The Workers Lab is a nonprofit investor that gives new ideas for and with workers a chance to succeed

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.2M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $403K a year · 10% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.2M
to officers and key staff · 18% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 18% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $875K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.4M
83% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 83% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.8M
-63% vs prior year
Spent
$6.6M
To programs
78%
Net assets
$278K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$2.8M
FY2021▼ -63%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$7.6M
FY2021$2.8M
FY2022$3.5M
FY2023$3.8M
FY2024$3.2M
Expenses
$6.6M
FY2021▼ -3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$6.8M
FY2021$6.6M
FY2022$3.2M
FY2023$3.3M
FY2024$3.1M
Net assets
$278K
FY2021▼ -93%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.0M
FY2021$278K
FY2022$60K
FY2023$619K
FY2024$896K

From the FY2021 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 2018.

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Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $5.1M Management & general 14% · $890K Fundraising 9% · $574K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

17 people listed on the 990; $1.2M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$210,268Pt VII · Sec A
Managing Director
$179,526Pt VII · Sec A
Director of External Affairs
$175,215Pt VII · Sec A
Program Manager
$148,372Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Programs
$112,317Pt VII · Sec A
Manager of Accounting Data Technology
$109,473Pt VII · Sec A
Organizational Development Manager
$109,473Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance Operations
$107,833Pt VII · Sec A

Adrian Haro’s $238K as CEO is at the 76th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2832 $1–10M community development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Adrian Haro$238,143$197,069$166,990$210,268$204,202
Betsy Edasery——$139,806$179,526$179,971
Eduardo Morales—$154,458$162,413$175,215$171,288
Catherine Huang$171,291————
Tiffany M Ferguson————$158,838
Jeshua John$156,890$141,273$145,913$148,372—
Antonella Vassallo$141,149$134,393$113,549$109,473—
Joseph Baclig$137,751————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Invests in and supports new worker-led ideas to help them thrive.

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3 programs · $3.9M · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Innovation Fund

The Innovation Fund is our signature program and primary way we source and fund experiments. It is a national prize competition that we host up to three times a year. Winners include entrepreneurs, worker organizers, non-profit leaders, and/or public sector leaders that receive up to 150,000 to test new ideas about work and workers.

$2.3Mprogram expense
02

Covid-19 Workers Fund The Workers Fund is our national emergency cash relief program for workers. From 2020- 2021, TWL worked with Steady to disburse over 2.7M to over 12,000 workers, with the hope and intention that this would allow them to put food on the table and meet basic needs for themselves and their families.

$913Kprogram expense
03

Canary TWL has been incubating Canary -- a new social enterprise that is building a global, 21st century social safety net for financial hardship -- arising out of our Design Sprint for Social Change and Rachel Schneider s work on strategic cash infusions.

$686Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
New Profit INCFY2025$875K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$875K
Grants paid · 62 grants · $7.5M · 2020–2024
Mission Launch INCMD · FY2024$100,000
Mt Labs LLCFY2024$100,000
Starlight Ventures CorporationFY2024$100,000
Nurse on Demand LLCFY2024$25,000
Repose Birth Services LLCFY2024$25,000
Trunk of My Car CooperativeFY2024$10,000
Mission Launch INCMD · FY2023$20,000
Trunk of My Car CooperativeFY2023$20,000
Nurse on Demand LLCFY2023$20,000
Repose Birth Services LLCFY2023$20,000
Mt Labs LLCFY2023$20,000
Starlight Ventures CorporationFY2023$20,000
ProntoFY2023$5,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$186,137
Powerswitch ActionCA · FY2022$30,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$2,550
Capital Access StrategiesFY2021$900,000
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$45K
Money outPt IX
$6.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.1M
Managementcol C$890K
Fundraisingcol D$574K
Owns and owesPt X
$278K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$781K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A9
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$140K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$45K
Total revenueLn 12$2.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$781K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$781K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.4M
Net assetsLn 32$278K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 61
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.9M$781K
Total assetsLn 16$4.7M$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$718K$1.4M
Net assetsLn 32$4.0M$278K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1.9M$1.9M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$1.2M$1.2M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$673K$145K$255K$273K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$686K$323K$235K$128K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$77K$20K$36K$21K
Payroll taxesLn 10$104K$34K$36K$34K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$73K$15K$58K
Accounting feesLn 11c$138K$138K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$59K$59K
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.0M$1.0M$22K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$466K$399K$37K$30K
Office expensesLn 13$17K$3K$11K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$56K$36K$16K$5K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$10K$1K$8K$881
TravelLn 17$10K$9K$607$386
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$36K$9K$21K$6K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$14K$4K$7K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$34K$13K$11K$10K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$6.6M$5.1M$890K$574K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $3.2M$3.1M$164K$896K 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.8M$3.3M$519K$619K 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.5M$3.2M$260K$60K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $2.8M$6.6M−$3.7M$278K 990 PDF
FY2020 $7.6M$6.8M$773K$4.0M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,824,840 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $7,431,156$2,779,901
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $133,260$44,939
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,628$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $7,566,044$2,824,840
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $3,646,389$3,076,060
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,361,000$1,538,740
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $67,420$59,250
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,717,902$1,884,413
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,792,711$6,558,463
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $773,333−$3,733,623
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,824,840 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$140,300
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,639,601
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,779,901
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $44,939$44,939
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $44,939$2,824,840
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $6,558,463 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,886,088$1,886,088
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,189,972$1,189,972
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $145,242 · Management $254,528 · Fundraising $273,072$672,842
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $322,798 · Management $234,745 · Fundraising $128,009$685,552
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $19,947 · Management $35,859 · Fundraising $20,707$76,513
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $33,691 · Management $35,780 · Fundraising $34,362$103,833
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $14,969 · Management $57,811$72,780
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $137,965$137,965
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $59,250$59,250
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,007,470 · Management $22,109 · Fundraising $1,123$1,030,702
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $398,968 · Management $37,114 · Fundraising $29,871$465,953
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,831 · Management $10,723 · Fundraising $2,958$16,512
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $36,059 · Management $15,585 · Fundraising $4,679$56,323
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,356 · Management $8,126 · Fundraising $881$10,363
IX-17 TravelPrograms $8,636 · Management $607 · Fundraising $386$9,629
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $9,350 · Management $20,847 · Fundraising $6,082$36,279
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,055 · Management $7,361 · Fundraising $2,636$14,052
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $12,919 · Management $10,677 · Fundraising $10,259$33,855
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,094,351 · Management $889,837 · Fundraising $574,275$6,558,463
Part X · Balance sheet $1,661,834 assets, 12 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $100,000; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $3,861,088$781,280
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $731,000$650,000
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $13,194$48,101
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $24,124$82,453
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,729,406$1,661,834
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $326,754$483,768
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $249,743$900,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $717,717$1,383,768
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $804,622$904,961
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $3,207,067−$626,895
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,011,689$278,066
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,729,406$1,661,834
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $278,066 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,824,840
XI-2 Total expenses$6,558,463
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$3,733,623
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,011,689
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$278,066

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