- Revenue 2024
- $2,158,624
- Expenses 2024
- $2,116,680
Program services were 86.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B24
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 49 FLATBUSH AVE
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO TRANSFORM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE TO SUPPORT HEALTH, ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO VIBRANT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACES THAT SUPPORT OPTIMAL QUALITY OF LIFE.
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THE CENTER FOR ACTIVE DESIGN IS THE LEADING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION USING DESIGN TO FOSTER HEALTHY AND ENGAGED COMMUNITIES. CFAD, WHICH OPERATES THE FITWEL HEALTHY BUILDING CERTIFICATION SYSTEM, APPLIES ITS MULTI-DISCIPLINARY EXPERTISE TO EMPOWER DECISION-MAKERS, PROVIDING PUBLICATIONS, ORIGINAL RESEARCH, CERTIFICATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND DIGITAL TOOLS. CFAD IS RESPONSIVE TO UNIQUE LOCAL PRIORITIES AND RESULTS IN MEASURABLE OUTCOMES.
Expenses $1,835,881 · Grants $7,500 · Revenue $2,128,503
As filed on the 2024 return.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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JOANNA FRANK
PRESIDENT & CEO
- Total calculated
- $317,108
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $262,814
- Other
- $54,294
- Hours/week
- 20 + 20 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $262,814 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $10,600 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $43,694 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $317,108 related
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DEB GORHAN
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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KEVIN DAVIS
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 2 related
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MICHAEL VARDARO JD
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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LES BLUESTONE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DAVID BURNEY FAIA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MARGARET CASTILLO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SANCIA DALLEY
DIRECTOR (THRU DEC 2024)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ARI FRANKEL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DR ELIZABETH GARLAND
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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KIM KESSLER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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FULYA KOCAK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
SETHA LOW PHD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JESSICA LONG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BOB SIMPSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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RACHEL MACCLEERY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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SAMUEL SELINGER
COO/CFO (THRU APR 2024)
- Total calculated
- $90,320
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $87,615
- Other
- $2,705
- Hours/week
- 20 + 20 related
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SARA KARERAT
MANAGING DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $177,291
- From this org
- $134,258
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $43,033
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $134,258
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,800
- Nontaxable benefits
- $37,233
- Filer's total
- $177,291
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RACHAEL RIZZO
DIRECTOR, STANDARD DEVELOPMENT
- Total calculated
- $121,799
- From this org
- $107,739
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,060
- 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2024
- Revenue
- $2,158,624
- Expenses
- $2,116,680
- Contributions
- $29,500
- Grants paid
- $7,500
-
2023
- Revenue
- $1,444,244
- Expenses
- $1,255,847
- Contributions
- $76,204
- Grants paid
- $13,000
-
2022
- Revenue
- $1,604,386
- Expenses
- $1,618,779
- Contributions
- $41,922
- Grants paid
- $6,970
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,948,069
- Expenses
- $2,463,882
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,989,122
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,971,330
- Expenses
- $2,787,247
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,444,395
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,663,253
- Expenses
- $2,228,072
- Assets (EOY)
- $691,798
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,024,095
- Expenses
- $2,194,020
- Assets (EOY)
- $794,794
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,484,769
- Expenses
- $1,945,217
- Assets (EOY)
- $724,197
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,300,279
- Expenses
- $1,187,321
- Assets (EOY)
- $660,713
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,009,509
- Expenses
- $919,510
- Assets (EOY)
- $540,134
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $790,458
- Expenses
- $736,025
- Assets (EOY)
- $448,955
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $719,182
- Expenses
- $446,441
- Assets (EOY)
- $391,394
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.
Grants made
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THE MULTIFAMILY IMPACT COUNCIL
$12,500
2023 TO SUPPORT MULTIFAMILY IMPACT SECTOR INVESTING
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2024 TO SUPPORT MULTIFAMILY IMPACT SECTOR INVESTING
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2022 TO SUPPORT MULTIFAMILY IMPACT SECTOR INVESTING
Grants received
No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return
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C · MARKETING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT · DE · 88.89% owned · share of income $6,088,425 · share of assets $1,348,281 · controlled entity
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.