DESIGNED FUTURE

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $255K · expenses $229K · assets $702K

EIN
47-2111027
Address
551 PINE AVE NW, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49504-5020
Website
WWW.DESIGNEDFUTURE.ORG
NTEE code
P20
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
March 2015 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
Principal officer
Julie Dankovich (its 2018 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2018 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

DESIGNED FUTURE IS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT OFFERS REALISTIC AND PRACTICAL RESOURCES TO CLIENTS BURDENED WITH COMPLEX SOCIAL ISSUES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, RECOVERY AND ABUSE, AND POVERTY.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Julie Dankovich EXECUTIVE DI2019-2025 $38,000$198,625 1
Robert Dykema TREASURER2021-2025 $0$27,972 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

6 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Joseph Berlin VICE CHAIR2022-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Doug Gaddy VICE PRESIDE2019-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Mindy Klein BOARD CHAIR2019-2025 3 $0 reported 1
Brenda Mcwaters SECRETARY2024-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Jennifer Feuerstein (former) BOARD CHAIR2019-2023 0 $0 reported 1
Mike Tamm (former) TREASURER2019-2020 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $38K · 6 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JULIE DANKOVICH EXECUTIVE DI40 $38,000$0$0 $38,0001
JOSEPH BERLIN VICE CHAIR1 $0$0$0 $01
ROBERT DYKEMA TREASURER2 $0$0$0 $01
DOUG GADDY VICE PRESIDE2 $0$0$0 $01
MINDY KLEIN BOARD CHAIR3 $0$0$0 $01
BRENDA MCWATERS SECRETARY2 $0$0$0 $01
2024 · 6 people listed · 2 paid, $66K · 5 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JULIE DANKOVICH EXECUTIVE DI40 $37,692$0$0 $37,6921
ROBERT DYKEMA TREASURER6 $27,972$0$0 $27,9721
JOSEPH BERLIN VICE CHAIR3 $0$0$0 $01
DOUG GADDY VICE PRESIDE1 $0$0$0 $01
MINDY KLEIN BOARD CHAIR2 $0$0$0 $01
BRENDA MCWATERS SECRETARY1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $30K · 2 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JULIE DANKOVICH EXECUTIVE DI45 $30,385$0$0 $30,3851
JOSEPH BERLIN PRESIDENT0 $0$0$0 $01
ROBERT DYKEMA TREASURER5 $0$0$0 $01
JENNIFER FEUERSTEIN BOARD CHAIR0 $0$0$0 $01
DOUG GADDY VICE PRESIDE0 $0$0$0 $01
MINDY KLEIN FIRST VICE P0 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $33K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JULIE DANKOVICH PRESIDENT40 $30,000-$2,548 $32,5481
JENNIFER FEUERSTEIN SECRETARY1 $0-- $01
MINDY KLEIN DIRECTOR1 $0-- $01
DOUG GADDY DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
ROBERT DYKEMA TREASURER2 $0-- $01
JOSEPH BERLIN DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
2021 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $30K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JULIE DANKOVICH EXECUTIVE DI50 $30,000-- $30,0001
JENNIFER FEUERSTEIN BOARD CHAIR2 $0-- $01
MINDY KLEIN 1ST VICE PRE1 $0-- $01
DOUG GADDY VICE PRESIDE0 $0-- $01
ROBERT DYKEMA TREASURER0 $0-- $01
2020 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $30K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JULIE DANKOVICH EXECUTIVE DI40 $30,000-- $30,0001
JENNIFER FEUERSTEIN BOARD CHAIR0 $0-- $01
MINDY KLEIN 1ST VICE PRE0 $0-- $01
DOUG GADDY VICE PRESIDE0 $0-- $01
MIKE TAMM TREASURER0 $0-- $01
2019 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JULIE DANKOVICH EXECUTIVE DI40 $0-- $01
JENNIFER FEUERSTEIN BOARD CHAIR10 $0-- $01
MINDY KLEIN 1ST VICE PRE5 $0-- $01
DOUG GADDY VICE PRESIDE5 $0-- $01
MIKE TAMM TREASURER5 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$254,553$229,254 $702,186$230,045 $28,630$219,457 $38,0006-
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$229,002$221,431 $699,399$204,746 $43,969$184,384 $65,6345-
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$211,087$170,208 $715,094$197,175 $44,157$166,034 $30,3852-
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$187,646$133,611 $492,851$156,296 $48,881$138,540 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$148,791$86,851 $276,957$102,261 $42,825$105,959 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$100,951$90,983 $222,287$40,321 $14,741$86,210 ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$89,430$58,014 $218,712$30,353 -$89,430 ---

Funders of this organization

3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $6,191 in all, tax years 2016 to 2022. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC DAF sponsor Exact 2016 1$5,000 2016$5,000
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LPL FINANCIAL FOUNDATION INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “DESIGNED FUTURE” 2021-2022 2$1,000 2022$500
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “DESIGNED FUTURE” 2020-2021 2$191 2021$120
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Where the money went

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2025 · Form 990 · $229,254 spent · pay $84,378 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Occupancy $41,147$40,492$655- 17.9%
Other salaries and wages $39,576$35,618$3,958- 17.3%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $38,000$20,000$18,000- 16.6%
Interest $29,798$26,818$2,980- 13.0%
Depreciation and depletion $16,150$16,150-- 7.0%
Insurance $9,947-$9,947- 4.3%
Other (as described)HOUSE SUPPLIES $9,853$9,853-- 4.3%
Fees: accounting $7,592-$7,592- 3.3%
Other (as described)LAB EXPENSE $7,106$7,106-- 3.1%
Payroll taxes $6,802$4,762$1,020$1,020 3.0%
Other (as described)OTHER BUSINESS EXPENSES $6,000-$6,000- 2.6%
Office expenses $5,232-$5,232- 2.3%
Other (as described)SMALL FURNITURE & APPLIAN $4,908$4,908-- 2.1%
Fees: other services $3,817$3,435$382- 1.7%
Travel $1,716-$1,716- 0.7%
All other expenses $1,610$1,565$45- 0.7%
Total$229,254100%

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2024 · Form 990 · $221,431 spent · pay $103,603 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $65,634$17,692$47,942- 29.6%
Occupancy $34,093$34,093-- 15.4%
Other salaries and wages $29,408$26,467$2,941- 13.3%
Interest $27,706$24,935$2,771- 12.5%
Depreciation and depletion $23,495-$23,495- 10.6%
Payroll taxes $8,561$5,993$1,284$1,284 3.9%
Other (as described)HOUSE SUPPLIES $8,323$8,323-- 3.8%
Fees: accounting $4,430-$4,430- 2.0%
Other (as described)LAB EXPENSE $3,687$3,687-- 1.7%
Fees: other services $3,666-$3,666- 1.7%
Office expenses $3,326-$3,326- 1.5%
Other (as described)SMALL FURNITURE & APPLIAN $3,134$3,134-- 1.4%
Other (as described)BANK CHARGES $2,362-$2,362- 1.1%
Travel $1,854-$1,854- 0.8%
All other expenses $1,752$1,164$588- 0.8%
Total$221,431100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $170,208 spent · pay $64,753 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $30,385$15,385$15,000- 17.9%
Other salaries and wages $29,141$21,856$7,285- 17.1%
Occupancy $28,482$28,482-- 16.7%
Interest $20,207$18,186$2,021- 11.9%
Depreciation and depletion $13,559-$13,559- 8.0%
Fees: accounting $11,250$8,437$2,813- 6.6%
Other (as described)HOUSE SUPPLIES $6,856$6,856-- 4.0%
Payroll taxes $5,227$3,767$730$730 3.1%
Insurance $5,061$4,555$506- 3.0%
Other (as described)LAB EXPENSE $4,193$4,193-- 2.5%
Office expenses $3,984-$3,984- 2.3%
Other (as described)SMALL FURNITURE & APPLIAN $3,725$3,725-- 2.2%
Other (as described)BANK CHARGES $3,443-$3,443- 2.0%
Fees: other services $2,440$1,830$610- 1.4%
All other expenses $1,242$738$504- 0.7%
Travel $941-$941- 0.6%
Advertising and promotion $72-$72- 0.0%
Total$170,208100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $133,611 spent · pay $45,748 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $53,607 40.1%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $45,748 34.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $26,351 19.7%
Fees to independent contractors $7,905 5.9%
Total$133,611100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $86,851 spent · pay $32,492 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $32,492 37.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $29,462 33.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $16,245 18.7%
Fees to independent contractors $8,652 10.0%
Total$86,851100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $90,983 spent · pay $32,748 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $33,784 37.1%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $32,748 36.0%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $17,894 19.7%
Fees to independent contractors $6,557 7.2%
Total$90,983100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $58,014 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $28,052 48.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $26,300 45.3%
Fees to independent contractors $3,662 6.3%
Total$58,014100%

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