Overview

Ascendium believes in the promise of a better life no matter where you started – and the power of education and training beyond high school to transform the lives of learners from low-income backgrounds. Ascendium’s Education Philanthropy supports efforts that seek to create large-scale changes to postsecondary education and workforce training systems so more learners from low-income backgrounds are given the greatest opportunity for academic and career success. Through our four grantmaking focus areas, we fund projects that support learners from low-income backgrounds, specifically those who are first-generation students, rural community members, veterans, students of color and incarcerated adults. Our four focus areas include: Remove Structural Barriers to Success; Streamline Key Learner Transitions; Expand Postsecondary Education in Prison; and Support Rural Postsecondary Education and Workforce Training. Ascendium’s Education Philanthropy is an operating division within Ascendium Education Solutions, Inc., a member company of Ascendium Education Group, Inc. & Affiliates. Our philanthropy is national in scope and has grown to become one of the country’s most active postsecondary education philanthropies.