Working in Education Philanthropy
Ascendium Education Group is a nonprofit organization with multiple functions. We’re a student loan guarantor, an education philanthropy and a provider of services for school and employer financial wellness and student loan success. 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.
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.
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.
Associate Learning and Impact Officer
Are you data-savvy, detail-oriented, and passionate about supporting upward mobility? Are you ready to apply your skills to philanthropic work? We’re looking for an Associate Learning and Impact Officer to help sharpen our grantmaking strategy and practice through research and evaluation. If you share Ascendium's commitment to ensuring learners from low-income backgrounds experience upward mobility through higher education and workforce training, and if you love research, this is the position for you.
