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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DESIGNED FOR JOY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,181,416
Total expenses
$1,163,016
Contributions and grants received
$251,627
Grants paid
$279
Program service revenue
$1,186,465
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$256,676
Total assets, end of year
$439,195
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,530
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$427,665
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$596,343
Management and general expenses
$265,350
Fundraising expenses
$301,323
Program service expenses (Part III)
$596,343

Program services were 51.3% 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

    $251,627

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,333

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Artisan made products

    total $598,585 · related or exempt $598,585

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Grants

    total $587,880 · related or exempt $587,880

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $264,192

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$264,192 · related or exempt -$264,192

  • 11a · Other revenue: Sales Tax Reimbursement

    total $4,125 · related or exempt $4,125

  • 11b · Other revenue: Interest Income

    total $2,435 · related or exempt $2,435

  • 11c · Other revenue: Rebates

    total $956 · related or exempt $956

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,516

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $279 · program services $279

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $135,575 · program services $84,460 · management and general $21,115 · fundraising $30,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $531,061 · program services $358,244 · management and general $42,817 · fundraising $130,000

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $16,285 · program services $7,925 · management and general $8,360

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $55,815 · management and general $55,815

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,510 · management and general $3,510

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $54,456 · program services $26,589 · management and general $14,233 · fundraising $13,634

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,108 · fundraising $11,108

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $47,240 · management and general $47,240

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $98,612 · program services $78,890 · management and general $19,722

  • 17 · Travel

    total $26 · management and general $26

  • 20 · Interest

    total $388 · management and general $388

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,665 · management and general $11,665

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank Fees

    total $9,470 · management and general $9,470

  • 24b · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions

    total $11,250 · management and general $11,250

  • 24c · Other expenses: Postage

    total $3,631 · management and general $3,631

  • 24d · Other expenses: State Licenses

    total $202 · management and general $202

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $172,443 · program services $39,956 · management and general $15,906 · fundraising $116,581

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $243,025 · end of year $277,362

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $67,708 · end of year $85,467

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

    $38,235

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $38,235 · end of year $38,235

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $33,168 · end of year $38,131

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $30,021

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $15,216 · end of year $11,530

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $336,899 · end of year $427,665

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Designed For Joy provides women in crisis with stability through immediate employment and support, removing the stigma of vulnerability.

  • Designed For Joy is a transitional work experience for women coming from trafficking, homelessness, time in prison, overcoming addiction or other vulnerable situations. Since 2017, we have employed 179 women and paid over $703,000 in living wages. In 2024, Designed For Joy provided over 13,561 hours of employment. Women in the Designed For Joy program have gone on to full-time, safe, and dignified work, purchased cars, and regained a sense of self worth.

    Expenses $596,343

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kristen Sydow

    Co-Founder and Creative Director

    Total calculated
    $74,584
    From this org
    $72,204
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,380
    Hours/week
    32
  • Cary Heise

    Founder and Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $64,343
    From this org
    $63,372
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $971
    Hours/week
    32
  • Grace Morris

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $55,332
    From this org
    $53,462
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,870
    Hours/week
    32
  • Angela Padgett

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Sherika HiSmith

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Facial Archer

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Heather Wilkins

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Rebecca S Ayers PhD

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Karen Woomer

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Stacie Walker

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Paul Baccellieri

    Board Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Abigail Roush

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Barbara Augustin

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Kim Robinson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

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
2024
Filed
12 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202511479349300911

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