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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WORKERS LAB.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,229,125
Total expenses
$3,064,919
Contributions and grants received
$2,338,582
Grants paid
$361,700
Program service revenue
$880,986
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$9,557
Total assets, end of year
$1,205,453
Total liabilities, end of year
$309,441
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$896,012
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,284,394
Management and general expenses
$562,190
Fundraising expenses
$218,335
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,284,394

Program services were 74.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,338,582

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Contracted services

    total $880,986 · related or exempt $880,986

  • 11a · Other revenue: Honoraria prior year corrections

    total $9,557 · related or exempt $9,557

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $9,557

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $361,700 · program services $361,700

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $390,540 · program services $144,494 · management and general $135,587 · fundraising $110,459

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $889,909 · program services $707,770 · management and general $136,807 · fundraising $45,332

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $151,233 · program services $91,667 · management and general $44,453 · fundraising $15,113

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $103,441 · program services $63,999 · management and general $27,382 · fundraising $12,060

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,954 · program services $1,575 · management and general $13,379

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $86,325 · management and general $86,325

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $643,880 · program services $643,880

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $191,276 · program services $151,777 · management and general $29,624 · fundraising $9,875

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,022 · program services $2,062 · management and general $3,482 · fundraising $478

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $70,008 · program services $43,858 · management and general $19,928 · fundraising $6,222

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,964 · program services $6,591 · management and general $4,275 · fundraising $1,098

  • 17 · Travel

    total $40,412 · program services $23,026 · management and general $6,861 · fundraising $10,525

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $5,715 · management and general $5,575 · fundraising $140

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,801 · program services $1,765 · management and general $9 · fundraising $27

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $22,167 · program services $10,074 · management and general $10,414 · fundraising $1,679

  • 24a · Other expenses: Other personnel costs

    total $55,898 · program services $29,366 · management and general $21,389 · fundraising $5,143

  • 24b · Other expenses: Other program expenses

    total $1,623 · program services $781 · management and general $696 · fundraising $146

  • 24c · Other expenses: Bank charges and other fees

    total $16,051 · program services $9 · management and general $16,004 · fundraising $38

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $681,865 · end of year $1,069,683

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $187,500 · end of year $100,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $50,623 · end of year $34,047

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,669 · end of year $1,723

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $233,051 · end of year $309,441

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $45,000

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $33,097

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $367,796 · end of year $127,642

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $250,713 · end of year $768,370

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Workers Labs purpose is to give new ideas about increasing worker power a genuine changce to succeed and flourish. We envison a society where workers are powerful drivers of economic, social, and political transformation. To bring about that vision, we invest flexible dollars in a national network of leaders accross sectors to test new ideas.

Activities or mission (Part I)

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

  • Technology - Joined in 2024, WorkIt Labs was born out of the vision of worker leaders who recognized the need for technology built for and with those on the frontlines of worker organizing. From these early conversations, our mission was born - to design, develop, and deliver technology that puts power in the hands of workers. Today, we reach over 500K workers worldwide through our 25 partnerships with unions and worker organizations.

    Expenses $859,829 · Revenue $880,986

  • Innovation Fund - The Innovation Fund is our signature program and the primary way we source and fund experiments. It is a national prize competition that we host up to three times a year. We leverage a fellowship model where fellows include entrepreneurs, worker organizers, non-profit leaders, and/or public sector leaders who receive a monthly stipend and support resources. At the end of the fellowship, winners are selected for up to 200,000 in additional funding for their new ideas about work and workers.

    Expenses $682,783 · Grants $361,200

  • Design Sprint - In 2023, The Workers Lab ran a design sprint to explore how flexible work can be quality work. All work, whether it is standard employment or gig and contract work, should allow workers flexibility without sacrificing quality. We invested over 1 million to demonstrate how to make this possible. In 2024, this Design Sprint on Quality Flexible Work will begin to sunset as we ideate on both the possibility of scale long-term and a new design sprint.

    Expenses $351,085

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Adrian Haro

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $245,466
    From this org
    $238,143
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,323
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $238,143
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $7,323
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $245,466

  • Catherine Huang

    Chief Innovation Officer

    Total calculated
    $171,679
    From this org
    $171,291
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $388
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,291
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $388
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $171,679

  • Jeshua John

    Director of Programs

    Total calculated
    $164,213
    From this org
    $156,890
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,323
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,890
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $7,323
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $164,213

  • Antonella Vassallo

    Chief of Staff

    Total calculated
    $148,472
    From this org
    $141,149
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,323
    Hours/week
    40

  • Joseph Baclig

    Director of Finance Operations

    Total calculated
    $145,074
    From this org
    $137,751
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,323
    Hours/week
    40

  • Madeleine Case

    Managing Director Workit Labs

    Total calculated
    $121,682
    From this org
    $115,079
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,603
    Hours/week
    40

  • Luz Vega-Marquis

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15

  • Erica Smiley

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.04

  • Margot Brandenburg

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.12

  • Keesha Gaskins-Nathan

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.45

  • Ian Fuller

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I Line 2
Part I Line 2 Grantee will complete project check-in calls with Grantor every six 6 months, participate in one 1 written and one 1 interactive learnings output, and submit a project financial summary report within 30 days of the end of the Grant Period. Granto may, at its expense, monitor, request interim reporting, surveys,and/or conduct an evaluation of operations under the grant, which may include visits by representatives of Grantor to observe Grantees program, procedures and operations,and discussions of the program with Grantees personnel

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • Starlight Ventures Corporation

    $100,000

    Innovation Fund Award

  • MT Labs LLC

    $100,000

    Innovation Fund Award

  • Mission Launch

    $100,000

    Innovation Fund Award

  • Repose Birth Services LLC

    $25,000

    Innovation Fund Award

  • Nurse on Demand LLC

    $25,000

    Innovation Fund Award

  • Trunk of My Car Cooperative

    $10,000

    Innovation Fund Award

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523179349311792

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