Ascender Charities
The Ascender team is proud to support a variety of charities and non-profit organizations. We donate our time and a portion of our revenues to causes where we can make a difference to our society and planet.
Here are a few examples of some of the ways we contribute when we aren't busy making or licensing fonts:
- 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami (donations to three relief organizations)
- Hurricane Katrina Relief (donation to Habitat for Humanity in Jackson, MS)
- The Road Home - Dane County, Wisconsin (annual donations and volunteer time)
- The Citizen's Foundation - Education in Pakistan (donation in memory of Syed Ahsan's mother)
- Hope for Grieving Children - Africa (annual donations, volunteer time, website design)
- Kids Around The World - donation, volunteering on a 2008 mission trip to build a playground in Ecuador
- El Niño Rey - Scholarship & Dental program for the children of Guerrero, Mexico (donation & volunteer time)
- Big Brothers/Big Sisters (volunteer time)
- The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (donation and volunteer time)
- and many others groups...
In addition to the above charities, Ascender is also a sponsor of various font and typographic related organizations including ATypI, SoTA and TypeCon.

