Ignition Northwest
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208008895
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2017
- Location
- Seattle, WA, United States
- Phone
- (234) 567-891
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Visual Arts Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $336,066
- Expenses
- $308,447
- Assets
- $277,973
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Scott Blomquist (President)
- Jess Burford (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Scott Blomquist (President)
- Jess Burford (Vice President)
- Nicodemus Paradiso (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Ignition Northwest is a membership organization for Pacific NW Burners that supports individual artists for public art works and provides educational programs to the public. Ignition Northwest’s annual Board of Directors election is officially ramping up! Each year, our community selects volunteer board members who help steward INW’s mission, guide long-term strategy, and support the events, programs, and people that make our region thrive. This year, four Board seats are up for election, and we’re excited to introduce the candidates.… Details Election Results Are In! Ignition Northwest wouldn’t exist without the dedication of our community. Committees are responsible for many of the day to day decisions. Any member of INW in good standing can join, and after attending three out of the last four meetings you’ll have voting privileges. Do you want to help INW events be awesome? Come...
What it reported doing in 2024
Critical NW is yearly community campout and art event, fueling community through participatory arts and education, where approx. 1700 members meet for a week in the Granite Falls Masonic Campground. Individuals and theme camps bring art installations, music, workshops, classes and experiences.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 91% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 75.2%; rating input score 75
- Program expense ratio: 81.9%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.36 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
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: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.2%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 75.2% of revenue deployed · 81.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $253K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.