Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Chicago Inc
The organization raises funds to award grants in support of chicago and Illinois metropolitan hiv/aids service agencies that provide direct service, preventative education and outreach to people who are hiv positive, living with aids or at risk for infection.
Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Chicago Inc at a glance
- Total assets
- $1,114,517
- +18.8% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $296,897
- +10.2% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $162,542
- -53.4% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Chicago Inc
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Chicago Inc
Who Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Chicago Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
42 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 38 grants of 42 (90%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
How Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Chicago Inc gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2021 to 2024 (−3%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $111K (2019) to $200K (2023). In 2024 it made 9 grants totaling $195K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Medicine Chicago, IL | Fund a Fellowship for AIDS Research | $69,000 |
| University of Chicago Medicine Chicago, IL | Fund care for patients with aids and related aids wellness programs | $25,000 |
| South Side Help Center Chicago, IL | Fund care for patients with aids and related aids wellness programs | $16,000 |
| Legal Council for Health Justice Chicago, IL | Legal Assistance for AIDS Related Cases | $15,000 |
| Ascension Alexian Brothers Housing and Health Alliance Chicago, IL | Fund care for patients with aids and related aids wellness programs | $15,000 |
| Youth Outlook Naperville, IL | Fund care for patients with aids and related aids wellness programs | $15,000 |
| Mother and Child Alliance Chicago, IL | Fund care for patients with aids and related aids wellness programs | $15,000 |
| Test Positive Aware Network Chicago, IL | Fund care for patients with aids and related aids wellness programs | $15,000 |
| Chicago House Chicago, IL | Fund care for patients with aids and related aids wellness programs | $10,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,114,517 | $296,897 | $162,542 | — | — | — |
| 2024 | $937,948 | $269,348 | $348,755 | $195,000 | 9 | $4 |
| 2023 | $909,715 | $226,900 | $422,896 | $200,000 | 10 | $5 |
| 2022 | $1,054,798 | $282,261 | $351,438 | $200,000 | 12 | $82,625 |
| 2021 | $1,326,624 | $272,741 | $331,863 | $200,000 | 11 | $74,922 |
| 2020 | $1,272,564 | $98,124 | $321,483 | $200,000 | 11 | $49,893 |
| 2019 | $1,480,820 | $281,423 | $256,271 | $110,876 | 8 | $50,388 |
About Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Chicago Inc
Based on IRS filings
Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Chicago Inc is a public charity, based in Chicago, IL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.1M in total assets.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Chicago Inc is led by Tyler Offutt, Chairman since 2022 (on filings since 2020); none of the 24 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Tyler Offutt
Chairman
Member-At-Large → Vice Chair, 2021
Vice Chair → Chairman, 2022
On filings since 2020
6 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cindy Farias
Member-At-Large
Treasurer → Director, 2023
Director → Member-At-Large, 2024
On filings since 2019
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kim Winzeler
Past Chairman
Vice Chair → Chairman, 2021
Chairman → Past Chairman, 2022
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tom Karras
Vice Chairman
Member-At-Large → Vice Chair, 2022
Vice Chair → Vice Chairman, 2023
On filings since 2019
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rachel Gilman
Member
Board Member → Member, 2023
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Beth Cole
Treasurer
Board Member → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2021
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Darren Jones
Member
Board Member → Member, 2023
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Donna Cimino
Member-At-Large
Board Member → Director, 2023
Director → Member-At-Large, 2024
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Al Fiesel
Member-At-Large
Director → Member-At-Large, 2024
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alyssa Alvarez
Member
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ben Stringfellow
Member
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brad Scelfo
Member
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elise Maltby
Member
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Morgan Maples
Member
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Peri Peng
Member
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Susan Thomas
Member
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Theresa Landers
Member
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Veronika Diffley
Secretary
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Catie Kill
Member
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Sikorski
Member
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Peter Randolph
Member
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeff Espiritu
Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Doherty
Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Natalee Witt
Association Manager
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (37)
- Former: Enza Parella (2020–2024) — Member
- Former: Michelle Blackburn (2022–2024) — Member
- Former: Karyn McGovern (2023–2024) — Executive Director
- Former: Reneh Valdez (2023–2024) — Member
- Former: Logan Christensen (2024) — Member
- Former: Cassia Baker (2019–2023) — Member
- Former: Lisa Adams (2019–2023) — Member
- Former: Lori Mukoyama (2021–2023) — Member
- Former: Jeffrey Lawrence (2023) — Member
- Former: Richard Cassis (2019–2022) — Secretary
- Former: Todd J. Baisch (2019–2022) — Past Chairman
- Former: Veronika Bocanova (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Jason Stephenson (2021–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Magda Von Roth (2021–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Melissa Harmening (2021–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Erik Gunderson (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Jamie Ayers (2022) — Member-At-Large
- Former: Neil Zuleta (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Oliver Aguilar (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Derek Rusch (2020–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Krista Nestor Sakamuri (2020–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Theresa Williams (2020–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Daniel Starr (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Jaime Ayers (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Aschley Hopkins Yanda (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Franklin Riley (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Laurent Scherno (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Matthew Lew (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Sean Dimmic (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Jennifer Graham Reckamp (2020) — Board Member
- Former: Jennifer Graham (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Jennifer McCord Crestodina (2019) — Member-At-Large
- Former: Jordan Gilman (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Maggie Craig (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Mark Dolton (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Mary Jo Fasan (2019) — Member-At-Large
- Former: Wylee Jacobson (2019) — Board Member
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Chicago Inc
How large is Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Chicago Inc?
Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Chicago Inc reported $1.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $297K.
Where does Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Chicago Inc operate?
Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Chicago Inc has awarded grants in Illinois.
What is Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Chicago Inc's EIN?
Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Chicago Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-3931105. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 2, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS December 11, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 10, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 6, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 3, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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