Design For Equity LLC

OUSD vendor no. 007190OrganizationOakland, CAOn the consent report Oct 13, 2021 – Dec 10, 2025

$497Knot to exceed, approved on consent
11items approved on consent
12official Legistar records, all years

About this vendor

A small Oakland, California consulting company. It provides individual and group leadership coaching, including coaching for supervisors in organizations such as school districts.

Registered name
Design For Equity LLC
Type
Company
Headquarters
Oakland, CA
CA entity no.
202004310586

Researched by AI from public sources on Oct 2, 2026, checked by a second, independent AI review, with every contact detail matched to a cited page. Not from OUSD or Legistar; may be incomplete or out of date. Sources: DESIGN FOR EQUITY LLC - OpenCorporates (California), 25-2750 Services Agreement 2025-2026 - Design For Equity LLC.

What the district contracts them for

  • Classroom & academic programs 6
  • Student health, support & family services 3
  • Governance & board business 1
  • Staff & hiring 1
  • New agreement 8
  • Amendment 3

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Official information from Legistar

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OUSD vendor number
007190
Named in the agenda text as
Design For Equity LLC; Design For Equity, LLC
Presenting offices
Chief Academic Officer (12)
Record types
Agreement or Contract (12)
Funding sources
Alameda Alliance for Health; Bechtel; Central Concentration; Educator Effectiveness; Expanded Learning Opportunities Grant; Kaiser Health & Wellness w/East Bay Community Fund; S&C Carryover; Unrestricted Concentration
Resource / site codes
0003-2150004-9290006-9296266-9227425-9299017-9229213-9229225-929

Approved on the consent report (11)

  1. Ratifies up to $28,000 for Design For Equity LLC to coach supervisors in student support departmentDec 10, 2025 · O.-49 · 25-2750 · Nov 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work began
    $28Knot to exceed
  2. Adds $16,000 to Design For Equity's coaching contract, raising the cap to $76,600Feb 12, 2025 · L.-43 · 25-0145 · Sep 2, 2024 – May 30, 2025 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work beganRaises existing contract
    +$16Knew total $77K
  3. Ratifies up to $26,000 for Design For Equity to study family needs for mental health materialsJan 22, 2025 · L.-40 · 25-0033 · Nov 25, 2024 – Feb 28, 2025 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work began
    $26Knot to exceed
  4. Ratifies $60,600 for Design For Equity to coach principals at 7 schools on antiracist leadershipOct 23, 2024 · L.-17 · 24-1986 · Sep 2, 2024 – May 30, 2025 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work began
    $61Knot to exceed
  5. Adds $39,400 to Design For Equity's contract for leadership team retreats and equity auditsJun 5, 2024 · T.-26 · 24-1209 · Aug 1, 2023 – Jun 28, 2024 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportRaises existing contract
    +$39Knew total $139K
  6. Pays Design For Equity up to $100,000 to coach principals at seven Network 4 schoolsSep 13, 2023 · T.-76 · 23-1893 · Aug 1, 2023 – Jun 28, 2024 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work began
    $100Knot to exceed
  7. Adds $73,000 to Design For Equity's coaching of seven principals, raising the total to $96,000Apr 12, 2023 · T.-35 · 23-0596 · Oct 3, 2022 – May 26, 2023 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work beganRaises existing contractLarge increase
    +$73Knew total $96K
  8. Pays Design For Equity up to $23,000 for equity policy, grant and training supportNov 30, 2022 · S.-27 · 22-2563 · Oct 3, 2022 – May 26, 2023 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work began
    $23Knot to exceed
  9. Pays Design For Equity up to $36,850 to review the district's wellness policyJan 12, 2022 · V.-44 · 21-3079 · Nov 16, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work began
    $37Knot to exceed
  10. Ratifies $25,000 for Design For Equity's teacher learning on racial equity at Madison Park AcademyDec 1, 2021 · V.-19 · 21-2075 · Aug 11, 2021 – May 11, 2022 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work began
    $25Knot to exceed
  11. Approves up to $68,900 for Design For Equity LLC to support Office of Equity policy and strategy workOct 13, 2021 · V.-68 · 21-2363 · Sep 1, 2021 – May 27, 2022 · Adopted on the General Consent ReportAfter work began
    $69Knot to exceed

Other consent appearances (1)

Earlier appearances of items decided at a later meeting, and items not adopted or not yet acted on. These aren't counted in the totals above.

  1. Pays Design For Equity up to $60,600 to coach principals from seven schoolsSep 11, 2024 · T.-43 · Adopted on the General Consent Report, Oct 23, 2024
    $61Knot to exceed

All Legistar records (12)

Every Legistar record carrying this vendor number in any year, on consent or not, plus records Legistar links to this vendor's consent items (for example, an amendment's original agreement). Newest first.

DateFileOfficial titleTypeStatus
Dec 10, 202525-2750Services Agreement 2025-2026 - Design For Equity LLC - Community Schools and Student Services DepartmentChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 25-2014 · Plain-English summaryAgreement or ContractPassed
Nov 12, 202525-2547Services Agreement 2025-2026 - Design For Equity LLC - Office of EquityChief Academic OfficerAgreement or ContractPassed
Feb 12, 202525-0145Amendment No. 1, Services Agreement 2024-2025 - Design For Equity LLC - Office of EquityChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 25-0122 · Related: 24-1986 · Plain-English summaryAgreement or ContractPassed
Jan 22, 202525-0033Services Agreement 2024-2025 - Design For Equity LLC - Community Schools and Student Services DepartmentChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 25-0052 · Plain-English summaryAgreement or ContractPassed
Oct 23, 202424-1986Services Agreement 2024-2025 - Design For Equity LLC - Office of EquityChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 24-1912 · Related: 25-0145 · Plain-English summaryAgreement or ContractPassed
Jun 5, 202424-1209Amendment No. 1, Services Agreement 2023-2024 - Design For Equity LLC - Office of EquityChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 24-1155 · Plain-English summaryAgreement or ContractPassed
Sep 13, 202323-1893Services Agreement 2023-2024 - Design For Equity LLC - Office of EquityChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 23-1585 · Plain-English summaryAgreement or ContractPassed
Apr 12, 202323-0596Amendment No. 1, Services Agreement 2022-2023 - Design For Equity LLC - Office of EquityChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 23-0612 · Related: 22-2563 · Plain-English summaryAgreement or ContractPassed
Nov 30, 202222-2563Services Agreement 2022-2023 - Design For Equity LLC - Office of EquityChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 22-2023 · Related: 23-0596 · Plain-English summaryAgreement or ContractPassed
Jan 12, 202221-3079Services Agreement 2021-2022 - Design For Equity LLC - Community Schools and Student Services DepartmentChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 22-0048 · Plain-English summaryAgreement or ContractPassed
Dec 1, 202121-2075Services Agreement 2021-2022 - Design For Equity LLC - Madison Park Academy (Upper Campus)Chief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 21-1898 · Plain-English summaryAgreement or ContractPassed
Oct 13, 202121-2363Services Agreement 2021-2022 - Design For Equity LLC - Office of EquityChief Academic Officer · Enactment no. 21-1588 · Plain-English summaryAgreement or ContractPassed

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