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Ascendium Education Solutions Inc

Fiscal year ending 2021. Filed on August 31, 2022.

38 Buttonwood Court
NW Suite 900
Madison, Wisconsin 53704

Ascendium Education Solutions Inc (EIN: 39-1853833) has filed an IRS Form 990 since at least fiscal year 2016. In its fiscal year 2021 IRS Form 990 filing, Ascendium Education Solutions Inc, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 16 out of 197 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $326,643. The highest compensated employee at Ascendium Education Solutions Inc is Richard D George 23 with fiscal year 2021 compensation of $899,930. Ascendium Education Solutions Inc changed its name from Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corp in 2018.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$467,309,203

Expenses

$204,796,432

Employee compensation

$17,855,833
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Richard D George 23
Chair/Treas
$899,930
$0 $848,776 $51,154
Jeff Crosby 3
Pres/Ceo-Aes
$564,463
$521,604 No related comp$42,859
Hope Merry 3
Chief Financial Officer
$445,616
$0 $399,568 $46,048
Jacqueline Fairbairn 3
Vice President - Policy and REG Compliance
$350,548
$298,454 No related comp$52,094
Beth Erickson 3
Vice President - Repayment Solutions
$333,215
$300,765 No related comp$32,450
Rebecca Rapp 3
Gen Cnsl, CHF Prvcy, ASST SEC
$327,704
$0 $286,780 $40,924
Brett Lindquist 3
Vice President - Strategic Communications
$322,941
$0 $272,710 $50,231
Amy Kobishop 3
Vice President - Education Philanthropy
$321,021
$284,526 No related comp$36,495
Maureen Harrill 3
Vice President, Human Resources
$258,752
$0 $219,332 $39,420
Matthew Harlowe 3
Director Internal Audit
$258,525
$0 $233,622 $24,903
Rebecca Villarreal 3
Director Education Philanthropy
$236,430
$206,478 No related comp$29,952
Jeffrey Dick 3
Systems Analyst
$208,605
$167,671 No related comp$40,934

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Richard A Weiss 1
Director
$22,800
$7,600 $15,200 No other comp
David J Hanson 1
Secretary and Director
$18,600
$6,200 $12,400 No other comp
Emerson Brumback 1
Director
$18,600
$9,300 $9,300 No other comp
Mary Burke 1
Director
$18,600
$6,200 $12,400 No other comp
Cynthia Walsh 1
Director
$16,500
$16,500 No related compNo other comp
Thomas A Scarlett 1
Director
$14,400
$14,400 No related compNo other comp

Contractors

Godfrey Kahn SC
Legal
$364,403
Kaplan Hecker Fink LLP
Legal
$332,309
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck PC
Legal
$125,311

Mission Statement

ASCENDIUM EDUCATION SOLUTIONS, INC. OPERATES TO PROVIDE FOR PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT AND COST EFFECTIVE ENABLEMENT OF ACCESS TO AND PERSISTENCE IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION BY PROVIDING FULL-RANGE GUARANTY AGENCY SERVICES AND GRANT SUPPORT TO FUNDING SOURCES, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, IN PURSUIT OF AND PARTICIPATION IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEDERAL HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED. THIS MISSION STATEMENT HAS BEEN REVIEWED, ACKNOWLEDGED AND INFORMALLY APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

Revisions to this organization profile

October 24, 2025:
2024 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc 990 filed
October 2, 2024:
2023 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc 990 filed
August 30, 2023:
2022 Ascendium Education Solutions Inc 990 filed

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