2026-06-15T18:27:47-04:00 2026-01-31 990 2025-02-01 821112244 Colloqate Design COLL 6092842230 4025 Ulloa Street New Orleans LA 70119 Bryan Lee Sr PResident 6092842230 2026-06-16 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Bryan C Lee Jr 4025 Ulloa Street New Orleans LA 70119 1185445 false X colloqate. org X 2017 LA A justice practice focused on expanding community access to and building power through design of social and cultural spaces. 0 0 12 0 0 0 507 48409 631901 1137019 539 17 21641 0 654588 1185445 0 0 0 0 840972 905952 0 0 0 464670 598437 1305642 1504389 -651054 -318944 497570 306359 54645 123194 442925 183165 A justice practice focused on expanding community access to and building power through design of social and cultural spaces. true true 272998 0 275000 Storia: Cultural Futures - Mellon CID - Colloqate will work to design and construction cost to execute the Claiborne Innovation District Project that was started back in 2017. The remainder of the funds will be used for capacity building and organizational support for cultural institutions on the ground in New Orleans and potentially Portland. 227448 0 227706 Meyer Memorial Trust funds Colloqates environmental justice work - Colloqate Design assisting with build power with frontline communities goal. Separately Meyer is providing generous support for Colloqates CDA O Community Design Advocates & Organizers Training Program curriculum with a paid program launch planned for 2026. 143631 0 165255 Colloqate is working with the City of Olympia to complete ground level landscaping create a festival street along with library activation spaces and create connections to a building site. These efforts include Building relationships and networks within the community and offer assistance into other growth opportunities. 66948 0 88387 Jane Place HQ - A 5,000 sf new build for the Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability initiative. 3 units of affordable housing Jane Place Headquarters and community space. 1660 0 0 Freedom To Grow is designed as a transformative justice center that supports the reintegration of returning citizens. It focuses on empowerment through education vocational training and community engagement. 112279 0 124094 PCC Opportunity Center - The Portland Community College PCC Opportunity Center is a workforce training center in Portland OR that will be an anchor for the community in Northeast Portlands racially diverse Cully neighborhood. Bora Architecture & Interiors Lead Architect AB Cultural Drivers Community Engagement Partner Amara Perez Community Engagement Partner PLACE Studio Landscape Architecture 77501 0 86315 Nature In Neighbors collaborating with Colloqate Design on community engagement and participatory design projects most notably the Nature in Neighborhoods Community Choice Grants a participatory budgeting pilot with Metro regional government that resulted in 14 park and nature restoration projects across 6 districts being approved for funding. 29644 0 39876 MLK Library - The renovated MLK Library is a rehabilitation of the historic Mies Van De Rohe building in the heart of downtown. The library will center the collective legacy of Dr. King Marion Barry and the array of individuals that ensured the success of the civil rights movement and lead the way for present-day activists and organizers. 14642 0 21499 Remaking the campus: PSU selects Walker Macy to advance its Place Matters initiative The design team proposes a new welcome center colorful paint jobs bold signage and justice- oriented collaboration to transform the university campus and help revitalize downtown. 0 0 1970 Various Speaking Engagements 100 0 0 CBSE - The CENTER FOR BLACK STUDENT EXCELLENCE is a community-initiated effort to consider a Place an Approach and a Redesign of the Portland Public School System to address the problem of decades of underinvestment systemic racism lack of coordinated systems of support and discriminatory practices have resulted in an enduring opportunity and achievement gap for Black students in Portland. 1888 0 2817 Jefferson High School Cultural Placemaking - facilitates a Design Justice-based community engagement process supporting a BIPOC-led team alongside LEVER Architecture and Bora with the project honoring Jeffersons history as an anchor in the Black community in North Portland intertwining race culture nature and the built environment fitting the cultural placemaking framing. Modernization aims to honor Jeffersons history as an anchor in the black community. 50297 0 43374 De Rose Community Bridge - To assist with culturally specific and culturally responsive nonprofit serving immigrants refugees and houseless individuals in Portland and Beaverton Oregon. 12493 0 14263 Lone Fir - Block 14 at Lone Fir Cemetery was historically a Chinese American burial ground holding nearly 3,000 ancestors until Multnomah County cleared it in the 1950s for a parking lot and maintenance building desecrating graves and severing the communitys connection to a sacred site central to ancestor-honoring traditions. Early community engagement surfaced personal everyday practices of honoring ancestors food fragrance photographs which are informing the projects approach to repair and reconnection. 28852 0 25264 The York Urban Village project is a Colloqate collaboration with the York Collective envisioning housing health cultural and green spaces for Portlands Black community. It was presented as part of Our Rooted Futures, which unveiled the York Urban Village Exhibit and Guilds Lake Diorama featuring renderings dioramas and archival materials exploring themes of placemaking legacy co-optation and solidarity grounding the work in historical truths while imagining liberated futures. Its tied to the broader York Collective initiative named for York the enslaved member of the Lewis and Clark expedition with related educational and cultural programming in Portland. 18110 0 21200 The 1803 Fund is a Portland Oregon organization founded in 2023 seeking to redevelop historically Black areas 414414 0 469059 1058491 true false false false false false false false true false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false true 0 0 12 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false 0 0 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false LA X Addison French Accounting 9043822273 635 Philip Street NEW ORLEANS LA 70130 Jose Alverez Trustee 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Paul Harang Trustee 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Steven Lewis Trustee 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Casius Pealer Trustee 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rosa Sheng Trustee 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jess Zimbabwe Trustee 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bryan C Lee Jr President 40.00 40.00 X X X 102874 0 0 102874 0 0 0 false false false 0 0 0 0 0 48409 0 48409 Program Revenue 541300 1137019 1137019 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1137019 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1185445 1137019 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92700 74160 14832 0 710234 568187 113637 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43892 35114 7023 0 59126 47006 9755 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26200 0 26200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34700 0 34700 0 3832 0 3832 0 17811 0 17811 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18325 0 18325 0 14696 0 14696 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 142 0 1751 0 1751 0 0 0 0 0 29997 0 29997 0 10356 0 10356 0 Program Related Expenditures 334024 334024 0 0 Dues & Subscriptions 52729 0 52729 0 Billable Expenses 41153 0 41153 0 Memberships Licenses and Fees 6344 0 6344 0 6377 0 6377 0 1504389 1058491 409660 0 0 0 0 0 377461 185504 0 0 0 0 89674 60486 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 7782 51776 33495 25129 18281 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29961 5166 4345 497570 306359 6470 7670 0 0 0 0 0 0 39910 41022 0 0 0 40000 0 0 8265 34502 54645 123194 X 342925 -122641 100000 305806 442925 183165 497570 306359 -318944 0 0 0 59184 0 X false false false X 52613 155197 19816 506 8409 236541 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52613 155197 19816 506 8409 236541 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 236541 142 96 45 539 0 822 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 96 45 539 0 822 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 10077 2621 21641 0 34481 52897 165370 22482 22686 8409 271844 0.8701 0.8719 0.003 0.0035 X Part III - Line 12 | Year:, Amount:, Description:| 2021, 142.0000, Interest Income| 2022, 10077Misc Speaking Fees| 2023, 2621Misc Speaking Fees| 2024, 21641Misc Training Income Tax Credits From Taxing Agencies and Insurance Refund For Stolen Office Items| 39909 44431 -43318 41022 true X 51776 33495 18281 18281 CQ recognizes a right-of-use asset and corresponding lease liability for its office lease 29961 Payroll Related Liability 4541 34502 Part I to XII | PartandLinenumber:,Explanation:| Part IV Line 2,Colloqate Design acts as a fiscal sponsor for Design As Protest and Dark Matter University two separate nonprofit initiatives that dont or didnt at the time have their own independent 501c3 status. Under this model donations grants for these programs are received and held by Colloqate on their behalf but the funds belong to the sponsored organizations not to Colloqate itself. On the balance sheet this creates a matched asset liability pair: Assets: the cash sits in Colloqates bank accounts 19,018.17 for Design As Protest + 105,298.58 for Dark Matter University = 124,316.75 Liabilities: Colloqate records a corresponding Fiscal Sponsorship Funds liability of 164,226.14 representing amounts held on behalf of others that Colloqate is obligated to pass through or spend per the sponsorship agreements The liability 164,226.14 is higher than the combined cash balances 124,316.75 by 39,909.39 - this difference is due to timing.| Part III, line 2 During the year the organization undertook several new program services not previously reported: Jane Place HQ - Completed a 5,000 sq ft new construction project for the Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative comprising three units of affordable housing Jane Places headquarters and community gathering space. PCC Opportunity Center - Served as community engagement partner on the Portland Community College Opportunity Center a workforce training facility anchoring Northeast Portlands Cully neighborhood working alongside Bora Architecture & Interiors lead architect AB Cultural Drivers and PLACE Studio landscape architecture. Nature in Neighborhoods - Collaborated on community engagement and participatory design for Metros Nature in Neighborhoods Community Choice Grants a participatory budgeting pilot that resulted in 14 park and nature restoration projects being approved for funding across 6 districts. De Rose Community Bridge - Provided design and engagement support to De Rose Community Bridge and Holistic Wellness a culturally specific nonprofit serving immigrants refugees and unhoused individuals in Portland and Beaverton. Lone Fir Cemetery Block 14 - Began community engagement work on the historic Chinese American burial ground at Lone Fir Cemetery which held nearly 3,000 ancestors before being cleared by Multnomah County in the 1950s. Early engagement gathered community input on ancestor-honoring practices to inform a reparative design approach. York Urban Village - Partnered with the York Collective on the York Urban Village project envisioning housing health cultural and green space for Portlands Black community including the York Urban Village Exhibit and Guilds Lake Diorama unveiled at the Our Rooted Futures event. Environmental Justice CDA-O Training Program - With support from Meyer Memorial Trust advanced environmental justice initiatives to build power with frontline communities and began developing curriculum for a new Community Design Advocates & Organizers CDA O Training Program with a paid program launch planned for 2026. Part III, line 3 During the year the organization concluded or significantly changed several program services: City of St. Louis Workhouse Project - Concluded engagement work reimagining a former city jail and surrounding land in St. Louis which helped build the communitys vision for repurposing the empty workhouse site for community use. Reunion Project - Concluded work on building improvements to community spaces including ideas for improving parks and nature spaces. Nuestra Voz Campus New Orleans - Concluded concept design services for the proposed Nuestra Voz campus a collective effort grounded in Design Justice to center justice in future programming and development. Launch Charter School Project New York City - Concluded collaboration with ARO and Scape providing Design Justice concept design for the Launch Charter School project including groundsetting Design Justice training for the project team. Prospect Collaboration New Orleans - Concluded graphic design and preliminary site plan work in support of three art installations: Keith and Chandras piece in the Lower 9th Ward kai lumumba barrows piece in Mid-City and the Intertribal Collectives piece in Treme including a series of maps. Part VI, Line 11a The governing body will be provided the Form 990 to review Part VI, Line 12c There is a requirement for disclosures of any transactions that are considered conflicts of interest. Part VI, Line 15 The process used to establish compensation of the person who served in:| The year in which this process was last undertaken:| Board of Directors The executive committee of Colloqate Designs board of directors is responsible for reviewing annual performance and salary of the president. 2020 was the year when the salary was reviewed. Part VI, Line 19 There is a requirement for disclosures of any transactions that are considered conflicts of interest. Colloqate has these available upon request. Part IX Line 25 | Explanation:| Professional Development 6,140 and Meals 237 Dark Matter University 1218 Arch Street Philadelphia PA 19107 999999999 Dark Matter Us mission is to reshape the architectural landscape championing social justice PA N/A false Design As Protest 4025 Ulloa Street New Orleans LA 70119 999999999 Design As Protest exists to hold the architecture and design professionals accountable. LA N/A false