Nonprofit · EIN 26-4662578
DESIGN IMPACT
Tax-exempt · CINCINNATI, OH 45209
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $697,435 | $1,037,556 | -$340,121 | $542,732 | $30,708 | $512,024 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,427,816 | $1,317,225 | $110,591 | $998,004 | $145,859 | $852,145 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $683,583
- of which government grants
- $27,850
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $13,440
- Other revenue
- $412
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $121,540
- Other salaries and wages
- $492,650
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $735,876
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $20,442
- Program services (functional)
- $397,659
- Management and general (functional)
- $494,767
- Fundraising (functional)
- $145,130
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $998,004
- Total assets, end of year
- $542,732
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $30,708
- Net assets, end of year
- $512,024
- Gross receipts
- $697,435
- Employees
- 8
- Volunteers
- 9
- Year formed
- 2009
- State of legal domicile
- OH
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TERESA GONZALEZ | PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE Officer | 40 | $121,540 |
| LYNDON REGO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PHIM HER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROSIE MORA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SULIN NGO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TESSA XUAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAWNA LEGGETT | CHAIR (TERM NOV 2024) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| NICKOL MORA | CHAIR (START NOV 2024) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| KARL VANDERBEEK | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RAMSEY FORD | EMERITUS BOARD MEMEBER/TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| INDI EKANAYAKE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TERESA GONZALEZ | PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE Officer | 40 | $119,770 | $7,233 |
| BRITTNEY KREIMER | PRINCIPAL (UNTIL NOVEMBER OF 2023) Officer | 40 | $61,404 | $2,978 |
| SARAH CORLETT | PRINCIPAL (UNTIL AUGUST OF 2023) Officer | 40 | $19,375 | $170 |
| BEN KO | CHAIR (UNTIL OCTOBER 2023) Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| DAWNA LEGGETT PHD | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| NICKOL MORA | SECRETARY AND CHAIR (START OCTOBER 2023) Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| LITTISHA BATES PHD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| INDI EKANAYAKE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| VICTOR SCOTTI | DIRECTOR (UNTIL APRIL 2024) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KARL VANDERBEEK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TESSA XUAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LYNDON REGO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROSIE MORA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PHIM HER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SULIN NGO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RAMSEY FORD | EMERITUS BOARD MEMEBER/TRESURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 3874 PAXTON AVE UNIT 9865, CINCINNATI, OH 45209-7537
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- RAMSEY FORD, 3874 PAXTON AVE 9865, CINCINNATI, OH 45209
- Signed the 990
- RAMSEY FORD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (513) 206-9138
- Website
- WWW.D-IMPACT.ORG
- Return prepared by
- CLARK SCHAEFER HACKETT & CO
Mission
DESIGN IMPACT AS A NON-PROFIT SOCIAL INNOVATION FIRM, EMPOWERS COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZATIONS AND SYSTEMS TO INNOVATE ON THEIR CURRENT PRACTICES AND TACKLE SEEMINGLY UNSOLVABLE PROBLEMS THROUGH A CREATIVE AND INCLUSIVE LENS.
Program accomplishments
- WE INCUBATE PROJECTS THAT TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES. THE MADISONVILLE COMMUNITY STUDIO PROJECT LOOKS AT THE ROLE RACE PLAYS IN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND HOW IT AFFECTS RESIDENTS. THE PROJECT SEEKS TO LIFT UP THE VOICES OF MADISONVILLE RESIDENTS MOST IMPACTED BY NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT TO UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN RACE AND NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT. BY LISTENING TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS MOST IMPACTED, THIS PROJECT WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AS RESIDENTS HELP INFORM AND LEAD THE DIRECTION OF THE PROJECT.Expenses $193,438
- WE EQUIP LEADERS WITH HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN AND ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH TOOLS. AN EXAMPLE OF AN EQUIP PROJECTIS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH FEEDING AMERICA WERE WE SUPPORTED FOUR PROJECT TEAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS THEY TEST AND IMPLEMENT PROTOTYPES OF INNOVATIVE NEW HUNGER INITIATIVES.Expenses $146,722
- WE ALSO WORK TO ADVANCE METHODS OF CREATIVE COMMUNITY CHANGE. WE DO THIS THROUGH SMALL ONE DAY OF LESS WORKSHOPS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. WE ALSO REFLECTED ON OUR WORK AND THE PATTERNS WE NOTICED TO CREATE A REPORT CALLED METATHEMES. METATHEMES IS A RESEARCH REPORT THAT PRESETS A COLLECTION OF COMMON SOCIAL EQUITY THEMES AND TAGETE APPROACHED TO ADDRESSING THEM THAT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF SOCIAL IMPACT CAN MODIFY AND IMPLEMENT.Expenses $57,499
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 26-4662578
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2009
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Human services (P20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $542,732
- Income (IRS master file)
- $697,435
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $697,435 | $1,037,556 | $542,732 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,427,816 | $1,317,225 | $998,004 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,423,787 | $1,375,740 | $1,051,988 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | $1,243,157 | $1,298,261 | $834,648 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 26-4662578).
Questions about DESIGN IMPACT
- What is the EIN of DESIGN IMPACT?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of DESIGN IMPACT is 26-4662578.
- Is DESIGN IMPACT tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2009.
- Are donations to DESIGN IMPACT tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does DESIGN IMPACT file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of DESIGN IMPACT due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did DESIGN IMPACT last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of DESIGN IMPACT?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names RAMSEY FORD.
- Who are the officers and directors of DESIGN IMPACT?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 11 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $121,540 (TERESA GONZALEZ, PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE).
- How much revenue does DESIGN IMPACT have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $697,435, expenses of $1,037,556 and total assets of $542,732 at year end.
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