Designing Justice & Designing Spaces

Analysis

Designing Justice & Designing Spaces is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, which this site groups under human rights and equality. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Designing Justice & Designing Spaces reported income of $3.8m and spending of $3.9m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $3.8m (+214%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Designing Justice & Designing Spaces sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 91st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Child Protection Center Inc ($3.8m), Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth ($3.8m) and American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota Foundation ($3.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 81% and program service revenue 19% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $507k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $124k, net assets of $2.9m. It reported 20 employees.