Arts Ignite Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204532991
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2129211227
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Performing Arts Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,467,442
Expenses
$1,091,183
Assets
$1,337,281
Liabilities
$21,610

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LINDSAY ROBERTS GREENE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MARY-MITCHELL CAMPBELL (PRESIDENT & FOUNDER)

Highest reported compensation

  • LINDSAY ROBERTS GREENE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $144,700 total reported compensation
  • LISA DAHLMEIER (SENIOR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS): $105,426 total reported compensation
  • MARY-MITCHELL CAMPBELL (PRESIDENT & FOUNDER): $44,511 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Arts ignite, inc. Formerly known as artists striving to end poverty was established in 2006 as a not-for-profit organization in the state of New York. Through the arts, arts ignite inc. Develops agency in young people by inspiring the creative capacity, community and courage they need to thrive.

What it reported doing in 2025

Community eventsarts ignite leads single-day multi-generational arts activities that promote togetherness, team building, and fun. Arts ignite's projects, games, and other offerings add inspiration to community fairs, parties, or other special events. Partners can choose from a list of community event themes or customize the event to fit their special occasion.creative activity kitsarts ignite creative activity kits filled with art supplies and specially crafted workbooks, are delivered to children across New York city every month. These inspiring collections invite young people to participate in new creative experiences, independently or together with their caregivers through arts activities and supplies designed by our arts ignite teaching artists. The creative activity kit activities combine the performing and visual arts with arts ignite's core skills of courage, community, creative capacity.art-in-action, arts ignite art in action is an annual four-week arts education and empowerment summer camp, supports south miami-dade youth as they develop their community leadership potential.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.4%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 82.5%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 25.6%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.23; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.4% of revenue deployed · 82.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $900K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $145K · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.