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← DESIGN FC INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by DESIGN FC INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$378,091
Total expenses
$300,539
Contributions and grants received
$251,189
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$126,902
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$122,408
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,052
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$113,356
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$99,590
Management and general expenses
$182,696
Fundraising expenses
$18,253
Program service expenses (Part III)
$99,590

Program services were 33.1% 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

    $251,189

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $126,902 · related or exempt $126,902

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $174,797 · program services $57,923 · management and general $106,259 · fundraising $10,615

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $18,352 · program services $6,081 · management and general $11,156 · fundraising $1,115

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,422 · program services $4,779 · management and general $8,767 · fundraising $876

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,787 · program services $3,906 · management and general $7,165 · fundraising $716

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,451 · program services $2,138 · management and general $3,921 · fundraising $392

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $538 · program services $178 · management and general $327 · fundraising $33

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,993 · program services $1,986 · management and general $3,643 · fundraising $364

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,283 · program services $6,390 · management and general $11,722 · fundraising $1,171

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $407 · program services $135 · management and general $247 · fundraising $25

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,083 · program services $2,347 · management and general $4,306 · fundraising $430

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $23,272 · program services $7,712 · management and general $14,147 · fundraising $1,413

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $7,983 · program services $2,645 · management and general $4,853 · fundraising $485

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $6,058 · program services $2,007 · management and general $3,683 · fundraising $368

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $1,545 · program services $512 · management and general $939 · fundraising $94

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,568 · program services $851 · management and general $1,561 · fundraising $156

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $36,796 · end of year $120,509

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

    $2,713

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

    $814

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,306 · end of year $1,899

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,699 · end of year $9,052

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $35,403 · end of year $113,356

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

DESIGN FC TEACHES YOUTH IN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES THE CORE ELEMENTS OF CREATIVE THINKING, SELF EXPRESSION, AND STORYTELLING THROUGH DESIGN. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE TOOLS, RESOURCES, AND OPPORTUNITIES THEY NEED TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND PURSUE THEIR CREATIVE DREAMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DESIGN FC IS A YOUTH DESIGN NON-PROFIT THAT TEACHES CREATIVE THINKING, SELF-EXPRESSION, AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORYTELLING THROUGH THE DESIGN OF SPORT JERSEYS / APPAREL. THROUGH COLLABORATIONS WITH PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS, ATHLETES, AND BRANDS WE PROVIDE YOUTH WITH LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND ACCESS, WHILE GIVING THEM A PLATFORM TO CREATIVELY EXPRESS WHO THEY ARE.

  • DESIGN FC TEACHES YOUTH IN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES THE CORE ELEMENTS OF CREATIVE THINKING, SELF EXPRESSION, AND STORYTELLING THROUGH DESIGN. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE TOOLS, RESOURCES, AND OPPORTUNITIES THEY NEED TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND PURSUE THEIR CREATIVE DREAMS.

    Expenses $47,781 · Revenue $126,902

  • THE JERSEY PROJECT IS A GLOBAL INITIATIVE PROVIDING YOUTH TEAMS WITH AN OPPORTUNITIY TO DESIGN THEIR OWN TEAMS' JERSEYS THAT REPRESENT WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY'RE FROM. THROUGH COLLABORATIONS WITH PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS, ATHLETES, AND BRANDS.

    Expenses $31,691

  • THE DESIGN FC ACADEMY IS A SPECIALIZED PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN WITH THE PROGRAM FOR 3+ YEARS WITH THE LIFE CHANGING RESOURCES, ACCESS, EXPOSURE TO PURSUE THEIR CREATIVE DREAMS. BY LEVERAGING SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN SPORT, DESIGN, FASHION, AND MEDIA, WE GIVE OUR ACADEMY STUDENTS UNPARALLELED ACCESS TO THE CREATIVE CAREERS THEY ARE INTERESTEDIN EXPLORING.

    Expenses $20,118

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Omri Gal

    BOARD PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $82,958
    From this org
    $82,958
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ayodeji George

    VP & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Nariman Gathers

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Oliver Steinglass

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $91,839
    From this org
    $91,839
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tarika Barrett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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
2025
Filed
17 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202611989349300916

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