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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by DESIGN IMPACT.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,423,787
Total expenses
$1,375,740
Contributions and grants received
$1,413,509
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$10,278
Total assets, end of year
$1,051,988
Total liabilities, end of year
$310,434
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$741,554
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$922,541
Management and general expenses
$194,051
Fundraising expenses
$259,148
Program service expenses (Part III)
$922,541

Program services were 67.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,413,509

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $10,278 · excluded $10,278

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $10,278

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $380,337 · program services $256,067 · management and general $41,673 · fundraising $82,597

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $584,638 · program services $393,183 · management and general $64,630 · fundraising $126,825

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $85,702 · program services $57,700 · management and general $9,390 · fundraising $18,612

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $72,664 · program services $48,922 · management and general $15,780 · fundraising $7,962

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $32,702 · program services $22,017 · management and general $7,102 · fundraising $3,583

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,920 · program services $76 · fundraising $5,844

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,947 · program services $54 · management and general $5,893

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,095 · management and general $11,095

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,090 · program services $4,773 · management and general $1,540 · fundraising $777

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $136,387 · program services $111,483 · management and general $16,553 · fundraising $8,351

  • 24b · Other expenses: OPERATIONS

    total $53,258 · program services $28,266 · management and general $20,395 · fundraising $4,597

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $138,897 · end of year $450,941

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $453,575 · end of year $456,133

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $188,754 · end of year $120,165

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $7,693

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $7,693

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $53,422 · end of year $24,749

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $47,391 · end of year $119,709

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $93,750 · end of year $190,725

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $693,507 · end of year $741,554

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

AS A NON-PROFIT SOCIAL INNOVATION FIRM, WE EMPOWER COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZATIONS AND SYSTEMS TO INNOVATE ON THEIR CURRENT PRACTICES AND TACKLE SEEMINGLY UNSOLVABLE PROBLEMS THROUGH A CREATIVE AND INCLUSIVE LENS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DESIGN IMPACT IS A NONPROFIT SOCIAL INNOVATION FIRM BASED IN CINCINNATI, OHIO. DESIGN IMPACT COLLABORATES WITH INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND FUNDERS TO APPLY CREATIVE AND INCLUSIVE APPROACHES TO COMPLEX SOCIAL CHALLENGES. THEIR APPROACH COMBINES CREATIVITY, EQUITY, AND LEADERSHIP PRACTICES TO CREATE SOCIAL CHANGE. THEY DO THIS IN PART BY AMPLIFYING AND EMPOWERING UNHEARD VOICES, ESPECIALLY THOSE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY POVERTY IN THE DESIGN OF THEIR OWN SOLUTIONS. TO DATE, DESIGN IMPACT HAS PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS ON OVER 400 SOCIAL DESIGN PROJECTS THAT SPAN MULTIPLE SECTORS INCLUDING COMMUNITY HEALTH, EARLY EDUCATION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND FOOD ACCESS. AS OF 2023, DESIGN IMPACT'S WORK ENGAGED OVER 20,000 NONPROFIT LEADERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND CREATIVES.

  • WE INCUBATE PROJECTS THAT TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES. THE MADISONVILLE COMMUNITY STUDIO PROJECT LOOKS AT THE ROLE RACE PLAYS IN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND HOW IT AFFECTS RESIDENTS. THE PROJECT SEEKS TO LIFT UP THE VOICES OF MADISONVILLE RESIDENTS MOST IMPACTED BY NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT TO UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN RACE AND NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT. BY LISTENING TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS MOST IMPACTED, THIS PROJECT WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AS RESIDENTS HELP INFORM AND LEAD THE DIRECTION OF THE PROJECT.

    Expenses $516,544

  • WE EQUIP LEADERS WITH HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN AND ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH TOOLS. AN EXAMPLE OF AN EQUIP PROJECT IS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH FEEDING AMERICA WHERE WE SUPPORTED FOUR PROJECT TEAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS THEY TEST AND IMPLEMENT PROTOTYPES OF INNOVATIVE NEW HUNGER INITIATIVES.

    Expenses $240,169

  • WE ALSO WORK TO ADVANCE METHODS OF CREATIVE COMMUNITY CHANGE. WE DO THIS THROUGH SMALL, ONE DAY OR LESS WORKSHOPS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. WE ALSO REFLECTED ON OUR WORK AND THE PATTERNS WE NOTICED TO CREATE A REPORT CALLED METATHEMES. METATHEMES IS A RESEARCH REPORT THAT PRESENTS A COLLECTION OF COMMON SOCIAL EQUITY THEMES AND TARGETED APPROACHES TO ADDRESSING THEMES THAT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF SOCIAL IMPACT CAN MODIFY AND IMPLEMENT.

    Expenses $165,828

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Littisha Bates

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ben Ko

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Indi Ekanayake

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Victor Scotti

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tara Townsend

    DIRECTOR (TERM EXP 3/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nickol Mora

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dawna Leggett

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karl Vanderbeek

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tessa Xuan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brittney Kreimer

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $93,909
    From this org
    $87,555
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,354
    Hours/week
    40
  • Teresa Gonzalez

    PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $121,324
    From this org
    $114,771
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,553
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
19 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202312979349301971

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