Nonprofit · EIN 13-3519830
DESIGN HISTORY FOUNDATION INC
Tax-exempt · SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $523,634 | $709,542 | -$185,908 | $1,033,725 | $36,489 | $997,236 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,418,785 | $548,218 | $870,567 | $1,205,156 | $31,394 | $1,173,762 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $515,623
- Program service revenue
- $1,865
- Investment income
- $6,146
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $169,232
- Other salaries and wages
- $299,973
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $561,022
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $6,200
- Travel
- $24,197
- Program services (functional)
- $615,637
- Management and general (functional)
- $61,799
- Fundraising (functional)
- $32,106
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,205,156
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,033,725
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $36,489
- Net assets, end of year
- $997,236
- Publicly traded securities
- $253,847
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $340,260
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $656,976
- Gross receipts
- $523,634
- Employees
- 6
- Volunteers
- 15
- Year formed
- 1983
- State of legal domicile
- NY
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 December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy Levinson | Executive Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $169,232 | $17,890 |
| Harrison S Fraker | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Marilyn J Taylor | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Joe Day | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Liska Chan | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Barbara Bestor | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| David Smiley | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Curtis Cravens | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Christoph Lindner | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Alan G Thomas | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Richard Sommer | Chair Director Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Deborah Gans | Co-Chair Director Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Anya Sirota | Co-Chair Director Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Frederick R Steiner | Director Development Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Rosalie Genevro | Director Vice-Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Yoos | Director Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 59 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy Levinson | Executive Director Trustee or director | 40 | $152,176 | $9,135 |
| Quilian Riano | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Brent Ryan | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Amy Murphy | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Adrian Parr | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Andrew Chin | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Rosalie Genevro | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Curtis Cravens | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Hugh Campbell | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| CL Bohannon | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Juan Du | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Karla M Britton | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Eric McDougall | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert A Gonzalez | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Christopher John Webster | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Karen Lutsky | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Amy Kulper | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Alan G Thomas | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Rashida Ng | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Charles Rice | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Raymond | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Patricia Oliver | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Samuel Zipp | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Yoos | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Heather Woofter | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Robyn Phipps | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Siddhartha Sen | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Anna Georas Santos | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Linda C Samuels | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Bradford Grant | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Carla Jackson Bell | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Rodolphe el-Khoury | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Rasmus Gronbaek Hansen | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Deborah Berke | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Ming Fung | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Inaki Alday | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Marta Gutman | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Mary Anne Alabanza Akers | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Joe Day | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Anya Sirota | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Marshall Brown | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Liska Chan | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jonathan Marvel | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Frederick R Steiner | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| David Smiley | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| James M Bassett | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Mallika Bose | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Lawrence J Vale | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Andres Jaque | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Peter MacKeith | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jonathan Massey | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Barbara Bestor | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Julie Ju-Youn Kim | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Louise Mozingo | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Harrison S Fraker | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Richard Sommer | Co-President Director Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Marilyn J Taylor | Director Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Christoph Lindner | Co-President Director Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Deborah Gans | Co-President Director Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 912 COLE STREET 171, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117-4316
- In care of
- % NANCY LEVINSON
- Signed the 990
- NANCY LEVINSON, Executive Director
- Phone
- (415) 370-2897
- Website
- www.placesjournal.org
- Return prepared by
- John M Monticone CPA
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 13-3519830 or by the name DESIGN HISTORY FOUNDATION INC.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
Design History Foundation Inc. publishes an electronic journal, Places. It is intended to educate the public in the ways in which buildings, landscapes, regulations and patterns of use affect our daily lives.
Program accomplishments
- Design History Foundation publishes a free-access, online journal, Places. It is an interdisciplinary journal of contemporary architecture, landscape and urbanism that focuses on the public realm as both physical space and social ideal. It is dedicated to advancing greater awareness of the expansive value of design research and practice, with the ultimate goal of promoting sustainable cities, innovative architecture and healthy landscapes. The journal has created a multi-platform editorial space that bridges between the immediacy and scope of serious journalism with the precision and depth of scholarship, reinvigorating the tradition of the public intellectual. It has also created a searchable archive of all its 41-year history of content.Expenses $615,637 · revenue $1,865
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 13-3519830
- 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
- 1993
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A400)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,033,725
- Income (IRS master file)
- $523,634
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $523,634 | $709,542 | $1,033,725 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,418,785 | $548,218 | $1,205,156 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $541,789 | $403,730 | $304,381 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | 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 13-3519830).
Questions about DESIGN HISTORY FOUNDATION INC
- What is the EIN of DESIGN HISTORY FOUNDATION INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of DESIGN HISTORY FOUNDATION INC is 13-3519830.
- Is DESIGN HISTORY FOUNDATION INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1993.
- Are donations to DESIGN HISTORY FOUNDATION INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does DESIGN HISTORY FOUNDATION INC 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 HISTORY FOUNDATION INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did DESIGN HISTORY FOUNDATION INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who are the officers and directors of DESIGN HISTORY FOUNDATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 16 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $169,232 (Nancy Levinson, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does DESIGN HISTORY FOUNDATION INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $523,634, expenses of $709,542 and total assets of $1,033,725 at year end.
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