PRISM DESIGN LAB INC
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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $82K · expenses $79K · assets $59K
- EIN
- 88-3306253
- Address
- 616 NC 54 WEST, CHAPEL HILL, NC 27516-0000
- NTEE code
- B99
- Subsection
- 501(c)(3)
- Ruling year
- 2022
- Cross-check
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Mission
Prism Design Lab (Prism) is an arts and education nonprofit organization that works with young people in Chapel Hill and Durham, North Carolina. Our mission is to equip youth with the tools they need to shape their built environment by teaching them design skills, giving them the opportunity to practice and cultivate these skills, and supporting them to share their creativity through public art and design services provided to civic organizations like other community-based nonprofit organizations.
Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).
People paid by the organization
2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Latest year pay | Total pay from here | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heather Ferrell | Executive Director | 2024-2025 | $24,000 | $32,000 | 1 |
| Germane James | Board of Directors and Facilitator | 2025 | $1,270 | $1,270 | 1 |
Officers and directors, no compensation reported
6 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Hrs/wk (latest) | Compensation | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cortland Gilliam | Board of Directors | 2024-2025 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Erin Krupa | Board of Directors | 2024-2025 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Sarah Montgomery | Board of Directors | 2024-2025 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Chelsea Davis | Board of Directors | 2025 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Vernetta Alston (former) | Board of Directors | 2024 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Brianna Brough (former) | Board of Directors | 2024 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
People by year
2025 · 6 people listed · 2 paid, $25K
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heather Ferrell | Executive Director | 35 | $24,000 | - | - | $24,000 | 1 |
| Germane James | Board of Directors and Facilitator | 1 | $1,270 | - | - | $1,270 | 1 |
| Chelsea Davis | Board of Directors | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Cortland Gilliam | Board of Directors | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Sarah Montgomery | Board of Directors | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Erin Krupa | Board of Directors | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
2024 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $8K
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heather Ferrell | Executive Director | 32 | $8,000 | - | - | $8,000 | 1 |
| Vernetta Alston | Board of Directors | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Brianna Brough | Board of Directors | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Cortland Gilliam | Board of Directors | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Erin Krupa | Board of Directors | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
| Sarah Montgomery | Board of Directors | 0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | 1 |
Highest-paid independent contractors
No independent contractors reported.
Who gave
Contributor names are not public for this form type.
Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.
Finances
Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.
| Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net assets | Contributions | Program revenue | Officer pay | Employees | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · Form 990EZ | ||||||||
| $82,500 | $78,601 | $59,434 | $59,434 | $82,500 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 · Form 990EZ | ||||||||
| $78,989 | $42,649 | $55,535 | $55,535 | $77,639 | $1,350 | - | - | - |
Funders of this organization
2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $39,000 in all, tax years 2023 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV
| Grantor | Type | Match | Years given | Grants | Total | Latest year | Latest year's amount | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRIANGLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | DAF sponsor | Exact | 2024 | 1 | $27,000 | 2024 | $27,000 | show |
| STROWD ROSES INC | Private foundation | Fuzzy filed as “PRISM DESIGN LAB INC” | 2023, 2025 | 2 | $12,000 | 2025 | $5,000 | show |
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2025 · Form 990EZ · $78,601 spent · pay $24,000 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salaries, other pay and benefits | $24,000 | 30.5% | |
| Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) | $22,435 | 28.5% | |
| Fees to independent contractors | $21,610 | 27.5% | |
| Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance | $9,975 | 12.7% | |
| Printing, publications, postage | $581 | 0.7% | |
| Total | $78,601 | 100% |
2024 · Form 990EZ · $42,649 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fees to independent contractors | $19,436 | 45.6% | |
| Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) | $12,802 | 30.0% | |
| Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance | $10,330 | 24.2% | |
| Printing, publications, postage | $81 | 0.2% | |
| Total | $42,649 | 100% |