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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 85-4277889

Ascend Academy

A private foundation in Gonzales, LA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $7,500 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

1 return on file

Tax year 2024 is the only return we have read for this foundation so far.

  • Tax year 2024

    $7,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $9,957

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Louisiana Family ForumBaton Rouge, LA

    Donation

    $2,500
  2. Individual

    Graduation incentive

    $1,000
  3. Individual

    Graduation incentive

    $1,000
  4. Individual

    Graduation incentive

    $1,000
  5. Individual

    Graduation incentive

    $1,000
  6. Individual

    Graduation incentive

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Social science1 grant $2,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Louisiana1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Christy BurnettEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $16,667

The return

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