Nonprofit · EIN 13-3884881
DESIGN TRUST FOR PUBLIC SPACE INC
Tax-exempt · NEW YORK, NY 10013
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,228,261 | $1,106,925 | $121,336 | $1,034,253 | $800,213 | $234,040 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $999,055 | $1,235,499 | -$236,444 | $1,081,347 | $968,671 | $112,676 |
| December 31, 2022 | 990 (amended) | $919,472 | $2,933,754 | -$2,014,282 | $1,319,077 | $969,957 | $349,120 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,049,836
- of which government grants
- $90,750
- Program service revenue
- $254,994
- Investment income
- $30
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$76,599
- Other revenue
- -$76,599
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $147,602
- Other salaries and wages
- $496,505
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $794,526
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Travel
- $14,290
- Depreciation
- $1,505
- Program services (functional)
- $843,616
- Management and general (functional)
- $153,745
- Fundraising (functional)
- $109,564
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,081,347
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,034,253
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $800,213
- Net assets, end of year
- $234,040
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $9,769
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $134,540
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $99,500
- Gross receipts
- $1,324,985
- Employees
- 7
- Year formed
- 1995
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATTHEW CLARKE | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $147,602 |
| DOMINIC RAMOS-RUIZ | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| NICK COLVIN | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ELLEN BAER | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| KARESIA BATAN | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| THEODORE S BERGER | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MATTHEW CASPER | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| R DARBY CURTIS AIA | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| GREG REAVES | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PAUL GANGSEI JD | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| GRANT MARANI AIA FRAIA | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ERIC GURAL | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JERROD DELAINE | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| KATIE SCHWAB | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ZACK MCKOWN FAIA | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
9 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JESSE HERTZBERG | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| THOMAS JANSEN | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| EVE KLEIN ASSOCIATE AIA | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 |
| SUCHI REDDY | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ANDY WILEY-SCHWARTZ | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BARBARA WILKS FAIA FASLA | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ALASTAIR C ELLIOT PE | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JEAN-GABRIEL NEUKOMM | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| GUSTAVO RODRIGUEZ AIA CODIA | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 24 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MATTHEW CLARKE | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $123,367 | $13,524 |
| DOMINIC RAMOS-RUIZ | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| MARC HEIMAN | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ELLEN BAER | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| KARESIA BATAN | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| THEODORE S BERGER | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MATTHEW CASPER | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| R DARBY CURTIS AIA | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SLOAN LEO | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| PAUL GANGSEI JD | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| GRANT MARANI AIA FRAIA | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC GURAL | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JERROD DELAINE | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| KATIE SCHWAB | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ZACK MCKOWN FAIA | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JESSE HERTZBERG | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| THOMAS JANSEN | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| EVE KLEIN ASSOCIATE AIA | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 | $0 |
| SUCHI REDDY | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDY WILEY-SCHWARTZ | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| BARBARA WILKS FAIA FASLA | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ALASTAIR C ELLIOT PE | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JEAN-GABRIEL NEUKOMM | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| GUSTAVO RODRIGUEZ AIA CODIA | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2022: 22 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MATTHEW CLARKE | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $147,000 | $14,229 |
| DOMINIC RAMOS-RUIZ | vice chair Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| MARC HEIMAN | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| PAULA MUELLER | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ANN HARAKAWA | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| THEODORE S BERGER | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MATTHEW CASPER | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| R DARBY CURTIS AIA | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SLOAN LEO | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| PAUL GANGSEI JD | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| GRANT MARANI AIA FRAIA | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC GURAL | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| KATIE SCHWAB | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ZACK MCKOWN FAIA | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC ROTHMAN | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| EVE KLEIN ASSOCIATE AIA | chair Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 | $0 |
| SUCHI REDDY | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDY WILEY-SCHWARTZ | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| BARBARA WILKS FAIA FASLA | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ALASTAIR C ELLIOT PE | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JEAN-GABRIEL NEUKOMM | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| GUSTAVO RODRIGUEZ AIA CODIA | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 40 WORTH ST RM 603, NEW YORK, NY 10013-3094
- In care of
- % SIMON BERTRANG
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- MATTHEW CLARKE, 40 WORTH STREET 603, NEW YORK, NY 10013
- Signed the 990
- MATTHEW CLARKE, Executive Dir.
- Phone
- (212) 695-2432
- Website
- WWW.DESIGNTRUST.ORG
- Return prepared by
- Gary S Eisenkraft CPA
Mission
The Design Trust for Public Space is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the future of public space in New York City. Our projects bring together city agencies, community groups and private sector experts to make a lasting impact - through design - on how New Yorkers live, work and play.
Program accomplishments
- GENERAL PROGRAMThe Design Trust for Public Space is dedicated to the future of public space in New York City. Their projects bring together city agencies, community groups and private sector experts to make a lasting impact through design on how New Yorkers live, work and play.Expenses $429,268 · revenue $81,500
- GREEN SPACE CONNECTIONSGREEN SPACE CONNECTIONS IS A COLLABORATION WITH THE PUBLIC HOUSING COMMUNITY FUND AND THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY (NYCHA) TO CREATE AND ACTIVATE COMMUNITY-DESIGNED GREEN SPACE AT FOUR NYCHA PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS FOR 14,000 RESIDENTS IN BROOKLYN AND THE BRONX.IN 2024, ONE DEVELOPMENT HELD A GROUNDBREAKING EVENT FOR A NEW DOG RUN, TWO DEVELOPMENTS ENTERED THE PROCUREMENT PHASE, AND THE FOURTH DEVELOPMENT ENTERED THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE PROJECT.Expenses $152,810 · revenue $130,000
- OPENING THE EDGEOpening the Edge is a project of the Design Trust, in partnership with the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA); proposed by Artist Jane Greengold to create a new public space in an underutilized grassy area of Lillian Wald Houses on the Lower East Side. In Fall 2024, we hosted a community kickoff event with Wald residents, NYCHA, Council Member Rivera, and the Design Trust team. We hired our contractor for the project and began working with them to align the project with the budget.Expenses $89,855
- PHOTO URBANISMTHE PHOTO URBANISM PROGRAM OFFERS FELLOWSHIPS TO LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHERS TO CREATE A NEW BODY OF WORK ILLUMINATING THE PUBLIC SPACES OF NYC. ON THE GREEN SPACE CONNECTIONS PROJECT TEAM, OUR PHOTO URBANISM FELLOW LATRICIA MORGAN EXPLORES NYCHAS OPEN SPACES AND THE POWER OF RESIDENT-LED COMMUNITY ORGANIZING. THE FINAL EXHIBITION, NYCHA FLOWERS", DOCUMENTS THE INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY AT NYCHA THROUGH PORTRAITURE, BRINGING A LENS OF LUXURY TO HER SUBJECTS AND UPLIFTING THE BEATIFUL BLOOM AND GROWTH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT, COMBINING MIXED-MEDIA AND TEXTURE.IN 2024, DESIGN TRUST HELD A MONTH-LONG FINAL EXHIBITION OF LATRICIA MORGAN'S PHOTOGRAPHS, TITLED "NYCHA FLOWERS", AT THE BRONX COUNCIL ON THE ARTS.Expenses $44,455
- THE NEURODIVERSE CITYTHE NEURODIVERSE CITY SEEKS TO CELEBRATE AND SUPPORT NEURODIVERSITY BY BUILDING A BROAD-BASED COALITION OF SELF-ADVOCATES AND PARTNERS, IDENTIFYING WAYS TO QUANTIFY AND QUALIFY NEUROINCLUSIVE SPACE, PROTOTYPE TACTICAL IMPROVEMENTS AND ADVOCATE FOR MEANINGFUL POLICY CHANGE IN KEY AREAS WHERE THESE IDEAS CAN BE SCALED AND BROADENED.IN 2024, THE PROJECT TEAM CONDUCTED SITE AUDITS AND CO-DESIGNED WORKSHOPS AT THE PROJECT SITES THAT INCLUDED A STREETSCAPE AND PLAYGROUND. THESE THE FINDINGS WILL BE USED TO DESIGN PROTOTYPES FOR MORE INCLUSIVE PRACTICES THAT SUPPORT THE GREATEST RANGE OF PHYSICAL AND NEUROLOGICAL DIFFERENCES.Expenses $40,501
- NEW YORK CITY DESIGNExpenses $35,475 · revenue $43,000
- RESTORATIVE CITYExpenses $26,450
- TURNOUT NYCExpenses $18,306
- NEIGHBORHOOD COMMONSExpenses $6,496
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
- 13-3884881
- 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
- 1996
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C500)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,034,253
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,324,985
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,228,261 | $1,106,925 | $1,034,253 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $999,055 | $1,235,499 | $1,081,347 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $919,472 | $2,933,754 | $1,319,077 | XML |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | 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 13-3884881).
Questions about DESIGN TRUST FOR PUBLIC SPACE INC
- What is the EIN of DESIGN TRUST FOR PUBLIC SPACE INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of DESIGN TRUST FOR PUBLIC SPACE INC is 13-3884881.
- Is DESIGN TRUST FOR PUBLIC SPACE INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1996.
- Are donations to DESIGN TRUST FOR PUBLIC SPACE INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does DESIGN TRUST FOR PUBLIC SPACE 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 TRUST FOR PUBLIC SPACE 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 TRUST FOR PUBLIC SPACE INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of DESIGN TRUST FOR PUBLIC SPACE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names MATTHEW CLARKE.
- Who are the officers and directors of DESIGN TRUST FOR PUBLIC SPACE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 24 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $147,602 (MATTHEW CLARKE, Executive Dir.).
- How much revenue does DESIGN TRUST FOR PUBLIC SPACE INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $1,228,261, expenses of $1,106,925 and total assets of $1,034,253 at year end.
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