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ARTS IGNITE INC

EIN 20-4532991 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2025
$1,467,442
Expenses 2025
$1,091,183

Program services were 82.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A60
Classification
1000
Street
240W 40ST 2ND FLOOR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

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.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THROUGH THE ARTS, THE ORGANIZATION DEVELOPS AGENCY IN YOUNG PEOPLE BY INSPIRING THE CREATIVE CAPACITY, COMMUNITY AND COURAGE THEY NEED TO THRIVE.

  • WORKSHOPS AND RESIDENCIESARTS IGNITE WORKSHOPS AND RESIDENCIES CONNECT PROFESSIONAL TEACHING ARTISTS WITH STUDENTS OF ALL GRADE LEVELS TO EXPOSE THEM TO DIFFERENT ART FORMS WHILE USING THE ARTS TO BUILD SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS AND CULTIVATE THEIR CREATIVE CAPACITY, COMMUNITY, AND COURAGE. SINGLE-SESSION WORKSHOPS RANGE 45-90 MINUTES AND MULTI-SESSION RESIDENCIES CULMINATE IN FINAL STUDENT PROJECTS AND PRESENTATIONS AT THE END OF A 8-SESSION WORKSHOP SERIES

    Expenses $65,310 · Revenue $60,704

  • NEWCOMER YOUTH SUMMER ACADEMYARTS IGNITE PROVIDES THE CREATIVE ARTS CLASSES FOR THE NEWCOMER YOUTH SUMMER ACADEMY, A FIVE-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM FOR THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE'S REFUGEE YOUTH PROGRAM (RYP), WHICH SUPPORTS THE PERSONAL GROWTH, CULTURAL ADJUSTMENT, AND EDUCATION FOR REFUGEE, ASYLEE, AND VARIOUS YOUTH IMPACTED BY IMMIGRATION STATUS WHO HAVE RECENTLY ARRIVED IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE PAST TWO YEARS AND HELPS THEM SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITION INTO THE US SCHOOL SYSTEM.

    Expenses $98,248 · Revenue $68,400

  • ARTSINSIDEOUT - SOUTH AFRICAARTSINSIDEOUT BRINGS ARTS IGNITE TEACHING ARTISTS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND SEVERAL COUNTRIES ACROSS SOUTHERN AFRICA TO LEAD A 3 WEEK PERFORMING ARTS CAMP AT NKOSI'S HAVEN, A RESIDENTIAL FACILITY FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR MOTHERS AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.

    Expenses $130,842

  • 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.

    Expenses $605,440 · Revenue $25,502

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • DIPTI VERMA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HENRY SHAM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DICK SCANLAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEFFREY KORN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • FLOYD W GREEN III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SAMEER GARG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVEN FARKAS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • FAITH NIMINEH JOINED 0925

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SIMONA BOROIANU

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANANIE MOMPLAISIR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • KEITH BELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JACOB HADAD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KAREY EDWARDS UNTIL 0425

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHERI SHARKISAN

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LAURA CHITTICK

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MARK CANAVERA UNTIL 1225

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ROB GURSHA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LINDSAY ROBERTS GREENE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $144,700
    From this org
    $136,481
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,219
    Hours/week
    40

  • MARY-MITCHELL CAMPBELL

    PRESIDENT & FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $44,511
    From this org
    $30,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,511
    Hours/week
    40

  • LISA DAHLMEIER

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $105,426
    From this org
    $105,362
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,467,442
    Expenses
    $1,091,183
    Contributions
    $1,273,415
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,088,226
    Expenses
    $1,212,782
    Contributions
    $812,969
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $962,272
    Expenses
    $1,222,993
    Contributions
    $753,383
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $833,759
    Expenses
    $1,201,035
    Contributions
    $700,561
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,104,799
    Expenses
    $1,014,775
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,741,092

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,467,223
    Expenses
    $881,616
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,697,977

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,053,293
    Expenses
    $918,728
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,018,133

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $842,881
    Expenses
    $834,352
    Assets (EOY)
    $831,015

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $823,247
    Expenses
    $716,582
    Assets (EOY)
    $884,458

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $734,309
    Expenses
    $473,143
    Assets (EOY)
    $727,790

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $487,136
    Expenses
    $429,863
    Assets (EOY)
    $471,026

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $491,006
    Expenses
    $412,772
    Assets (EOY)
    $432,884

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $442,008
    Expenses
    $383,336
    Assets (EOY)
    $352,074

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $348,321
    Assets (EOY)
    $304,268

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.