Ignite Ministries
Legal name: Ignite Ministries Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 825260569
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Ocala, FL, United States
- Phone
- 4234329298
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $358,245
- Expenses
- $325,430
- Assets
- $244,788
- Liabilities
- $1,853
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOSHUA L SARMIENTO (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- JOSHUA L SARMIENTO (CEO): $24,375 total reported compensation
- ANGIE RODRIGUEZ (ELDER): $8,707 total reported compensation
- RHIANNON HODGES (TREASURER): $8,420 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
At Ignite Ministries, we envision a world transformed by the power of God's love and grace, where lives are rebuilt, hearts are restored, and hope is renewed. We are committed to rebuilding lives that have been broken, shattered by adversity, or plagued by despair. Through compassionate outreach, counseling, and support, we aim to empower individuals to overcome their past and build a solid foundation for a brighter future. We stand as agents of change, restoring dignity and self-worth to those who have experienced loss and hardship. RESTORE At Ignite Ministries, we embrace the call to restore those who have suffered wounds, both visible and hidden. Just as Isaiah proclaimed, we will bind up the brokenhearted and offer solace to the weary. Through prayer, fellowship, and the transforming power of God's Word, we seek to bring healing to hurting sou.
What it reported doing in 2025
At Ignite Ministries, we envision a world transformed by the power of God's love and grace, where lives are rebuilt, hearts are restored, and hope is renewed. Inspired by the profound message of Isaiah 61, our ministry is dedicated to being a beacon of light, bringing forth healing, redemption, and spiritual growth in the lives of individuals and communities. As an out reach ministry to the community providing drug rehabilitation counseling and food and supplies to individuals in need.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.8%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.2%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.8%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 36.8% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 59.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 90.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $325K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $24K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.