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US nonprofit · EIN 462011666 · Bloomfld HLS, MIiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 462011666) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2016.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Clarence E Phillips Ascend Organization Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$2.3m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$2.6m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$389k
$71k liabilities
Net assets
$318k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
6
6.8 years on average
Staff
3
35 volunteers
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
Sangeya Wiggins
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Exemption reinstated on 15 May 2016. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 May 2016 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.
How am I connected?

Clarence E Phillips Ascend Organization Inc's network

6 people1 organisationi6 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

6 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 9 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 6 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Sangeya Wiggins ChairBoard Chair2018
8 yrs
Charles HopkinsBoard Trustee2018
8 yrs
Dr Anica BoweBoard Trustee2023
3 yrs
Dr Melanie WoodsBoard Trustee2023
3 yrs
Eddie DewaltBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Lorene PhillipsTreasurer2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Anissa HillmanCompany secretarysince 2020
Curtis HendersonBoard Chairsince 2020
Derrick PettawayBoard Membersince 2020
Kaino PhillipsCEO2018

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Kaino PhillipsCEO/President60$74k$15k
Lorene PhillipsTreasurer5$0
Charles HopkinsBoard Trustee5$0
Sangeya WigginsBoard Chair5$0
Eddie DewaltBoard Member5$0
Curtis Henderson1st Vice President5$0
Dr Melanie WoodsBoard Trustee5$0
Dr Anica BoweBoard Trustee5$0
Anissa HillmanSecretary5$0

About

Legal name
Clarence E Phillips Ascend Organization Inc
EIN
462011666
Address
2350 Franklin Rd Ste 210, Bloomfld HLS, MI, 48302-0385
State
Michigan
Mission
The Foundation provides youth outreach initiatives 82-4681150 0 28,857 40,31253,705 The Ascend Foundation 00 to help promote the power of community through various programs and community service impact (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
O50 Youth development
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Youth Development
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2013
Principal officer
Kaino Phillips (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 September 2016
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsSangeya Wiggins
≥8years on the filingsCharles Hopkins
≥8years on the filingsEddie Dewalt
≥8years on the filingsLorene Phillips

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$389k
Total liabilities
$71k
Net assets or fund balances
$318k
Contributions and grants received
$2.3m
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$2.3m
Employees
3
Volunteers
35

Filed finances

2 yearsiTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$2.3m$2.6mDeficit $285k
2023$2.9m$2.5m$436k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.