Ascend
A global professional network built to advance Pan Asian and other professionals into leadership in business, on corporate boards, and across the workplace through mentorship, community, and development.
Financial profile
Ascend · EIN 51-0527847 · 501(c)(6)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $6,507,282 | $849,223 | $5,608,306 | $4,753,454 | $7,184,474 | Sep 2023 |
| FY2022 | $4,264,274 | $870,232 | $3,617,177 | $3,645,982 | $5,241,636 | Sep 2022 |
| FY2021 | $3,173,147 | $334,614 | $2,803,984 | $1,839,374 | $4,879,371 | Sep 2021 |
| FY2020 | $2,224,523 | $163,654 | $1,867,598 | $2,135,068 | $3,438,675 | Sep 2020 |
| FY2019 | $3,412,370 | $215,926 | $3,145,691 | $3,297,683 | $3,445,972 | Sep 2019 |
| FY2018 | $3,605,489 | $201,557 | $3,368,030 | $3,300,751 | $3,375,655 | Sep 2018 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies Ascend is read alongside.
NAPAB
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
The national association of Asian Pacific American attorneys, judges, and law students building…
112 companies named
NABA
National Association of Black Accountants
A professional community that exists to lift Black professionals in accounting and finance into the…
43 companies named
SHPE
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
The nation's largest association fostering Hispanic leadership in STEM, moving students from family science…
55 companies named
AAJA
Asian American Journalists Association
A professional home and advocacy voice for Asian American and Pacific Islander journalists, working across…
31 companies named
NSBE
National Society of Black Engineers
A student led movement building a pipeline of Black engineers from grade school through career, to positively…
49 companies named
Who backs A
Every company Ascend names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
Sources: 2 published lists, read September 2026
Ascend Engage 2026 sponsors. Read September 27, 2026. Ascend Engage conference sponsor logo wall, read from image alt text. Kaiser Permanente (health system) left out.
Corporate members. Read September 27, 2026. Current corporate member logo wall, read from image alt text. Kaiser Permanente (health system) left out.
Who backs Ascend's peers, but not Ascend
Companies named publicly by at least one of Ascend's five peer societies, and not found in Ascend's reviewed public records.
The outside view
A global professional network built to advance Pan Asian and other professionals into leadership in business, on corporate boards, and across the workplace through mentorship, community, and development.
- Consensus
- Build
- Outward
- Volunteer
Their shape
The Movement
Gathered around a cause, and built to move.
The Movement is mission-led and built to mobilize, organized around changing something in the world. Its gift is passion and external impact, its challenge is turning momentum into something that lasts.
Also reads toward The Village and The Republic.
Strengths
Not an official page of Ascend. Sociogene does not consult. Everything here comes from public sources, dated and linked. Something wrong here? Tell us what we missed.