Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2015.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
9 people listed on the 990; $72K paid to officers and key staff.
Kari Denissen Cunnien’s $97K as Executive Director is at the 82nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kari Denissen Cunnien | $96,896 | $85,307 | $82,700 | $80,728 | $71,653 | $76,950 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Ignite Afterschool executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Unites and strengthens Minnesota's afterschool programs through partnership, education, and advocacy.
Questions for Ignite Afterschool
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In 2021, Ignite Afterschool worked to be responsive to the needs of the afterschool and summer learning field in the wake of the Coronavirus Global Pandemic. Ignite Afterschool tracked Covid relief funds that were available to support afterschool and summer learning and advocated for the needs of afterschool and summer learning providers…
Ignite Afterschool was tapped by the Minnesota Department of Education to administer the 1% afterschool set aside in the ARPA ESSERIII Covid Relief funding package ($13.2M). Ignite Afterschool held community stakeholder interviews to inform grant program design, designed and launched the Believe and Build grant program which engaged 57…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
The auditor reported: a weakness in money controls.
The auditor reported: a weakness in money controls.
The auditor reported no findings.
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $192K | $197K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $0 | $0 |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $376K | $325K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $22K | $29K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $354K | $297K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $0 | $0 | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $0 | $0 | ||
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $0 | $0 | ||
| Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4 | $0 | $0 | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $72K | $68K | $4K | $208 |
| Pay of disqualified personsLn 6 | $146K | $139K | $7K | $425 |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $8K | $8K | $405 | $24 |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $21K | $20K | $1K | $62 |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $16K | $15K | $793 | $46 |
| Management feesLn 11a | $6K | $6K | $0 | $0 |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $1K | $1K | $0 | $0 |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $11K | $11K | $0 | $0 |
| Lobbying feesLn 11d | $20K | $20K | $0 | $0 |
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $100K | $100K | $0 | $0 |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $5K | $5K | $251 | $14 |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $2K | $2K | $89 | $5 |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $18K | $17K | $901 | $52 |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $3K | $3K | $171 | $10 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $1K | $1K | $3 | $0 |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $0 | |||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $431K | $415K | $15K | $846 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jul 3, 2026 | $960K | $1.0M | −$45K | $462K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Sep 19, 2025 | $5.6M | $5.3M | $221K | $508K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Sep 23, 2024 | $5.6M | $5.7M | −$113K | $287K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 21, 2023 | $4.2M | $4.1M | $103K | $399K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 2, 2022 | $348K | $431K | −$83K | $297K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS May 27, 2021 | $316K | $384K | −$67K | $354K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $348,056 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $348,056 across 13 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $430,765 across 22 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $325,425 assets, 29 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $296,530 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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