Annual Report 2011
design for HUMANKIND
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Contents
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Letter from the President
How We Work
Our Growth
Practice Areas
Design Fellowshp Program
Chapter Network
Donors & Sponsors
Financial Postion
About Design for Mankind
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This year Design for Humankind celebrates its 10th anniversary. What began as a simple idea to provide design services to communities in need has transformed into an interna-tional non-profit building change in dozens of countries.
Over the past decade Design for Humankind has become one of the world’s largest and most credible design organizations. Today, more than a quarter of a million people are liv-ing, teaching, healing and gathering in buildings designed by our design fellows, chapter members and volunteers. I am truly inspired by all the design professionals who come for-ward to dedicate their time and expertise where they are most urgently needed. Each proj-ect we undertake reaffirms my belief in the power of design to create a more sustainable future. In times of great need, solutions are needed more urgently than ever. Two-thirds of the world lives in sub-standard living conditions without access to clean water or sanita-tion. This requires new thinking - local solutions that can be adapted locally and globally.
As we enter into our second decade we are embarking on our first ever capacity-building campaign. Through this campaign we in tend to double our budget and impact. Building capacity will help us expand our network, develop stronger online tools, better support our chapters, respond more quickly in times of great need and reach out to local builders around the world. Design is the ultimate renewable resource. Together, we can continue to build a better future.
Cheers,
Design is truly the
medium of change.
It allows us to see a
future we may not have
thought possible —- and
to build it.
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How We Work
Design is important to every aspect of our lives.
It informs the places in which we live, work, learn,
heal and gather.
Through thoughtful, inclusive design we
create lasting change in communities by
focusing on the following practice areas:
Poverty Alleviation Providing access to water, sanitation, power and essential services.
Disaster Mitigation and Reconstruction Bringing safe shelter to communities prone to disaster and displaced populations.
Post-Conflict Community Building Rebuilding community and creating neutral spaces for dialogue in post-conflict areas.
Design for At-Risk Populations Creating spaces to meet the needs of those with disabilities and other at-risk populationsAddressing Climate Change Reducing the footprint of the built environment and mitigating the effects of rapid urbanization in unplanned settlements.
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Our Growth
3,000
participants
24,000
newsletter subscriptions
2 volunteers
3 staff
10 staff
13 full-time
staff
1,250 designers worldwide
1,500 international
design team
20 affiliates
in 5 countries
53 affiliates
in 12 countries
71 affiliates in
19 countries
1 cellphone
1 laptop4 sq. feet
of office
space
48,000 newsletter
subscriptions
61,000 newsletter
subscriptions
7,000 participants
9,000+ participants
1999 : 0 2004 : 27,000 2009 : 700,000 2011 : 950,000
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Practice Areas
We engage all stakeholders in the design process. We believe our cli-
ents are designers in their own right. Each year 10,000 people di-
rectly benefit from structures created by Design for Humankind.
Our advocacy, training and outreach programs impact an additional
50,000 people annually. We channel the resources of the global fund-
ing community to meaningful projects that make a difference locally.
From conception to completion, we manage all aspects of the design
and construction process. Our clients include community groups, aid
organizations, housing developers, government agencies, corporate
divisions, and foundations.
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Location: Burma (Myanmar)
Design Team: Suchon Mallikamarl, Kidsada Polsup, Tee Angkasuwapa and Nattawut Usavago
Project Partners: Asso-ciation of Southeast Asian Nations, Tripartite Core Group and Thai Embassy
Funding Agent: Architec-ture for Humanity
Date: May 2008 - Present
Website: www.openarchi-tecturenetwork.org/myan-mar
This multipurpose women’s community center was designed through handson design workshops with the community of Nadukupam that was devastated by the 2006 Southeast Asian Tsunami. The center serves as a safe meeting and skills-training space for women and is also a focal point of celebration and learning for the community. This is one of three women’s centers built in India. The building was constructed using pri-marily Compressed Stabilized Earth Bricks, which are biodegradable, and non-polluting (very little energy is consumed in their production).
Location: Nadukupam, Tamil Nadu, India
Design Team: Purnima Mc-Cutcheon, Architecture for Humanity Design Fellow
Project Partners: Parvathy (Community Coordinator), Pitchandikulam Forest, Auroville
Funding Agent: Quaker Ser-vice Australia and Architec-ture for Humanity
Date: May 2007 – April 2008
Website:www.openarchitec-turenetwork.org/node/1003
Nadukupam Vangala Women’s Center Cyclone Nargis Rebuilding in Myanmar
Design for Humankind has supported a number of construction profes-sionals in Myanmar and Thailand to assist with rebuilding efforts after Cyclone Nargis. Working with ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), a local design team has engaged in community design work-shops in the village of Nyaung Wine to do preliminary site analysis and develop designs for several community structures. The primary goal is to elevate construction standards and incorporate green building with disaster mitigation techniques into existing buildings to prevent future destruction.
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Location: Village of Bikongozo, District of Rukungiri, Uganda
Design Team: Matt Miller, Design for Humankind Fellow
Project Partners: Project H Design
Funding Agent: Nyaka AIDS Foundation
Date: February 2008 – November 2008
Website: www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/kut-amba
Location: South Africa, Na-mibia, Kenya, Mali, Rwan-da and Ghana
Design Team: arG Design; Nina Maritz and Paul Munting, Andrew Grem-ley and Isaac Mugumbule, and Habib Sisoko
Project Partners: street-footballworld
Funding Agent: FIFA
Date: October 2008 - Present
Website: http://openarchi-tecturenetwork.org/proj-ects/football_for_hope
Football for Hope
Design for Humankind has partnered with FIFA and streetfootballworld to help design and build Football for Hope Centers to benefit socio-ec-onomically disadvantaged African communities as part of the official campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, “20 Centres for 2010.” The goals of the campaign are to promote best practices in the fields of Health Promotion, Peace Building, Children’s Rights & Education, Anti-Discrim-ination & Social Integration and the Environment by bringing together, advising, supporting and strengthening sustainable social and human development programs through football (soccer).
Kutamba AIDS Orphans School
The Kutamba Primary School is a community-based organization im-plementing elementary education facilities for children orphaned by the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the Rukungiri district of Southern Uganda.
The project includes the design and construction of a school facility with classrooms, offices, kitchen/dining spaces, library, infirmary/nurse’s space, and play space. The design takes advantage of renewable energy systems, local materials and building methods, and context-sensitive systems solutions. The construction took place on-site as a means to educate the community on the building and maintenance processes.
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“The land we bought was literally ‘the site from hell.’
Design for Humankind’s architecture fellow managed
to design classrooms that we will be able to replicate
on any site. I really think it could be the best built
school in rural Uganda.” —
Carol Auld, Kutamba AIDS Orphans School,
Bikongozo, Uganda
Design Fellowship Program
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Design Fellow Profiles
Isaac Mugumbule, Designer
Country: Kampala, Uganda
Project: SIDAREC
Project Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Oana Stanescu, Designer
Country: Resita, Romania
Project: Football for Hope
Location: Khayelitsha Township,
Cape Town, South Africa
Design Fellows collaborate with communities to develop thoughtful,
innovative design solutions to address urgent needs and see rough
sketches all the way through construction. They volunteer their time
and Design for Humankind provides support and mentoring to ensure
that the experience is positive both for the design fellow and the
community they serve.
I was looking for an opportunity where I could positively impact the lives of people using the knowledge and skills I have been equipped with over my years of study. Being a design fellow has been very rewarding and an eye opening experience. By interacting with in-dividuals and communities as a whole I was able to see, share and experience the problems faced by the communities. As a design fellow, I always challenge myself to look for solutions or ideas when faced with a problem. The best part about being Design for Humankind fellow is that I get to work with other dynamic indi-viduals that have a similar drive and commit-ment to getting the job done.
I must say before this experience I couldn’t really imagine how a building could have an impact at a bigger scale. I was skeptical since I used to be on the opposite end and had wit-nessed many failed attempts to do this. But then you see the joy in the kids’ eyes in Khay-elitsha when you tell them about the center and their excitement when you take the time to understand them. There is potential and de-termination to give these kids a purpose in life and keep them off the streets and give their parents hope that their kids are going to have it better. They are not skeptical but believe in our work. And when the first parent thanks you for simply being here, something shifts and your understanding of the responsibili-ties as an architect and human being come to-gether. Not only can we make a difference, but it’s our responsibility to do so. No more hiding behind CAD!
This program enables Design for Humankind to achieve its on-
the-ground impact in communities around the world, expose
emerging designers to challenging experiences in communitydriv-
en architecture, and ensures our organization as a whole remains
on the cutting edge of community development and good design.
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Adelaide,
Australia
Auckland,
New
Zealand
Barcelona,
Spain
Berlin,
Germany
Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Dublin,
Ireland
Genoa,
Italy
London,
United
Kingdom
Quito,
Ecuador
New
Delhi,
India
4,650 Volunteers
53 Chapters
12 Countries
Montreal,
Canada
Ames IA, Anchorage AK, Atlanta GA,
Austin TX, Blacksburg VA, Boise ID,
Boston MA, Charleston SC, Charlotte NC,
Chicago IL, Cleveland OH, Dallas-Fort
Worth TX, Denver CO, Detroit MI, Fargo
ND, Fayetteville AR, Indianapolis IN,
Kansas City MO, Knoxville TN, Lexington
KY, Los Angeles CA, Miami FL, Minne-
apolis MN, Nashville TN, New York NY, —
Philadelphia PA, Ruston LA, Sacramento
CA, Salt Lake City UT, — San Antonio TX,
San Diego CA, San Francisco CA, Santa
Fe NM, Seattle WA, St. Louis MO
Ottowa,
Canada
Chapter Network
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@radical media, Anna Abengowe, Singeli Agnew, Cindy Allen,
Darren Allen, Sarah Alvarez, Chris Anderson, Trevor Andrews,
arG, Chris Arms, Allison Arnold , Mark, Patricia Bheeka, Valeria
Bianco, Noam Birnbaum, Marlon Blackwell, Blazer industries,
Eve Blossom, Marius Boatene, Carrie Bobo, Ann Book, Mary
Beth Boyd, Sara Bradford, Meg Brennan, Tim Brown, Charlotte
Buchen, Warren Buckingham, Gabriela Bueno, Building Tomor-
row, Riessa Burgess, Reno Caldwell, Dana Cox, Maurice Cox,
Patrick Crane, Ziba Cranmer, Creative Artists Agency, Chris
Cronin, Brian Crowley, Kevin Crowley, Erin Cullerton, Da Silva,
Natasha Dantzig, Rachel Dawson, Melanie De Cola, Adeeba De-
terville, Sanya Detwiler, Cameron Diaz, Bertie Dixon, Do Some-
thing, Maya Draisin, Marina Drummer, Yes Duffy, Eleanor Dunk,
Emma Durant, John Dwyer, Beth Eby, Katrin Elsemann, Emerg-
ing Architecture, Aileen English, Oswaldo Enriquez, Stuart Ep-
stein, Lis Evans, Jennifer Evans, Kattlyn Evans, Fabrica, Gra-
ham Farbrother, Heather Farbrother, Jill Farenbacher, Marisha
Farnsworth, Stephen Favarger, Julie Feldmeyer, Lisa Fulker,
Paul Gabie, John Gage, Sharon Gallant, Claudia Gallardo, Laura
Galloway, Monica Garrett, Global Green USA, Global Nomads
Group, Reanne Grey, Michael Grote, Gulf Coast Community,
Design Studio, Eric Hale, Anna Hallgrimsdottir, Mike Hamrick,
Linda Hanson, Rodney Harber, Tom Hardiman, Chris Harnish,
Herreast Harrison, Cara Harrison, John Hartley, David Hawkins,
Jugo Helene, Jared Heming, Ben Hester, Sasha Heuer, Graham
Joaquin, Michael Jones, Linda Jones, Nicole Joslin, Stella Kaabwe, John Kamen,
Marcia Kawabata, Megan Keely, Eileen Keenan, Ellen Keith, Jinney Kho, Laurence
Khun, Eric Kigada, Youngjin Kim, George Kincaid, Mark Kinsler, Maggie Kirkpat-
rick, Ian Kirumba Ndungu, Henry Kitchen, Rhodes Klement, Julie Knorr, Karuga
Koinange, Julie Kosteleck, Bobbi Kurshan, Byron Kuth, Grace Lau, Nick Lawrence,
Guillaume Lecler, Kathy Lee, Tara Lemmey, Kerry Ann Levenhagen, Wenlin Li, Eli
Lichter-Marck, Aaron Lim, Jonathan Lo, Cory Logan, Doug Look, Jeanneke Louise
Malan, Jan L—bbering, Claire Lubell, Nancy Lublin, James Ludwig, Jesse Lutz, Joan
MacKeith, Jean Suchon, Mallikamarl, David Mar, Sara Martens, Lucas Martin,
Glenn Martinez, Duncan Maru, Lucy Mathai, Brian Mathews, David Matole, Reiko
Matsuo, Annessa Mattson, Vikky McArthur, Nancy McClure, Purnima McCutcheon,
Allyson McDuffie, Mike Medeiros, Matt Miller, Livio Minino, Melissa Mizell, Modular
Building Institute, David Mohney, Miki Mori, Toby Morning, Beth Morris, Mick Mor-
rissey, Michelle Mullineaux, Tonya Muro Phillips, Susan Namondo Ngongi, Damien
Newman, Nicole Nowak, Margie O’Driscoll, Auma Obama, Adele Oliver, Olaf, Alfred
Omenya, William Ong’ala, George Onyango, Beth Orser, Amina Osman, Fernando
Pagan, Josh Palmer, Gina Panza, Joe Payne, Paola Peacock Friedrich, Sandra
Pereira, Flemming Petersen, Shelli Petersen, Abby Peterson, Sylvie Petit-Dierks,
Paul Petrunia, Heather Pfister, Meredith Phillips, Susanna Pho, Douglas Piccinni-
ni, Emily Pilloton, Geoff Piper, Finley Pitt, Susi Platt, Jay Platt, Sheila Samuelson,
Helena Sandman, Shilpa Sankaran, Kat Sawyer, Robert Schneider, Michela Sel-
berman, Dr. Muhammad Sheelah, D.N., Gregg Sherkin, Anand Sheth, Dan Shine,
Patty Siu-Lan Fung, Habib Sissoko, Laurel Skillman, Dan Smith, Smithsonian
Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, Ate Snijder, Ruth Souroujon, Pauline
Souza, Jenn Sramek, George Srour, Molly Stack Lynn Standafer, Oana Stanescu.
Donors and Sponsors
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Financial Position
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SUPPORT AND REVENUES
Contributions
Corporations
Foundations
Individuals
Government grants
Other private donations
In-kind support
Interest and investment income
Earned income
SATISFACTION OF
TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS
Total support, revenues, and
satisfaction of temporary
restrictions
PROGRAM EXPENSES
FUNDRAISING EXPENSES
GENERAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE
Total expenses
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS
NET ASSETS, beginning of year
NET ASSETS, end of year
Net Assets
$ 299,738
431,250
119,324
91,724
137,000
469,010
51,412
127,213
1,726,671
-
2010 2011
$ 1,900,018
76,562
164,480
88,914
231,510
18,000
19,503
253,900
2,752,887
-
Assets
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
Investments
Contributions receivable
Other receivables
Prepaid expenses
Inventory
Total current assets
SECURITY DEPOSITS
FIXED ASSETS
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITY AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable
Grants payable
Fiscal sponsorship payable
Note Payable
Other accrued liabilities
Total current liabilities
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted
Temporarily restricted
Total net assets
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
$ 438,160
1,725,230
128,602
5,973
31,196
2,669
2,331,830
6,481
113,633
$42,451,944
$ 1,173,243
2,530
84,892
785
11,130
-
1,272,580
6,481
110,721
$1,389,782
$ 79,189
-
-
100,953
27,940
208,082
414,304
1,829,558
2,243,862
$ 2,451,944
$ 79,780
42,634
4,831
-
11,713
138,958
560,093
690,731
1,250,824
$ 1,389,782
20112010
1,726,671
1,472,890
71,695
145,133
1,689,718
36,953
1,213,871
$ 1,250,824
2,752,887
1,491,469
45,492
222,888
1,759,849
993,038
1,250,824
$ 2,243,862
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Cash Flow
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Change in net assets
Adjustments to reconcile change in net
assets to net cash provided (used) by
operating activities:
Depreciation
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts and contributions receivable
Prepaid expenses
Security deposits —
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
Inventory
Net cash used for operating activities
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of investments
Purchase of fixed assets
Net cash used by investing activities
NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of year
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of year
$ 993,038
23,687
$ 36,953
12,374
(59,575)
(9,961)
(6,481)
(39,705)
-
—(66,395)
(2,530)
(94,531)
(97,061)
(163,456)
1,336,699
$ 1,173,243
2010 2011
2011 Operating Revenue
21% earned
income (advocacy)
21% earned
income (projects)
20%
corporate
donations
13%
rental
income
8%
foundation
grants
7%
individual
donations
5%
other private
donations
3%
government
grants
2%
interest
>1%
fiscal
sponsorship
income
(48,898)
(20,066)
- —
69,124
(2,669)
1,014,216
( 1,722,700)
( 26,599)
(1,749,299)
( 735,083)
1,173,24 3
$ 438,160
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About Design for Humankind
StaffFor staff list and bios please visit www.designformankind.org/about/people
Design for Humankind is a nonprofit
design services firm founded in 1999.
By tapping a network of more than
40,000 professionals willing to lend
time and expertise to help those who
would not otherwise be able to af-
ford their services, we bring design,
construction and development ser-
vices where they are most critically
needed. We are building a more sus-
tainable future through the power of
professional design.
Contact Information
Design for Humankind
T. +1.415.963.3511
F. +1.415.963.3520
Board
Niama Jacobs: Board Chair
Clifford Curry
Taylor Milsal
Scott Mattoon
Cameron Sinclair
Kate Stohr
Steve Meier: General Counsel
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Design for Humankind’s designers welcome the opportunity to share our work. For more information please contact Thao Nguyen at Cre-ative Artists Agency at [email protected]
All media inquiries Please contact [email protected]
For more information please visit: www.designforhumankind.org
Detailed information about each of our projects is shared on the Open Architecture Network, www.openarchitecturenetwork.org
© 2008 Design for Humankind. All rights reserved. Design for Humankind is a trademark of Design for Humankind.
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Annual Report 2011
design for HUMANKIND
Design for Mankind’s designers welcome the opportunity to share our work. For more information please contact Thao Nguyen at Creative Artists Agency at [email protected]
All media inquiries Please contact [email protected]
For more information please visit: www.designformankind.org
Detailed information about each of our projects is shared on the Open Architecture Network, www.openarchitecturenetwork.org
© 2008 Design for Mankind. All rights reserved. Design for Mankind is a trademark of Design for Mankind
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