INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A44Z

Classification

1000

Street

560 HARRISON AVE STE 401

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 · 2023

• THE ORGANIZATION IS A 40-YEAR-OLD EDUCATIONAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO ADVANCING THE ROLE OF DESIGN IN EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY AND ENHANCING EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, ABILITIES AND CULTURES THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN. THE ORGANIZATION'S WORK BALANCES EXPERTISE IN LEGALLY REQUIRED ACCESSIBILITY WITH PROMOTION OF BEST PRACTICES IN HUMAN CENTERED OR UNIVERSAL DESIGN. PROJECTS VARY FROM LOCAL TO INTERNATIONAL. ALL ARE CHARACTERIZED BY COLLABORATION AND USER PARTICIPATION.THE ORGANIZATION PROMOTES DESIGN THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF ABILITY, AGE AND CULTURE. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES EASY ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW AND CODES THAT PROVIDE A BEDROCK OF ACCESSIBILITY IN THE U.S., AND EDUCATION AND CONSULTATION ABOUT STRATEGIES, PRECEDENTS AND BEST PRACTICES THAT GO BEYOND LEGAL REQUIREMENTS TO DESIGN PLACES, THINGS, COMMUNICATION AND POLICY THAT INTEGRATE SOLUTIONS TO THE REALITY OF HUMAN DIVERSITY.DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:- FIRST U.S. NON-PROFIT FOCUSED ON THE ROLE OF DESIGN IN RELATION TO DISABILITY & AGING FOUNDED IN 1978 IN BOSTON AS ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTS.- BALANCES EXPERTISE AND GUIDANCE ON ALL FACETS OF U.S. LEGAL COMPLIANCE FOR ACCESSIBILITY WITH PROMOTION OF BEST PRACTICES IN UNIVERSAL/INCLUSIVE DESIGN.- MULTI-DISCIPLINARY AND DIVERSE TEAM IN TERMS OF AGE, ABILITY AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND, ALL WITH STRONG EDUCATIONAL AND EXPERIENTIAL CREDENTIALS.- SCOPE OF WORK IS A BALANCE OF PUBLICLY FUNDED PROJECTS WITH AN EXPANDING PROPORTION OF EARNED-INCOME WORK INCLUDING CONSULTING, DESIGN, RETAIL, PUBLICATIONS AND EXHIBITS.- KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER BETWEEN PROJECTS ENSURES THAT EACH PROJECT IS INFORMED BY STANDARDS, PRACTICE EXPERIENCE, BEST PRECEDENTS GLOBALLY AND RESEARCH.- LOCAL TO INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES INCLUDING EDUCATION, CONSULTING AND DESIGN. THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION INCLUDES:EDUCATION - TRAININGS AND PRESENTATIONS - CONFERENCES(HOSTED, CO-HOSTED, CONVENED) - PROGRAMMATIC EDUCATION - DISTANCE LEARNING - DESIGN AND CONSULTING SERVICES - ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN -PLAN REVIEW - EXISTING CONDITIONS (SURVEY EVALUATIONS) - CONSUMER (SERVICE) CONSULTING - WEB AND JCT (INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY) - POLICIES AND PROCEDURES - PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT - SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDSTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE - NEW ENGLAND ADA CENTEREDUCATION - TRAININGS AND PRESENTATIONS - PROGRAMMATIC EDUCATIONUSER/EXPERT LAB - CONTEXTUAL INQUIRY RESEARCH AT THE ORGANIZATIONS HEADQUARTERS OR IN THE FIELD ON PHYSICAL, SENSORY, BRAIN-BASED CONDITIONSGOODS AND SERVICES - PUBLICATIONS -EXHIBITS - LIBRARY - MEMBERSHIP/SPONSORSHIPRESEARCH - QUANTITATIVE -QUALITATIVE

  Expenses $1,971,192 · Grants $115,115 · Revenue $1,558,970

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,838,085

  Expenses

  $2,707,748

  Contributions

  $1,278,085

  Grants paid

  $115,115

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,586,995

  Expenses

  $2,496,812

  Contributions

  $1,158,273

  Grants paid

  $105,878

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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,485,017

  Expenses

  $2,389,341

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,494,064

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,416,997

  Expenses

  $2,214,185

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,346,685

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,428,383

  Expenses

  $2,214,185

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,274,836

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,256,852

  Expenses

  $2,228,175

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,108,069

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,347,748

  Expenses

  $2,261,207

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,024,966

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,056,056

  Expenses

  $1,950,094

  Assets (EOY)

  $936,914

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,937,307

  Expenses

  $1,826,181

  Assets (EOY)

  $837,998

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,057,471

  Expenses

  $1,982,446

  Assets (EOY)

  $833,076

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,306,336

  Expenses

  $2,247,591

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,043,587

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,306,336

  Expenses

  $2,247,591

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,043,587

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE ON DISABILITY

  $25,000

  2023 · PROMOTING ADA COMPLIANCE AND EDUCATION

• ADA COALITION OF CONNECTICUT INC

  $24,000

  2023 · PROMOTING ADA COMPLIANCE AND EDUCATION

• MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE ON DISABILITY

  $22,917

  2022 · PROMOTING ADA COMPLIANCE AND EDUCATION

• ADA COALITION OF CONNECTICUT INC

  $22,000

  2022 · PROMOTING ADA COMPLIANCE AND EDUCATION

• RHODE ISLAND GOVERNORS COMMISSION ON DISABILITY

  $18,115

  2023 · PROMOTING ADA COMPLIANCE AND EDUCATION

• RHODE ISLAND GOVERNORS COMMISSION ON DISABILITY

  $16,960

  2022 · PROMOTING ADA COMPLIANCE AND EDUCATION

• ALPHA ONE

  $16,000

  2023 · PROMOTING ADA COMPLIANCE AND EDUCATION

• NEW HAMPSHIRE GOVERNORS COMMISSION ON DISABILITY

  $16,000

  2023 · PROMOTING ADA COMPLIANCE AND EDUCATION

• VERMONT CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING

  $16,000

  2023 · PROMOTING ADA COMPLIANCE AND EDUCATION

• ALPHA ONCE

  $14,667

  2022 · PROMOTING ADA COMPLIANCE AND EDUCATION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• BOSTON FOUNDATION INC

  $153,000

  2023 · Operating Support/Annual Fund

• NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION

  $5,000

  2023 · Connect

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