Ignite Hope Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 810735046
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2017–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
Location: Marietta, GA, USA
Phone: 6786407626
Rating: 77
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Alliance/Advocacy
Affiliation: Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue: $115,154
Expenses: $123,004
Assets: $32,712
Liabilities: $1,892

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Jacqui Jackson (CEO)

People named in this filing

Jacqui Jackson (CEO)
Diana Johnson (Director)
Kay Supowood (Director)

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 Hopes primary exempt purpose is to support children in crisis and the families and systems that care for them through advocacy, education, and resource coordination. The organization engages with policymakers, community leaders, and faith-based organizations to promote awareness of child welfare issues and to support informed decision-making. Ignite Hope provides training, educational resources, and support services to caregivers, volunteers, and child welfare professionals. It also facilitates collaboration among churches, community organizations, and families involved in foster care, adoption, and kinship care.Since 2016, Ignite Hope has reached over 130,000 individuals through training events, conferences, speaking engagements, and published materials. The organization has provided intensive support services to more than 65 families through its Partners in Prayer program. Ignite Hope operates ongoing programs that include virtual support services for ministry and child welfar

What it reported doing in 2025

Ignite Hope provides program services through educational events, training sessions, and community-based initiatives that support children in crisis and the individuals and organizations that serve them. The organization conducts training for child welfare professionals, caregivers, and volunteers and participates in conferences, panels, and community events addressing foster care, adoption, and related services.During the reporting year, Ignite Hope served 1,372 individuals, contributing to a cumulative total of 8,122 individuals served over the past ten years. The organization conducted a Back-to-School event serving 105 children and caregivers and coordinated with local government entities, churches, and businesses to provide resources to participating families. Ignite Hope also organized a holiday event for underserved families in Paulding County.The Ignite Hope Chest program distributed essential goods, including clothing, school supplies, and infant care items, to families in need. The organization cultivates partnerships with community groups and participated in collaborative outreach efforts to expand service delivery and improve access to resources for children and families involved in the child welfare system.

Operating model

Revenue model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 78
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 20
Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 80.1%; rating input score 80
Program expense ratio: 75%; rating input score 75

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: -6.8%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 28%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 80.1% of revenue deployed · 75% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $92K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.