Do Something Inc
We equip digital native 13-25 year olds with the skills, tools and resources to volunteer, get offline and into community, and develop leadership skills relevant to the 21st century economy and workplace.
Do Something Inc at a glance
- Total assets
- $3,729,289
- -40.3% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $2,384,091
- -22.6% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $246,551
- -42.5% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $4,459,965
- -32.9% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Do Something Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
3 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 2 grants of 3 (67%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Cities
How Do Something Inc gives
- Giving grew 1050% from 2020 to 2023. 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 2020 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $600 (2021) to $115K (2023). In 2023 it made 2 grants totaling $115K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Social Good Fund Inc Richmond, CA | Build a civic participation ecosystem for young new yorkers | $85,000 |
| Women's March Inc Brooklyn, NY | Women's Convention 2023 Sponsorship | $30,000 |
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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 | $3,729,289 | $2,384,091 | $4,459,965 | — | — | $246,551 |
| 2024 | $6,251,833 | $3,078,872 | $6,651,305 | — | — | $429,089 |
| 2023 | $10,167,449 | $2,329,517 | $6,809,356 | $115,000 | 2 | $239,293 |
| 2022 | $15,303,113 | $5,342,667 | $5,913,790 | $90,000 | 1 | $224,324 |
| 2021 | $16,018,625 | $4,390,638 | $5,740,604 | $600 | Total only | $244,143 |
| 2020 | $17,753,347 | $8,284,413 | $11,423,421 | $10,000 | 1 | $210,989 |
| 2019 | $19,919,226 | $13,704,712 | $11,149,237 | — | — | $206,812 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Do Something Inc
Based on IRS filings
Do Something Inc is a public charity focused on Youth Development, based in New York, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $3.7M in total assets. Net investment income was $247K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Do Something Inc is led by Denora Getachew, Chief Executive Officer on every filing since 2021; 8 of 19 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Denora Getachew
Chief Executive Officer
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$147K (2021) → $244K (2025)
John Faucher
Chair
Chairman → Chair, 2023
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Yasmine Mahdavi
Director, Development & Impact
Director of Analyis & Impact → Director, Development & Impact, 2025
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$114K (2022) → $121K (2025)
Ashley McPherson
Director & Programs
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$126K (2024) → $126K (2025)
David Crusoe
Vice President, Product & Engineering
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$148K (2022) → $178K (2025)
Max Steinman
Vice President, Communications & Marketing
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$161K (2023) → $163K (2025)
Katie Prybylski
Vice President & Development
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$160K (2024) → $169K (2025)
Keely Yednock
Vice President, Programming & Impact
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$167K (2024) → $172K (2025)
Sahil Gupta
Data Engineer
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$126K (2024) → $126K (2025)
Icema Gibbs
Board Member
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Matt Diamond
Secretary
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steve Buffone
Board Member
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Strybel
Board Member
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Chern
Board Member
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Grace Ko Chau
Board Member
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Roselinde Torres
Board Member
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sameer Ajmani
Board Member
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alice Lin Fabiano
Board Member
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jason Mathias
Board Member
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (32)
- Former: Matthew Mugo Fields (2019–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Crystal Smith (2023–2024) — Vice President, People & Culture
- Former: Michael Nicholson Chief (2024) — Operating Officer
- Former: Cory Levy (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: David Brinker (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Raj Kapoor (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Regan Hales (2019–2023) — Chief Operating Officer
- Former: Michael Nicholson (2023) — Chief Operating Officer
- Former: Noah Nakell (2023) — Director & Engineering
- Former: Thomas Shafer (2023) — Director & Product
- Former: Ahmad Russell (2022) — Director of Corporate Relationships
- Former: Jennifer Moore (2022) — Vice President & Development
- Former: Aria Finger (2019–2021) — Chief Executive Officer · Filing note: Thru 3/2021
- Former: Carrie Bloxson (2019–2021) — Chief Marketing Officer · Filing note: Thru 1/2021
- Former: David Furnes (2019–2021) — Staff Engineer · Filing note: Thru 10/2021
- Former: Rafael Pacas (2020–2021) — Senior Software Engineer · Filing note: Thru 8/2021
- Former: Diego Lorenzo (2021) — Senior Software Engineer
- Former: Kathyrn Crane (2021) — Senior Software Engineer
- Former: Param Ghangas (2021) — Director of Data & Insights · Filing note: Thru 821
- Former: Karen Goldfeder (2019–2020) — Vice President & Business Development
- Former: Lisa Lewin (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Mai Irie (2019–2020) — Director & Engineering
- Former: Meredith Ferguson (2019–2020) — Director & Ds Strategic
- Former: Nicole Breskin (2019–2020) — Head of Product
- Former: Reid Hoffman (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Aaron Schachter (2020) — Senior Software Engineer
- Former: Matthew Holford - Chief (2020) — Technology Officer
- Former: Soraya Haas - Chief (2020) — Operation Officer
- Former: Matthew Holford (2019) — Chief Technology Officer
- Former: Morgan Rich (2019) — Senior Software Engineer
- Former: Sena Heydari (2019) — Data Engineer
- Former: Soraya Haas (2019) — Chief Operation Officer
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.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $244K, to Denora Getachew (Chief Executive Officer). 8 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Do Something Inc
How large is Do Something Inc?
Do Something Inc reported $3.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.4M.
What is Do Something Inc?
Do Something Inc is a public charity focused on Youth Development, based in New York, NY. It holds $3.7M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Do Something Inc operate?
Do Something Inc has awarded grants in California, Connecticut, New York.
What is Do Something Inc's EIN?
Do Something Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-3720473. 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 2020 (received by the IRS May 13, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 3, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 29, 2024)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 21, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 1, 2022)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 6, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
Live grants for the work Do Something Inc funds
Youth Development Open opportunities, soonest deadline first.
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