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Nonprofits›Designing Justice & Designing Spaces

Crime & Legal-Related

Designing Justice & Designing Spaces

OAKLAND, CA

Website

Total revenue

$3.2M

Total expenses

$4.3M

Net assets

$3.6M

Grants received

$8.7M

32 grants

EIN

812658023

Tax year

2024

Mission

Djds is an architecture and real estate development non-profit working to end mass incarceration.

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$2.7M

Program service revenue$511K

Investment income$2K

Other revenue$3K

Total revenue$3.2M

Expenses

Grants paid—

Salaries & benefits$2.6M

Fundraising$406K

Other expenses$1.6M

Total expenses$4.3M

Total assets$3.7M

Net assets$3.6M

People

14 listed

NameRoleCompensation

DEANNA VAN BUREN

CO-FOUNDER, EXEC DIR, DESIGN DIR

Board

$165K

40 hrs/wk

MARC-ANDREW AGUILERA

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Board

$161K

40 hrs/wk

RASHANDA UDEKWU

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE (START 12/2024)

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

JAMES STOCKARD

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE (THROUGH 12/2024)

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

ANDREA JAMES

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

CHRISTINE JOHNSON

BOARD TREASURER

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

BARB TOEWS PHD

BOARD SECRETARY

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

RAPHAEL SPERRY

BOARD PRESIDENT

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

BRANDI MACK

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Staff

$159K

40 hrs/wk

SHELLEY DAVIS ROBERTS

STUDIO DIRECTOR

Staff

$152K

40 hrs/wk

RACHEL CHUNG

DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT

Staff

$150K

40 hrs/wk

JEAN PAUL ZAPATA

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

Staff

$135K

40 hrs/wk

GARRETT JACOBS

DIR OF STRAT PARTNERSHIPS & BUS DEV

Staff

$131K

40 hrs/wk

LORRAINE NIBUT

FORMER COO (THROUGH 5/2025)

Staff

$102K

40 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 32 of 32

FromAmountPurposeYear

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

$75K

Arts & Culture

2024

THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT

$50K

GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

2024

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

$3.1M

Arts & Culture

2023

THE KRESGE FOUNDATION

$250K

THIS GENERAL OPERATING GRANT SUPPORTS DESIGNING JUSTICE + DESIGNING SPACES' MISSION TO USE CREATIVE PRACTICES AND DESIGN METHODS TO ENGAGE JUSTICE-IMPACTED COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

2023

THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION

$200K

FOR LA COUNTY WORK

2023

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST

$150K

PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

2023

IMPACTASSETSINC

$100K

GENERAL SUPPORT

2023

MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$30K

SUPPORT THE EMBODIED VALUES PROJECT

2023

IMPERFECT FAMILY FOUNDATION

$25K

TO ASSIST IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO USE ARCHITECTURE TO ADDRESS THE RACISM, POVERTY, AND UNEQUAL ACCESS TO RESOURCES CAUSED BY THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM ITSELF.

2023

THE GANT FAMILY FOUNDATION

$10K

SEE STATEMENT #9

2023

LOVE BLDG INCORPORATED

$300K

DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY EVENT SPACE

2022

LOVE BLDG INCORPORATED

$300K

DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY EVENT SPACE

2022

THE FORD FOUNDATION

$250K

GENERAL SUPPORT

2022

THE KRESGE FOUNDATION

$250K

THIS GENERAL OPERATING GRANT SUPPORTS DESIGNING JUSTICE + DESIGNING SPACES' MISSION TO USE CREATIVE PRACTICES AND DESIGN METHODS TO ENGAGE JUSTICE-IMPACTED COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

2022

THE HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION

$200K

FOR LA COUNTY WORK

2022

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

$125K

Arts & Culture

2022

The Kendeda Fund

$100K

General & Unrestricted

2022

THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION

$75K

GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

2022

EVERY MOTHER COUNTS

$55K

TO SUPPORT PREGNANCY POP-UP VILLAGE DURING THEIR SECOND YEAR BY CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONTINUATION AND EXPANSION OF THIS PROJECT, INCLUDING BY INCORPORATING CLINICAL SERVICES AND HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION SERVICES, AS WELL AS THROUGH OUTREACH, ADVERTISING, AND OTHER KEY AREAS OF FOCUS.

2022

SUTTER BAY HOSPITALS

$25K

PROGRAM SUPPORT

2022

COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

$11K

SUPPORT FOR THE AB540/SB68 INTERSEGMENTAL WORKGROUP

2022

THE GANT FAMILY FOUNDATION

$2K

SEE STATEMENT #9

2022

ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC

$1M

GENERAL

2021

THE GANT FAMILY FOUNDATION

$14K

SEE STATEMENT #11

2021

AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

$6K

GENERAL SUPPORT

2021

The Kendeda Fund

$800K

General & Unrestricted

2020

ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC

$700K

GENERAL

2020

THE KRESGE FOUNDATION

$180K

CROSS-TEAM OPERATING SUPPORT TO BOLSTER DESIGNING JUSTICE + DESIGNING SPACES JUSTICE-RELATED CREATIVE PLACEMAKING WORK AND OFFSET EXPENSES RELATED TO PARTICIPATION IN KRESGES CULTURE OF JUSTICE PILOT LEARNING COMMUNITY.

2020

THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT

$167K

SUPPORTING HEALTH-PROMOTING ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION: TO DEVELOP A TOOLKIT AND PILOT CARE CENTER SITE TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING THROUGH ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

2020

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

$60K

Public Safety

2020

THE GANT FAMILY FOUNDATION

$3K

SEE STATEMENT #12

2020

ECHOING GREEN INC

$13K

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