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DESIGNING JUSTICE & DESIGNING SPACES

EIN 81-2658023 OAKLAND, CA

Revenue 2024
$3,196,337
Expenses 2024
$4,257,590

Program services were 78.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I43
Classification
1000
Street
490 43RD ST 68

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).

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.

  • RAPHAEL SPERRY

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BARB TOEWS PHD

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • CHRISTINE JOHNSON

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ANDREA JAMES

    DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JAMES STOCKARD

    DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE (THROUGH 12/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RASHANDA UDEKWU

    DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE (START 12/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DEANNA VAN BUREN

    CO-FOUNDER, EXEC DIR, DESIGN DIR

    Total calculated
    $178,081
    From this org
    $164,863
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,218
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,863
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,218
    Filer's total
    $178,081
  • MARC-ANDREW AGUILERA

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $177,171
    From this org
    $161,290
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,881
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,290
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,881
    Filer's total
    $177,171
  • RACHEL CHUNG

    DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $158,032
    From this org
    $150,254
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,778
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,254
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,778
    Filer's total
    $158,032
  • JEAN PAUL ZAPATA

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $151,589
    From this org
    $135,268
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,321
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,268
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,321
    Filer's total
    $151,589
  • SHELLEY DAVIS ROBERTS

    STUDIO DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $178,095
    From this org
    $152,113
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,982
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,113
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,982
    Filer's total
    $178,095
  • BRANDI MACK

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $180,721
    From this org
    $158,864
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,857
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,864
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,857
    Filer's total
    $180,721
  • GARRETT JACOBS

    DIR OF STRAT PARTNERSHIPS & BUS DEV

    Total calculated
    $151,790
    From this org
    $131,207
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,583
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,207
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,583
    Filer's total
    $151,790
  • LORRAINE NIBUT

    FORMER COO (THROUGH 5/2025)

    Total calculated
    $108,320
    From this org
    $102,245
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,075
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $102,245
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,075
    Filer's total
    $108,320

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 — 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
    $3,196,337
    Expenses
    $4,257,590
    Contributions
    $2,679,560
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,840,996
    Expenses
    $3,933,856
    Contributions
    $3,097,232
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,967,705
    Expenses
    $3,306,595
    Contributions
    $2,228,970
    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.

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

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

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 10 September 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.