About

A career built around the mission of nonprofits.

Ascension Capital Enterprises is led by Malcolm G. Nimick, CFA — a capital-markets specialist whose entire practice has centered on the investment and financing needs of nonprofit organizations.

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Malcolm G. Nimick, CFA

Managing Director & Owner

Background

Twenty years in the capital markets — spent on the nonprofit side.

Malcolm Nimick is a Chartered Financial Analyst® with over 20 years of experience in the capital markets. His specialty is the investment and financing issues of nonprofit organizations. He is the Managing Director and Owner of Ascension Capital Enterprises, an organization that helps nonprofits have more money for mission through better capital-market decisions.

Malcolm has had a long career managing investment policy and investment portfolios. He has served on investment policy committees since 1987 and has managed portfolios as large as $14 billion in fixed income, and has been a top-performing equity manager.

20+
Years in markets
$14B
Fixed income managed
1987
On committees since
CFA
Charterholder
Experience

Selected roles.

Managing Director & Owner

Ascension Capital Enterprises

Helping nonprofits have more money for mission through better capital-market decisions.

Consultant

Aging Research Institute (ARI)

A senior-living-focused consulting and think-tank group — strategic and operational planning, and speaking on nonprofit capital-market issues.

Chief Investment Officer

Lancaster Pollard

Managed the Registered Investment Advisor unit and wrote research for the investment banking unit. Entire client base was nonprofits — faith-based, senior living, hospital, and higher education.

Education

Academic foundation.

M.S., Industrial Administration

Concentration in Finance — Carnegie Mellon University

B.A., Economics

Minors in Physics and Geology — Bucknell University

Credentials & affiliations

Professional standing.

  • CFA Institute
  • Association of Business Administrators of Christian Colleges
  • Healthcare Financial Management Association
  • Registered fund development consultant — Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Beyond the firm

Community.

Malcolm is married with three children and lives in the Pittsburgh area. He is Treasurer of the Sewickley Cemetery and a member of the Presbyterian Church, serving on its Stewardship and Capital Campaign Committees. He has volunteered with a number of education and museum organizations.