California · Nonprofit
GIVING DESIGN
GIVING DESIGN (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,578 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($7,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $137k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $24k
What Giving Design does
Mission
Giving Design works to create healing environments by making design and architectural services and products available to non-profit organizations that provide a community benefit by improving health and well-being. We do this by partnering with businesses, skilled volunteers and other non-profits to connect design beneficiaries with the services, products and labor they need. Our mission is to connect the skills and resources of our design community with those who might not otherwise have financial access to design's positive impact.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Design Services Provided to Special Service for Groups (SSG) Company for the development of mental health service programs at three building locations in Los Angeles. Their intention is to modify these properties to enable them to be permitted for use as licensable unlocked Mental Health Rehabilitation Center (MHRC) facilities. Deliverable: Tabular and narrative documentation of the building space program, including room-by-room quantity and areas, and diagrams to describe relationship of project components and operational criteria of the care services you intend to provide and the related support facilities they require. Prepared architectural and engineering design with Schematic Design-level documents, to include plans and narrative to establish type and quality, to describe in detail the scope and character of the feasible project for pricing. Deliverable: Final Basis of Design Report. This was completed by Giving Design at a very discounted rate for the Client - SSG
$79,557 spent93% of program spendingDesign Services provided design services to Conejo Free Clinic in support of their expansion into the adjacent Suite 101. Investigation of property, buildings, equipment and environs. included observation of the general condition of existing structures, the layout and uses of their spaces, and documentation of conditions that may affect future use options. Interview (via on-line meetings) with Conejo Free Clinic staff to obtain information about the anticipated programs and services to be provided in the future. This interview will result in a space program for your use to review and approval. Upon approval of the space program, we prepared tests to fit plans for their review and approval. These test to fits were based on their goals and needs for expansion into the adjacent suite. Upon approval of the test to fit plans we developed an interior rendering and a concept materials and furniture plan for approval. We utilized these documents to develop a Rough Order or Magnitude Cost and Anticipated Schedule for completion. This was completed by Giving Design at a very discounted rate for the Client -Conejo Free Clinic.
$292 spent0% of program spendingDesign Service provided to Cayenne Wellness Center in Glendale, CA - Preliminary Design Concept Initial site meeting with Cayenne to acquaint Giving Design with the project and premises. We conducted virtual meetings (over Zoom) to establish and confirm space utilization to meet their specific functional requirements. (Example: anticipated room uses, furniture needs, electrical location needs, privacy needs, lighting needs, storage requirements etc.) This resulted in a document called Space Program. We developed a Design Concept based on the Space Program to validate the way their functional needs are accommodated in the building. This test fit offered alternatives for space utilization. We conducted Furniture Meetings via Zoom to review plans for furniture layout options using eco-friendly furniture products and biophilic elements. We provided them with a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) cost evaluation of construction, furniture and art as a guide for project budgeting. We provided an anticipated schedule estimate for the project. This was completed by Giving Design at a very discounted rate for the Client -Cayenne Wellness Center.
$5,888 spent7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $85,737.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $36.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of GIVING DESIGN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
GIVING DESIGN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund GIVING DESIGN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 99% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of GIVING DESIGN's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
GIVING DESIGN runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like GIVING DESIGN
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GIVING DESIGN: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GIVING DESIGN?
- GIVING DESIGN (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,578 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($7,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GIVING DESIGN have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $7,578 in grants to GIVING DESIGN, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIVING DESIGN?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $7,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIVING DESIGN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing