 Triple Your Impact match 2024 2024

  • $527,060

    The College & Community Fellowship · New York, NY · 2024

    Grant, Supporting the Expansion of the THRIVE Program Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening AL

  • $523,740

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024

    Grant, Education, Training, and Economic Opportunity Grant, Highlighting Lessons Learned from the Developmental Education Reform Movement

  • $518,500

    The Petey Greene Program · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    Grant, Expanding College Readiness and Success for Incarcerated Learners Grant, Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening -AL

  • $507,033

    Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy · Richmond, VA · 2024

    Grant, Building a Multi-Sector Consensus for Expansion of Postsecondary Education in Virginia's Prisons Grant, Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening -AL

  • $505,200

    Center On Rural Innovation · Hartland, VT · 2024

    Grant, Advancing Digital Skilling in Rural America Grant, Travel Grant - Rural Summit

  • $505,000

    The Chronicle of Higher Education · Washington, DC · 2024

    Grant, Accelerating Sustainable Change: Deepening the Chronicle's Student Success Coverage

  • $501,000

    Bdo USA Pc · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    Grant, Building Grant Partner Financial Capacity

  • $499,000

    Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    Grant, Advancing the Economic Mobility of Rural Learners Grant, Travel Grant - Rural Summit

  • $491,773

    Council of Independent Colleges · Washington, DC · 2024

    Grant, Increasing Equity and Effectiveness in Work-based Learning and Career Preparation at Smaller Independent Liberal Arts Colleges and Universities Grant, Travel Grant - Council of Independent Colleges Sponsorship - read all
  • $476,875

    Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2024

    Grant, Integrating Financial Literacy into Higher Education in Prison Programming Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening AL

  • $469,800

    Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    Grant, Aligning Employment and Education Systems for the Success of Low-Income Working Adult Learners: The Achieve Your Degree Program Grant, Examining Student Loss at Community Colleges

  • $456,550

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024

    Grant, Education Justice Tracker Grant, Travel Grant - SXSW EDU Conference Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening AL

  • $449,634

    Benedict College · Columbia, SC · 2024

    Grant, Empowering HBCUs to Expand Higher Education in Prison Programs

  • $444,950

    The Council of State Governments · Lexington, KY · 2024

    Grant, Launching Civic Sector Apprenticeships in Rural Communities Grant, Travel Grant - Rural Summit

  • $434,800

    Georgia State University Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Grant, NISS Support for Georgia Colleges

  • $401,950

    Codepathorg · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Grant, Investing in CodePath's Evidence of Effectiveness

  • $399,696

    Council for Opportunity in Education · Washington, DC · 2024

    COE Annual Conference 2024 TRIO turns 60: Breaking Barriers, Inspiring Hope 9/8-9/11/2024 Grant, Exploring TRIO's Capacity to Provide Career Development to Low-Income Students

  • $387,320

    Partnership for Education Advancement · New York, NY · 2024

    Grant, Academic Planning Tool Pilot

  • $375,000

    The Partnership for College Completion · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Grant, Building a Movement to Implement Corequisite Models of Support in Illinois

  • $362,390

    National College Attainment Network · Washington, DC · 2024

    2024 NCAN National Conference Sponsorship 9/16-9/18/24 Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening AL Ascendium - Dollars for Doers 2024 National College Attainment Membership; 7/1/24-6/30/25 Grant, Leve read all
  • $360,000

    All-in Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Grant, All-In Milwaukee - Scale to 1,000 Scholars

  • $358,750

    Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison · Ossinging, NY · 2024

    Grant, Identifying and Scaling Programmatic Technical Assistance Resources in Higher Education in Prison Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening AL Sponsorship, Rise Up Conference 2024, 9/9-9/11/24

  • $357,752

    Economic Mobility Systems · Dallas, TX · 2024

    Grant, Rural Regional Talent Networks (R-RTN) Cohort 2 Implementation

  • $330,820

    Unlocked Labs · Saint Louis, MO · 2024

    Grant, Identifying and Scaling Programmatic Technical Assistance Resources in Higher Education in Prison Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening AL Grant, Travel Grant - SXSW EDU Conference

  • $330,000

    Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy · Bethesda, MD · 2024

    Grant, Scaling Up Proven Postsecondary Education & Workforce Training Programs: The Maryland Evidence Fund

  • $326,000

    Iowa Department of Education · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Grant, Optimizing Delivery Systems for Higher Education in Prison

  • $324,900

    University of North Alabama · Florence, AL · 2024

    Grant, Identifying and Scaling Programmatic Technical Assistance Resources in Higher Education in Prison

  • $324,875

    The Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2024

    Grant, Identifying and Scaling Programmatic Technical Assistance Resources in Higher Education in Prison

  • $324,781

    The Regents of the University of California Berkeley · Berkely, CA · 2024

    Grant, Identifying and Scaling Programmatic Technical Assistance Resources in Higher Education in Prison

  • $324,200

    Emerson College · Boston, MA · 2024

    Grant, Identifying and Scaling Programmatic Technical Assistance Resources in Higher Education in Prison

  • $320,800

    University of Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Grant, Identifying and Scaling Programmatic Technical Assistance Resources in Higher Education in Prison

  • $273,415

    Communities Foundation of Texas · Dallas, TX · 2024

    Grant, Texas Transfer Alliance Phase II Sponsorship, Philanthropy Advocates Membership 5/15/24 - 5/15/25

  • $268,951

    Institute for Evidence-Based Change · Long Beach, CA · 2024

    Grant, Reducing Student Loss from Enrollment to Census: Improving Student Connectedness

  • $265,705

    Savi Solutions Pbc · Washington, DC · 2024

    Grant, Borrower Education Campaign: My Way to Repay

  • $264,100

    The Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Grant, Building Evidence to Increase Rural Learner Success Grant, Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening -AL Travel Grant - Association for the Study of Higher Education Grant, Prevalence of Lived E read all
  • $250,000

    National Skills Coalition · Washington, DC · 2024

    Grant, Changing Systems to Support Partnerships Between Rural Community Colleges and Industry Stakeholders

  • $250,000

    Propel America · Boston, MA · 2024

    Grant, Supporting Expansion of a Jobs-First Higher Education Model in Healthcare

  • $250,000

    Apprenticeships for America · Washington, DC · 2024

    Grant, Building a National Apprenticeship Intermediary Infrastructure

  • $249,000

    University of Saint Mary · Leavenworth, KS · 2024

    Grant, Identifying and Scaling Programmatic Technical Assistance Resources in Higher Education in Prison

  • $245,000

    Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement · Mercedes, TX · 2024

    Grant, RCT Evaluation of VIDA

  • $205,850

    New York University · New York, NY · 2024

    Grant, Creating Enabling Conditions for Adult Reskilling in Rural America through Narrative Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening AL

  • $205,101

    Education Commission of the States · Denver, CO · 2024

    Grant, State Policy Barriers for Students Impacted by the Justice System Grant, Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening -AL

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Unlike private foundations, grantmaking charities and associations often run formal grant programs with real application cycles — check their website for current opportunities. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.