Nonprofit · EIN 46-4872638
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTS-DESIGNERS
Also known as IFI
Tax-exempt (reinstated) · NEW YORK, NY 10017
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $129,819 | $153,496 | -$23,677 | $20,066 | $280,031 | -$259,965 |
| December 31, 2022 | 990 | $112,599 | $342,462 | -$229,863 | $9,345 | $245,633 | -$236,288 |
| December 31, 2021 | 990 | $142,284 | $459,286 | -$317,002 | $21,753 | $28,178 | -$6,425 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2023
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $31,970
- Membership dues
- $31,970
- Program service revenue
- $97,849
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $15,800
- Occupancy
- $7,600
- Program services (functional)
- $118,765
- Management and general (functional)
- $34,731
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $9,345
- Total assets, end of year
- $20,066
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $280,031
- Net assets, end of year
- -$259,965
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- -$259,965
- Gross receipts
- $129,819
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 20
- Year formed
- 2014
- 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, 2023, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TESSA BARTHELMY | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $12,000 |
| TATU AHLROOS | PRESIDENT-EL Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SHASHI CAAN | CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 |
| JOE CHAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ARTHUR GUIMARAES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JASON HORTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EMRAH KAYMAK | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| TITI OGUFERE | PAST PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| VICTORIA PLASENCIA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RAJESH SHAH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SEZIN HATICE TANRIOVER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2022: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TESSA BARTHELMY | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $11,000 |
| TATU AHLROOS | PRESIDENT-EL Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SHASHI CAAN | CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 |
| JOE CHAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ARTHUR GUIMARAES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JASON HORTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EMRAH KAYMAK | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| TITI OGUFERE | PAST PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| VICTORIA PLASENCIA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RAJESH SHAH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SEZIN HATICE TANRIOVER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2021: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TESSA BARTHELMY | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $12,000 |
| KAMY ABRARPOUR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TATU AHLROOS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUZIE ATTIWILL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHASHI CAAN | CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 |
| EMRAH KAYMAK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ZAKKIYA KHAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEVE LEUNG | PAST-PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| TITI OGUFERE | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL CRUZ PIZARRO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| VICTORIA PLASENCIA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CARLOS EDUARDO SCHELIGA | PRESIDENT-EL Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SEZIN HATICE TANRIOVER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| URMO VAIKLA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 155 EAST 44TH STREET 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10017-4100
- Principal officer (990 for 2023)
- EMRAH KAYMAK
- Signed the 990
- TESSA BARTHELMY, TREASURER
- Phone
- (212) 884-6275
- Website
- WWW.IFIWORLD.ORG
- Return prepared by
- LEHMAN FLYNN VOLLARO NY CPAS PLLC
Mission
IFI EXISTS TO EXPAND, INTERNATIONALLY AND ACROSS ALL LEVELS OF SOCIETY, THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE/DESIGN PROFESSION THROUGH THE EXCHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE, IN EDUCATION, PRACTICE AND FELLOWSHIP.
Program accomplishments
- WORLD INTERIORS DAY (WID) WORLD INTERIORS DAY (WID) IS AN ANNUAL WORLDWIDE EVENT THAT CELEBRATES INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE/DESIGN AND ITS RELEVEANCE IN PEOPLE'S DAILY LIVES. COMMEMORATED ON THE LAST WEEKEND OF MAY BUT OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE MONTH, THE EVENT ACTIVELY ENGAGES PROFESSIONALS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, DESIGN ENTHUSIASTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO EXPLORE CREATIVITIY, IMAGINATION, VISION AND PASSION IN RELATION TO THE ROLE OF INTERIORS IN SOCIETY, CULTURE AND OUR FUTURE BUILT ENVIORNMENTS. INTERIORS ARE ESSENTIAL TO HUMANITY, FOR THEY HAVE AN IMPACT ON ALL OF OUR DAILY ACTIVITIES. WHETHER IT IS WHERE WE REST, THINK, WORK, PLAY OR CREATE, THE SPACES THAT SURROUND US ARE IMPORTANT TO US, FOR THROUGH THEM WE EXPERIENCE A SENSE OF PLACE, OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE CAN BE. BECAUSE OF THIS EVERYONE SHOULD JOIN US IN THE CELEBRATION OF WID INDIVIDUALS MAY WORK TOGETHER WITH LOCAL AND/OR NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO LINK SMALL SCALE ACTIVITIES TOGETHER TO FORM EVENTS AT A LARGER LEVEL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, STATE OR COUNTRY. EACH WID EDITION FOCUSES ON A SPECIFIC THEME CHOSEN EACH YEAR BY IFI MEMBERSHIP TO REFLECT THE VALUES OF THE INTERIORS COMMUNITY. IFI'S WORLD INTERIORS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION (WING) IFI'S WORLD INTERIORS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION (WING) IS A WORLDWIDE COMPETITION DESIGNED TO ENGAGE EMERGING INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE/DESIGN TALENT. WING AIMS TO INSPIRE, CULTIVATE AND SUPPORT THE NEXT GENERATIONS OF DESIGNERS FOR THEIR WORK AS CREATIVE, RENOWNED AND WELL-RESPECTED PROFESSIONALS. FIRST INITIATED IN 1999 AS A 3-DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP, WING HAS SINCE ENVOLVED INTO AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION THAT PROMOTES THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND INSPIRES CREATIVITY AMONGST YOUNG INTERIORS STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS. ENTRANTS ARE ENCOURAGED, BUT NOT REQUIRED, TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH PROFESIONAL MENTORS, EDUCATORS AND LOCAL ARTISTS/CARFTSMEN THROUGHOUT THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. BY INITIATING AN IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION OF GLOBAL DESIGN PRACTICE AND ITS COMPENORARY RELEVANCE, WING ENCOURAGES AN UNLEASHING OF THE IMAGINATION AND INSPIRES YOUNG DESIGNERS TO EMBRACE THE UNLIMTED POSSIBILITIES OF DESIGN INNOVATION. YOUNG INTERIOR ARCHITECTS/DESIGNERS AND PLACE-MAKERS ARE CALLED UPON TO SUBMIT SOLUTIONS THAT BUILD UPON THE CRITERIA FOR A UNIFIED DESIGN PROFESSION AS ESTABLISHED BY THE IFI INTERIORS DECLARATION. DESIGN SUBMISSIONS ARE EVALUATED AND SELECTED BY AN INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP JURY OF INTERIORS PROFESSIONALS. WINNERS ARE SELECTED BASED ON THEIR UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION AND CAPACITY TO INCORPORATE THE VALUE, RELEVANCE, RESPONSIBILITY, CULTURE, BUSINESS, KNOWLEDGE AND IDENTITY OF INTERIOR DESIGN PRACTICE FOR A GLOBAL AUDIENCE. THE PRIZE INCLUDES AN ALL-EXPENSES-PAID TRAVEL AND ACCOMODATIONS TO ATTEND THE NEXT AND UPCOMING BIENNIAL IFI CONGRESS AND IFI GENERAL ASSEMBLY (GA), WHERE WINNERS ARE CEREMONIOUSLY AWARDED AND REQUIRED TO MAKE A SHORT PRESENTATION TO DELEGATES OF THE IFI GA. TAKING PLACE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD REGION/NATION EVERY TWO YEARS, WING WINNERS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS IMPORTANT WORLD DESIGN INTERIORS SUMMIT. AS PART OF THIS PRIZE, IFI OFFERS WING WINNERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN STIMULATING PROGRAMS AND EXCITING SOCIAL EVENTS WITH WORLD-CLASS INOVATORS AND CREATIVE PROFESSIONAS. INTERIORS DECLARATION ADOPTIONS (IDA) THE IFI INTERIORS DECLARATION (IFI IDA) IS A CONSENSUS-BASED VISION/MISSION STATEMENT OF THE PURPOSE AND VALUE OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE/DESIGN, ASSERTING THAT BY DESIGN, INTERIORS OPTIMALLY SUPPORT HUMANITY IN ALL OF ITS FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES. THIS DECLARATION FORMS A UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT THAT ESTABLISHES THE ESSENTIAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THE INTERIORS DISCIPLINE AND ITS ADVANCEMENT WORLDWIDE. THE IDEAS CONTAINED IN THE DECLARATION PROVIDE CLEAR GOALS FOR INTERIORS PROFESSIONALS AND AFFECT THE FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING AND SHAPING OF OUR PRACTICE, ITS EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, AND THE OUTCOMES REQUIRED OF OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITY, SOCIETY AND CULTURE. THE IFI INTERIORS DECLARATION WAS FIRST PRESENTED IN THE DESIGN FRONTIERS: THE INTERIORS ENTITY (DFIE) GLOBAL SYMPOSIUM HELD IN FEBRUARY 2011 IN NEW YORK CITY (USA). ORGANIZED BY IFI AND CO-SPONSORED BY THE COOPER HEWITT NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, AND SUPPORTED BY THE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN, THE SYMPOSIM MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY OVER ONE HUNDRED SYMPOSIUM DELEGATES FROM THIRTY COUNTRIES COUNTING AMOUNT THEM SOME OF THE WORLD'S LEADING DESIGN AUTHORITIES, INNOVATORS, BUSINESS LEADERS AND STRATEGIC THINKIERS. THIS MOMENTOUS GATHERING CULMINATED IN THE SIGNING OF THE FORMAL IFI INTERIORS DECLARATION, A FIRST IN THE HISTORY OF TH EINTERIORS' PROFESSION. SINCE THEN, 126 CITIES AND NATIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE ADOPTED THE IFI INTERIORS DECLARATION TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO FURTHER INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE/DESIGN, IMPROVING THE LIFE-QUALITY OF THEIR COMMUNITIES BY PROMOTING INTERIORS THAT FACILITATE AND NURTURE ALL HUMAN ACTIVITIES.
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 | Not on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 46-4872638
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 2018
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Community improvement and capacity building (S41)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $20,066
- Income (IRS master file)
- $129,819
Revocation and reinstatement
- Exemption revoked
- May 15, 2017
- Posted by the IRS
- November 7, 2017
- Reinstated
- Effective May 15, 2017
From the IRS automatic revocation list: organizations that did not file a required return or e-Postcard for three consecutive years.
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2023 | $129,819 | $153,496 | $20,066 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $112,599 | $342,462 | $9,345 | XML |
| 990 | December 2021 | $142,284 | $459,286 | $21,753 | XML |
| 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 46-4872638).
Questions about INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTS-DESIGNERS
- What is the EIN of INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTS-DESIGNERS?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTS-DESIGNERS is 46-4872638.
- Is INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTS-DESIGNERS tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS revoked its exemption on May 15, 2017 and reinstated it effective May 15, 2017.
- Are donations to INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTS-DESIGNERS tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTS-DESIGNERS 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 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTS-DESIGNERS 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 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTS-DESIGNERS last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2023.
- Who is the principal officer of INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTS-DESIGNERS?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2023 names EMRAH KAYMAK.
- Who are the officers and directors of INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTS-DESIGNERS?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2023 lists 11 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $12,000 (TESSA BARTHELMY, TREASURER).
- How much revenue does INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTS-DESIGNERS have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2023 it reported revenue of $129,819, expenses of $153,496 and total assets of $20,066 at year end.
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