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HARMONY LABS INC

EIN 26-2506162 NEW YORK, NY

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Revenue 2024
$17,216,233
Expenses 2024
$4,758,798

Program services were 74.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A31
Classification
1000
Street
1460 BROADWAY

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

15 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

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Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

HARMONY LABS AIMS TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE RESEARCH AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MEDIA INFLUENCE WORKS WITHIN SOCIETY AND PARTNERS WITH RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING RESEARCH, INDUSTRY AND MEDIA PRACTICIONERS TO ADDRESS KNOWLEDGE GAPS AND TO EXPERIMENT WITH AND DEVELOP SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE POSITIVE SOCIAL OUTCOMES.

  • HARMONY LABS IS A MEDIA RESEARCH LAB, USING SCIENCE, DATA, AND CREATIVITY TO RESEARCH AND RESHAPE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MEDIA. OUR UNIQUE APPROACH RESTS ON A COMMITMENT TO RIGOROUS PARTICIPATORY PUBLIC RESEARCH, AN UNRIVALED DATA PLATFORM, WITH TRANSPARENT, PRINCIPLED DATA PRACTICES, AND ONGOING INVESTMENT IN EXPLORATION, INVENTION, AND CREATIVITY.WE'RE BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF PRIVATE MEDIA COMPANIES THAT DONATE THE DATA WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR MEDIA SYSTEMS, AND HOW THEY AFFECT PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES, AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. OUR DATA PHILANTHROPY COMMUNITY INCLUDES BIG COMPANIES, LIKE NIELSEN AND COMSCORE, AND SMALLER STARTUPS, LIKE PEAKMETRICS, THAT ARE SCRAPING DIFFERENT CORNERS OF THE WEB, NEWS, TELEVISION, RADIO, AND OTHER KINDS OF MEDIA. THIS DATA PHILANTHROPY SUPPORTS OUR RESEARCH EFFORTS INCLUDING, FOR EXAMPLE, AN ADJACENT COMMUNITY OF ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS (HARMONY LABS RESEARCH NETWORK) WHO ARE USING THESE DATA TO STUDY AND IMPROVE MEDIA SYSTEMS.IN ADDITION, WE HARNESS THESE INDUSTRY AND RESEARCH RELATIONSHIPS FOR OUR NARRATIVE OBSERVATORY, A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND DATA TOOL THAT EMPOWERS CONTENT CREATORS, ADVOCATES, AND FUNDERS TO FIND, REACH, AND RESONATE WITH THE RIGHT AUDIENCE IN TODAY'S MEDIA MINEFIELD. THE NARRATIVE OBSERVATORY DELIVERS AUDIENCE-BASED INSIGHTS, NARRATIVE AND NETWORK ANALYSIS, AND EMPIRICAL VALIDATION OF CULTURAL STRATEGY AND CONTENT TO OUR PARTNERS.WE WORK WITH A WIDE RANGE OF PARTNERS ON ISSUES OF EXISTENTIAL IMPORTANCE, LIKE CLIMATE, GUN VIOLENCE, POLITICAL CORRUPTION, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND MORE, USING AN APPROACH TO RESEARCH THAT IS RIGOROUS, PARTICIPATORY, AND 100% PUBLIC. ONE OF THE FIRST PAPERS WE CO-AUTHORED LOOKED AT FRACKING NARRATIVES IN DOCUMENTARY FILM. THE OUTPUTS WE'VE CREATED WITH OUR PARTNERS INCLUDE WEBSITES, PRESENTATIONS, PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS, TOOLKITS, CURRICULUM, INTERACTIVES, WHITE PAPERS, AND MEDIA. AND OUR WORK HAS BEEN COVERED IN THE PRESS, INCLUDING THE NEW YORK TIME, WIRED AND MORE.FOUNDED BY JOHN S. JOHNSON IN 2008, HARMONY LABS IS A 501(C)3 INCORPORATED IN NEW YORK STATE. FUNDERS INCLUDE ATLANTIC FOUNDATION, BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR FOUNDATION, OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS, NATHAN CUMMINGS FOUNDATION, GOOGLE, AND MORE.

    Expenses $3,549,964 · Revenue $1,539,081

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • John S Johnson

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emma Canarick

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adam Wolfensohn

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Waniewski

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $527,217
    From this org
    $398,607
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $128,610
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $311,850
    Bonus
    $85,000
    Other
    $1,757
    Deferred
    $64,305
    Nontaxable benefits
    $64,305
    Filer's total
    $527,217
  • Matthew Barzun

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonah Peretti

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Omar Wasow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maryl Widdows

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frederica Conrey

    MARCOMM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $250,567
    From this org
    $192,777
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,790
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,259
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $518
    Deferred
    $22,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,290
    Filer's total
    $250,567
  • Hiram P Johnson

    SCIENCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $241,802
    From this org
    $191,558
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,244
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,780
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $778
    Deferred
    $13,475
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,769
    Filer's total
    $241,802
  • Justin Smith

    ENGINEERING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $222,551
    From this org
    $187,490
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,061
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,988
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $502
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,061
    Filer's total
    $222,551
  • Mercedes Coyle

    LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $217,495
    From this org
    $160,431
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,064
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,010
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $421
    Deferred
    $22,003
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,061
    Filer's total
    $217,495
  • Jonathan R Stewart

    LEAD DATA SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $216,073
    From this org
    $169,906
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,167
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,545
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $361
    Deferred
    $22,473
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,694
    Filer's total
    $216,073

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $17,216,233
    Expenses
    $4,758,798
    Contributions
    $15,668,690
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,396,262
    Expenses
    $4,175,607
    Contributions
    $1,900,016
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,895,727
    Expenses
    $4,069,295
    Contributions
    $2,673,250
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,578,656
    Expenses
    $3,631,674
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,442,508
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,701,199
    Expenses
    $3,631,674
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,565,051
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,339,160
    Expenses
    $3,390,021
    Assets (EOY)
    $779,528
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,622,394
    Expenses
    $2,848,204
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,567,990
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,410,876
    Expenses
    $3,333,828
    Assets (EOY)
    $781,698
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,257,255
    Expenses
    $1,897,129
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,570,777
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,420,423
    Expenses
    $1,541,495
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,158,365
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,018,840
    Expenses
    $1,722,324
    Assets (EOY)
    $290,064
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $940,978
    Expenses
    $1,016,988
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,335
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $568,004
    Expenses
    $669,807
    Assets (EOY)
    $51,582

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • HARMONY LABS LLC

    TO CONDUCT ACCELERATOR PROGRAM · DE · income $0 · assets $0

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.