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.