Ignite Health

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841887955
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
7138169090
Rating
44
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$124,679
Expenses
$150,823
Assets
$36,471
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Ayse McCracken (Board Chair)
  • Cheryl Stavins (Board Member/Treasurer)
  • Irene Helsinger (Board Member/Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Ignite is a non-profit charitable organization providing events, mentorship, educational programs and other services to promote the advancement of professional women who are leading the transformation of healthcare.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, Ignite conducted multiple educational and entrepreneurial support programs targeting healthcare executives, entrepreneurs, and investors. Ignite's Thought Leadership Program presented a Summit on March 26-28 in Austin attended by 70 leading Healthcare Executives, three regional educational programs were held: one in Houston, which hosted 75 participants, one in Denver attended by 50 healthcare leaders and one in Dallas, which hosted 62 participants. Additionally, Ignite's Accelerator held three Golden Ticket pitch programs one in Dallas, one in New York City and one in Houston. These programs featured mentorship from over 75 healthcare industry leaders and investors. Each Golden Ticket program concluded with a pitch competition, during which 6-7 entrepreneurs presented to audiences of approximately 50-80 healthcare professionals and investors. Ignite also operated its annual Accelerator Program, which supported 11 healthcare entrepreneurs from across the United States. Participants received mentorship and attended 12 tailored educational sessions designed to prepare them for a semi-final pitch competition. More than 30 judges evaluated the entrepreneurs, selecting finalists to advance to the Fire Pitch competition. Six entrepreneurs participated in the Fire Pitch event, presenting to an audience of 259 industry stakeholders. As a result, entrepreneurs received investment commitments, mentorship opportunities, or pilot project engagements.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 68% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -21%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -57.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.5% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.