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Filing year 2023

ASCEND LEARNING INC

Brooklyn, New York·EIN 33-1200239·NTEE B99 · Education·3
Total revenue
$19M
Total assets
$17M
Total expenses
$18.9M
Reported officers
21
Mission

TO DEVELOP A SCALABLE SOLUTION TO THE UNDERACHIEVEMENT OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN BY PROVIDING A NETWORK OF URBAN COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLS, OPERATING WITH WIDELY AVAILABLE RESOURCES, AND ACHIEVING ACADEMIC LEVELS EQUAL OR SUPERIOR TO SUBURBAN SCHOOLS EDUCATING STUDENTS FROM MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 10 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Chief Executive Officer
$333k
$373k
Base
$324k
Bonus
Other
$90
Benefits
$2k
Chief Operating Officer
$267k
$300k
Base
$262k
Bonus
Other
$56
Benefits
$310
Chief of Schools
key employee
$252k
$283k
Base
$226k
Bonus
Other
$138
Benefits
$27k
Chief of Staff, Thru April 2024
highest compensated employee
$245k
$275k
Base
$226k
Bonus
Other
$50
Benefits
$15k
Managing Director of Schools
highest compensated employee
$217k
$243k
Base
$186k
Bonus
$10k
Other
$59
Benefits
$14k
Managing Dir. of Safety & Facilities
key employee
$213k
$240k
Base
$203k
Bonus
Other
$143
Benefits
$8k
Managing Director of Schools
highest compensated employee
$211k
$237k
Base
$170k
Bonus
Other
$90
Benefits
$39k
General Counsel
officer (unspecified)
$200k
$224k
Base
$152k
Bonus
Other
$56
Benefits
$45k
Managing Director of Schools
highest compensated employee
$187k
$209k
Base
$183k
Bonus
Other
$101
Benefits
$2k
Managing Director of Schools
highest compensated employee
$185k
$208k
Base
$170k
Bonus
Other
$54
Benefits
$13k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 11 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Held steady
from 2022

From $332k in 2022 to $333k in 2023.

$332k
2022
$333k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 4% in real terms$387k to $373k

Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.

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