SHIFT DESIGN INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A30

Classification

2000

Street

8224 PLUM ST

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

• DOCUMENTING THE NOW IS ONE OF OUR CORE PROGRAMS. FUNDED PRIMARILY BY THE MELLON FOUNDATION AND NOW IN ITS FIFTH YEAR, DOCNOW DEVELOPS TOOLS AND BUILDS COMMUNITY PRACTICES THAT SUPPORT THE ETHICAL COLLECTION, USE, AND PRESERVATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT. THIS PROJECT IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, AND OTHERS.

  Expenses $223,993

• HISTORYPIN IS A FREE-TO-USE DIGITAL PLATFORM AND ENGAGEMENT METHODOLOGY NOW SERVING THE PUBLIC FOR OVER A DECADE. DESIGNED TO SHARE STORIES AROUND LOCAL HISTORY IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY, THE PLATFORM HAS BEEN UTILIZED BY OVER 4,000 CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. WITH SUPPORT FROM THE FILECOIN FOUNDATION FOR THE DECENTRALIZED WEB, WE ARE EMBARKING ON A RESEARCH PROJECT TO EXAMINE THE ETHICS AND TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS OF DECENTRALIZED STORAGE WITH A FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITY-BASED ARCHIVES.

  Expenses $557,778

• SHIFT COLLECTIVE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE ARCHIVING THE BLACK WEB (ATBW) PROJECT ON A THREE-AND-A-HALF-YEAR $2.5 MILLION INVESTMENT FROM THE MELLON FOUNDATION TO DEVELOP WARC SCHOOL, A WEB ARCHIVING TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ARCHIVISTS AND MEMORY WORKERS AT BLACK COLLECTING ORGANIZATIONS; A RESEARCH INITIATIVE THAT WILL ATTEMPT TO MAP AND DEFINE THE BLACK WEB; AND CREATE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE WEB ARCHIVING COLLECTIONS DOCUMENTING THE BLACK EXPERIENCE. ARCHIVING THE BLACK WEB IS DRIVEN BY AN URGENT CALL TO ACTION TO ESTABLISH A MORE EQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE WEB ARCHIVING PRACTICE TO EFFECTIVELY DOCUMENT THE BLACK EXPERIENCE ONLINE. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER, SPELMAN COLLEGE ARCHIVES, THE AUBURN AVENUE RESEARCH LIBRARY ON AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY, AND (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LIBRARY. IN 2024, SHIFT COLLECTIVE CONTINUED ITS WORK ON A TWO-YEAR RESEARCH PROJECT WITH THE COUNCIL ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES (CLIR) TO RETROSPECTIVELY ASSESS CLIR'S RECORDINGS AT RISK PROGRAM. RECORDINGS AT RISK IS A NATIONAL REGRANTING PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE MELLON FOUNDATION AND ADMINISTERED BY CLIR TO HELP PRESERVE "RARE AND UNIQUE AUDIO, AUDIOVISUAL, AND OTHER TIME-BASED MEDIA OF HIGH SCHOLARLY VALUE THROUGH DIGITAL REFORMATTING," ACCORDING TO CLIR. OVER THE PAST YEAR, SHIFT COLLECTIVE HAS DESIGNED AND ADMINISTERED A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF THOSE WHO HAVE CONSIDERED APPLYING FOR, APPLIED FOR, OR RECEIVED A RECORDINGS AT RISK (RAR) GRANT. WE HAVE ALSO CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS WITH GRANT RECIPIENTS AND OTHER APPLICANTS, THE PROGRAM'S INDEPENDENT REVIEW PANEL, CLIR'S STAFF, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO EVALUATE THE PROGRAM'S IMPACT ON COLLECTING ORGANIZATIONS AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. OUR RESEARCH AIMS TO SHED LIGHT ON THE PERSISTENT CHALLENGES FACED BY STEWARDS OF FRAGILE AND OBSOLETE AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA AND HELP GUIDE FUTURE ENDEAVORS BY CLIR AND OTHERS "COMMITTED TO THE SAFEKEEPING OF RARE AND UNIQUE AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS." IN 2025, SHIFT COLLECTIVE WILL PUBLISH A PUBLIC-FACING REPORT DOCUMENTING OUR FINDINGS.

  Expenses $330,070

• Expenses $70,350 · Revenue $350

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,644,060

  Expenses

  $1,192,753

  Contributions

  $1,594,301

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,020,113

  Expenses

  $1,466,400

  Contributions

  $1,935,874

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,112,443

  Expenses

  $987,661

  Contributions

  $1,045,979

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $1,104,658

  Expenses

  $622,665

  Assets (EOY)

  $610,264

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $327,867

  Expenses

  $413,035

  Assets (EOY)

  $192,772

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $483,393

  Expenses

  $493,104

  Assets (EOY)

  $215,895

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $477,269

  Expenses

  $495,262

  Assets (EOY)

  $231,664

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $468,394

  Expenses

  $442,619

  Assets (EOY)

  $250,788

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $570,989

  Expenses

  $391,992

  Assets (EOY)

  $216,050

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $226,385

  Expenses

  $229,571

  Assets (EOY)

  $48,093

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2013

Tax period

1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013

Principal officer

Jon Voss

Mailing address

2655 Harrison StSan Francisco CA 94110

Website

http://wearewhatwedo.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• COLLEGE OF WOOSTER

  $1,556,498

  2024 · SERVICES PERFORMED AS PART OF GRANT-FUNDED PROJECT

• COLLEGE OF WOOSTER

  $520,940

  2022 · Services performed as part of grant-funded project

• COLLEGE OF WOOSTER

  $142,500

  2023 · SERVICES PERFORMED AS PART OF GRANT-FUNDED PROJECT

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