Service Members Leaving the Military Per Year
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Unemployment Rate of Military Spouses
Skills Profiles Created Since 2018
Interviews Secured
*Each skills-first profile represents potential unlocked, and each interview represents a door opened to a strong career and a brighter future.
Donors Making a Difference
Our Collective. Our Community.
The ASCEND Collective is a community based effort to bring advocacy and awareness to underserved talent.
90% of your donation goes to fueling futures by equipping military veterans, military spouses, diversely abled, justice-impacted talent and small business founders with voice, visibility, and readiness. Advocating for Potential. Equipping them for success through mentorship, career readiness tools and online learning courses for personal branding, resource referrals, and AI-enabled skills-based career matching.
Your support is Elevating Talent. Empowering Futures. Building Communities to ASCEND.
How You Can Get Involved
Volunteer Program
Volunteers are vital to our mission. We need volunteers to lead in each of our Communities. Military – Diverse abilities – Justice-Involved.
Corporate Partner
Corporate Partners can sponsor our Founders podcast, our Academy or choose our Concierge Service to hire great talent. There are many ways to contribute to underserved talent being recognized for their value.
Personal Donations
90% of your generous donation goes to bring awareness to services for the communities of Military – Diverse abilities and Justice-Involved.
Working together, we can make a difference in our communities.
Your contribution plays a vital role in enabling us to continue our work across our key programs—Veterans ASCEND, MilSpouse ASCEND, Ability ASCEND, and Mission2 ASCEND. These initiatives are dedicated to transforming the employment landscape for Americans facing barriers to employment by aligning their skills with meaningful career opportunities.
- Skills Training and Development: Offering cutting-edge, AI-driven training sessions that prepare our participants for the workforce, ensuring they are not only employable but also poised for career advancement.
- Community Outreach: Increasing our capacity to reach more individuals who can benefit from our programs, thereby enhancing their employment prospects and quality of life.
- Program Expansion: Helping us to grow existing programs and develop new initiatives that address the evolving needs of our community.
Proud to Partner With
How Supporters Can Make an Impact
A corporate partnership helps us:
- Expand access to free career readiness programs
- Scale skills-first hiring solutions for employers
- Build technology that removes systemic barriers
- Elevate the voices of underserved talent
- Strengthen small business leadership and workforce inclusion
Every contribution — financial, strategic, or advisory — creates real, measurable change.
A single opportunity can change everything.
And that’s where you come in. Your support means:
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Career pathways for military spouses, helping them achieve stable, portable employment that reduces food insecurity for their families.
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Skills-based job matching for veterans, so they are recognized for their abilities — preventing underemployment and reducing the risk of homelessness.
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Empowering justice-impacted and underserved talent, giving individuals a fair chance to rebuild and contribute.
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Expanding employer education, helping businesses embrace inclusive, skills-first hiring that changes lives and strengthens communities.
Get in Touch. Get Involved.
Learn more, donate or volunteer. Our Collective is YOUR community.