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Ascend Leadership Academy

Ascend Leadership Academy's latest filing in the PeerBasis snapshot reports a Part VII D + F figure of $130,530 for Justin Smith, Managing Director (FY 2024). Column F can include amounts from the filing and related organizations.

After indexing supported filing years to 2025 comparison dollars, the subject figure is $133,965. It is higher than the D + F figure for 15 of 22 peer organizations selected under the disclosed tier Same NTEE sector (B29) + NC + size band 0.71–1.4× revenue (approximately 68%; median $112,177). This is descriptive, not a reasonableness conclusion.

$6,995,135Total revenue (FY 2024)
$130,530Reported Part VII D + F figure
15 / 22Selected peers with a strictly lower 2025-dollar figure (approximately 68%)

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Selected peer organizations

Actual selection tier: Same NTEE sector (B29) + NC + size band 0.71–1.4× revenue. Displayed D + F figures from supported filing years are indexed to 2025 comparison dollars with BLS CPI-U; a nationwide tier also uses 2024 BEA RPP as a consumer price-level proxy when both the subject and peer have supported state codes. Unsupported state codes receive no interstate adjustment. Comparison values can differ from the raw filing. Column F may include related-organization amounts.

OrganizationStateRevenueD + F (2025 dollars)
Union Day School Inc NC$6,951,483 $59,505
Carter G Woodson Charter School NC$6,612,991 $102,849
Community Public Charter School NC$7,445,989 $98,475
Raleigh Charter High School Inc NC$6,511,243 $147,271
Alamance Community School NC$7,486,092 $162,487
Millennium Education Foundation Inc NC$7,493,358 $172,969
Woods Charter School NC$7,564,293 $97,595
Davidson Charter Academy NC$6,299,889 $114,872

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