Liabilities / Assets
82nd percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 82% of similar nonprofits.
EIN 46-5172701 • 501(c)3 • Chicago, IL
Profile
DesignHouse is organized to inspire and advance design thinking, technology and manufacturing by leveraging local machines, building skills and the jobs associated with them. DesignHouse:(i) educates the public through lectures, symposia, and workshops; (ii) provides job training to the underprivileged; and (iii) helps create and maintain jobs by cross-educating local manufacturers and designers through education and skills-based projects. DesignHouse also advocates for local manufacturing through DesignforLocal events and education, educates on the design to manufacturing process and prototyping using 3d and other technologies for middle school, high school and college age students, and builds awareness of the new manufacturing careers and jobs: New Collar Careers.
Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.
Liabilities / Assets
82nd percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 82% of similar nonprofits.
Liabilities / Revenue
80th percentile
Higher debt load relative to revenue than 80% of similar nonprofits.
Net Margin
78th percentile
Higher net margin than 78% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
84th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 84% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
96th percentile
Faster asset growth than 96% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
99th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 99% of similar nonprofits.
Assets
Up$36,768
Up $25,735 (+233%) from 2015
Liabilities
Flat$6,781
Flat from 2015
Net Assets
Up$29,987
Up $25,735 (+605%) from 2015
Revenue
Up$102,415
Up $96,115 (+1526%) from 2015
Expenses
Up$76,680
Up $65,760 (+602%) from 2015
Net Income
Up$25,735
Up $30,355 (+657%) from 2015
Most recent year
2016 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
| Balance Sheet | Operations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Assets | Liabilities | Net Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Net Income |
| 2016Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year. | $0.37 | $0.07 | $0.30 | $1.02 | $0.77 | $0.26 |
| 2015Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year. | $0.11 | $0.07 | $0.04 | $0.06 | $0.11 | $0.05 |
| 2014Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year. | $0.17 | $0.08 | $0.15 | $0.06 | $0.09 | |
DesignHouse is organized to inspire and advance design thinking, technology and manufacturing by leveraging local machines, building skills and the jobs associated with them. DesignHouse:(i) educates the public through lectures, symposia, and workshops; (ii) provides job training to the underprivileged; and (iii) helps create and maintain jobs by cross-educating local manufacturers and designers through education and skills-based projects. DesignHouse also advocates for local manufacturing through DesignforLocal events and education, educates on the design to manufacturing process and prototyping using 3d and other technologies for middle school, high school and college age students, and builds awareness of the new manufacturing careers and jobs: New Collar Careers.
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| In 2016, DesignHouse hosted five Design Jams that brought together makers, entrepreneurs, students and designers to learn about design thinking and how it can be used for local innovation. These Design Jams took place in Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburgh and San Francisco and reached 180 people.30 Industrial Design students participated in our DesignforLocal program that provides an extended educational opportunity to university-level students. The students followed DesignHouse's DesignforLocal curriculum to learn more about using local resources to create innovative concepts.DesignHouse also reached 50 low-income high school students through two Design and Manufacturing Residencies, where the students were engage in design thinking exercises and created original concepts that they presented to the group at the end of the workshop.DesignHouse was also part of several larger conversations including participating in the 2016 White House Maker to Manufacturer Summit, hosting a Why Not Local? Chicago Community Trust On the Table event and participated in lectures and talks. Designhouse received the Chicago Community Trust Acting Up award for our work with low-income students. | $55,730 | - |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUSAN PAGE ESTES | Chairman | PT | $0 | - | - |
| TIM FLETCHER | Secretary | - | $0 | - | - |
| PAUL HATCH | Treasurer | - | $0 | - | - |
“$601”
“Office Expenses $599”
“Travel $3816”
“Insurance $650”
“WEB & oNLINE EXPENSES $3372”
“LICENSES $1215”
“SUPPLIES $996”
“Dues and subscriptions $250”
“mentora $200”
“TAXES $138”
“Payable to Officers, Directors, Etc. - Beginning $6781 Payable to Officers, Directors, Etc. - Ending $6781”
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