DESIGN FOR AMERICA INC
EIN 87-4502997 · Educational Services (B90)
What they do
DESIGN for AMERICA INC. FULFILLS ITS MISSION BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL TRAINING to EQUIP COLLEGE and UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WITH INNOVATIVE SKILLS to ALLOW THEN to TACKLE SOCIAL CHALLENGES ON CAMPUS and BEYOND. IT DELIVERS EDUCATION and TRAINING THROUGH A SIX-STAGE DESIGN PROCESS. FOLLOWING THE TRAINING, STUDENTS RECEIVE CONTINUED SUPPORT WITH REMOTE COACHING and ADVICE AS THEY COMPLETE COMMUNITY PROJECTS. STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE A LAUNCH PROCESS to QUALIFY AS A DESIGN for AMERICA STUDIO. THE LAUNCH PROCESS INCLUDES STUDENTS SHARING THEIR SPECIFIC INTEREST WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS NATIONAL OFFICE THROUGH AN INTAKE FORM, RECRUITING OTHER STUDENTS for THE STUDIO, IDENTIFYING AN ON-CAMPUS FACULTY ADVISOR, LEARNING THE DESIGN for AMERICA PROCESS THROUGH EDUCATION and TRAINING, and COMPLETING A COMMUNITY PROJECT.
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SHARON KLOTSEXECUTIVE DI
CHRIS KASABACHPRESIDENT
JEANNE C OLIVERCO-CHAIR
JOHN N IRWIN IIICO-CHAIR
KRISTIN WISNEWSKIMEMBER
LIZ GERBER PHDMEMBER/FOUND
STUART H WATSONTREASURER/SE
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2026
- Location
- 233 BROADWAY 27TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10279
- County
- New York
- In care of
- CHRIS KASABACH
- Primary officer
- CHRIS KASABACH, PRESIDENT
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2023
- Tax period began
- June 1, 2023
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- REID TAX & ADVISORY SERVICES LLC
- NTEE classification
- Educational Services (B90)
- IRS tax category
- Educational Services
- Revocation date
- October 15, 2024