2025-08-16T13:11:31-07:00 2024-12-31 240425107 Hochfeld & Associates 16 White Pine Rd Saint Paul MN 55127 990 2024-01-01 474834387 IGNITE AFTERSCHOOL IGNI 6516445836 1400 Van Buren St NE Suite 203 Minneapolis MN 55413 Kari Dennisen Cunnen Executive Director 6516445836 2025-08-15 1 1 Kurt Hochfeld P01968896 6099545628 2025-08-15 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Kari Dennisen Cunnen 1400 Van Buren St NE Unit 203 Minneapolis MN 55413 5550658 0 X www.igniteafterschool.org X 2014 MN To unite Minnesota's afterschool community and strengthen afterschool programs through partnership, education and advocacy. 10 10 10 10 0 0 5537920 5523494 18175 8131 4584 19033 0 0 5560679 5550658 4807034 4039578 0 0 350412 502897 0 0 413 515816 787199 5673262 5329674 -112583 220984 1924316 3405087 1637465 2897252 286851 507835 Ignite Afterschool (the Organization) is a non-profit organization founded in 2014 with a mission to unite Minnesota's afterschool community and strengthen afterschool programs through partnership, education, and advocacy. The purpose of the organization is to forge partnerships that create shared efforts across the afterschool field that close access gaps to afterschool and ensure professional development, resources and trainings across the state to improve program quality. 0 0 5289387 4039575 5015423 In 2024, Ignite Afterschool supported professional development and continuous program improvement (CPI) resources for Minnesota's afterschool community. In 2024, Ignite launched the new Professional Development Exchange (PDX) resource with three Training of Trainers (ToT) sessions, training over 70 program managers, coordinators, and directors across the state to support their front line youth work staff in afterschool effective practices. The PDX Peer Learning Community (PLC) was launched as a new offering to provide ongoing support for trainers, including workshops, peer discussion, planning tools, and guest speakers. Ignite Afterschool facilitates a continuous program improvement coordinating council of 11 partner organizations that work together to operate the annual, statewide M3 Continuous Program Improvement process. The 2023-2024 M3 Continuous Program Improvement cycle with two virtual kick off sessions as well as open and closed huddles. Ignite hosted a virtual training for 20 program staff to use the Program Quality Assessment tool. I-SAC (Ignite School Age Care Accreditation) worked with 24 school-age care sites to maintain their accreditation and 6 sites began the continuous improvement and accreditation process with 5 securing accreditation. All sites participated in four continuous improvement coaching sessions with a coach and small cohort of other school age sites. They also completed a modified M3 Huddle - tailored to the school age care audience. In Fall, we launched year two of the i-SAC model with 15 sites involved in three different coaching cohorts. Additionally, 13 sites from our interim process worked toward re-accreditation and have participated in check-in sessions with I-SAC In 2024, Ignite also convened a Policy Coordinating Council that meets monthly with over 16 organizations. Ignite started an Extended Learning Time policy work group and was represented on the Youth on Boards work group with other partners. Ignite continued to support a youth-led policy effort called the Cannabis Awareness and Education Council for Youth (CAEC) that engages 11 young people in policy and health education efforts that provide factual information on the impact of cannabis use under age 24. CAEC members successfully advocated that two youth seats be added to Minnesota's Cannabis Advisory Council. They also entered into partnerships with My Health and Allina to hold youth listening sessions and support the development of youth education curriculum. 0 0 0 5289387 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MN X X X Kari Denissen Cunnien 6516445836 1400 Van Buren St NE Suite 203 Minneapolis MN 55413 Kari Denissen Cunnien Executive Director 40 0 X X X 85307 0 16205 Tracie Clanaugh Former Board Chair and Director 2 0 X X X 0 0 0 Jenny Wright Collins Board Chair and Director 2 2 X 0 0 0 Rachel Oberg-Hauser Director and Secretary 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Dale Blyth Director and Treasurer 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Cani Aden Director 2 0 X 0 0 0 Joseph Adamji Director 2 2 X 0 0 0 Longkee Vang Diretor 2 0 X 0 0 0 Aviva Hillenbrand Diretor 2 2 X 0 0 0 Samantha Loeks-Davis Director 2 2 X 0 0 0 Kate Walker Director 2 2 X 0 0 0 85307 0 16205 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5015423 508071 0 5523494 8131 8131 0 0 8131 19033 19033 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5550658 27164 0 0 X 4039578 4039578 0 0 0 0 0 0 85307 49479 35467 361 0 0 0 0 340534 340534 0 0 22047 21261 773 13 23575 22749 813 13 31434 28597 2811 26 0 0 0 0 2459 2459 0 0 9192 9192 0 0 25000 25000 0 0 0 0 0 0 634578 634578 0 0 0 0 0 16407 16397 10 0 22050 22050 0 0 34626 34626 0 9697 9697 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2306 2306 0 0 Programmtic food 23266 23266 0 0 Telephone and internet 4140 4140 0 0 Publications 3395 3395 0 0 Printing, postage and shipping 83 83 0 0 5329674 5289387 39874 413 305021 2921496 0 0 102250 478235 1515196 4414 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1849 942 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1924316 3405087 47858 65955 1571975 2805575 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17632 25722 1637465 2897252 X 44296 50764 242555 457071 286851 507835 1924316 3405087 220984 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 380546 378282 4136894 5557095 5523494 15976311 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 380546 378282 4136894 5557095 5523494 15976311 15976311 274 211 2381 4584 19033 26483 91278 39108 34095 18175 8131 190787 16193581 0.98658 0.97512 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Interest income and program revenues RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 25000 25000 2178 27178 5436 1359 0 19564 0 4399 5000 5000 5436 19835 29753 20000 25000 25000 25000 95000 1100 1250 1250 1359 4959 7439 0 0 0 0 0 0 Accrued payroll and vacation 25722 25722 X 5531626 0 0 0 0 0 5531626 0 19032 19032 5550658 5329674 0 0 0 0 0 5329674 0 0 0 5329674 Schedule D, Part X, Line 2 The Organization has a tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and has adopted Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, ASC 740-10. The Organization's policy is to evaluate uncertain tax positions, at least annually, for the potential for income tax exposure from unrelated business income or from loss of nonprofit status. The Organization continues to operate consistent with its original exemption application and each year takes the necessary actions to maintain its exempt status. It has been classified as an organization that is not a private foundation under the Internal Revenue Code and charitable contributions by donors are tax deductible. In compliance with its exempt status, the Organization annually files a Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax (Form 990). Schedule D, Part XI, Line 4b Miscellaneous and interest income 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kari Denissen Cunnien Executive Director 89101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16204 0 105305 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The contract accountant presents the draft form 990 to the full board of directors. All board members will review and approve the form 990 before it is filed Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The executive director and each board member are required annually to voluntarily disclose any possible conflicts during the year and affirmatively attest at the beginning of the fiscal year that there were no conflict of interest in the prior twelve month period. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The board of directors reviews the executive director's performance and the chair takes the lead on making a recommendation to the rest of the board. The recommendation of the executive director's compensation and/or bonus is then approved to reflect performance metrics and accomplishments. The board uses comparable organization's 99O's from GuideStar and local public census reports for purposed of benchmarking. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Upon request Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Grants management - $73,725; Programmatic contract services - $534,794; Other - $26,059