2023-11-08T11:32:13-00:00 2022-12-31 Robin Braverman Associates 1900 Aspenridge Court Walnut Creek CA 94597 990 2022-01-01 824788124 The Workers Lab WORK 5622578165 1111 BROADWAY FLOOR 3 Oakland CA 94607 Adrian Haro CEO 5622578165 2023-10-24 true Adrian Haro 999009999 Robin Braverman P01279892 9259791998 2023-11-08 X 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Adrian Haro 9602 ABBOTSFORD RD PICO RIVERA CA 90660 3488027 false X https://www.theworkerslab.com/ X 2018 CA The Workers Lab is a nonprofit investor that gives new ideas for and with workers a chance to succeed 9 9 10 0 2779901 3403921 44939 22361 0 61745 2824840 3488027 3076060 293687 0 1538740 1502520 59250 12300 396966 1884413 1419513 6558463 3228020 -3733623 260007 1661834 1282663 1383768 1222887 278066 59776 X 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. false false 1171330 Design Sprint - In 2022 and 2023, The Workers Lab is running 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 aim to invest over 1 million to demonstrate how to make this possible. 279312 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. 259655 Learning Hub Our Learning Hub is a tool that helps make sense of everything were learning from our investments. It is meant to inform future investments and to engage anyone and everyone interested in what it means to give new ideas that increase power for workers a chance to succeed and flourish. The Learning Hub will curate and house our learning, offer resources and mentorship, and showcase innovators that are giving life to the most promising ideas aimed at increasing power for workers. 440813 293687 2151110 true true false false false false false false true false false false false false false true false false false false false false false true false false false true true true false false false true false true true true true false false false false true false true false true 15 0 true 10 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 9 9 false false false false false false false true true false false false true true true true true true true false AK AL AR CA CO CT FL GA HI IL KS KY MA MD MI MN MO NC ND NH NJ NM NV NY OH OR PA RI SC TN UT VA WA WI WV X RBA Bookkeeping Services LLC 5109070929 3850 Maybelle Oakland CA 94619 Adrian Haro CEO 040.00 X 166990 0 6099 Eduardo Morales Director of External Affairs 040.00 X 162413 0 6099 Jeshua John Program Manager 040.00 X 145913 0 6099 Betsy Edasery Managing Director 040.00 X 139806 0 5074 Adrian Meza Director of Finance Operations 040.00 X 132777 0 5016 Lyle Canceko Director of Programs 040.00 X 119929 0 6099 Joseph Allan Baclig Manager of Accounting Data Technology 040.00 X 116149 0 6099 Antonella Vassallo Organizational Development Manager 040.00 X 113549 0 6099 Sean Daniel Murphy Secretary 000.09 X X 10000 0 0 Luz Vega-Marquis Board Member 000.10 X 0 0 0 Anna Fink Board Member 000.01 X 0 0 0 Erica Smiley Board Member 000.01 X 0 0 0 Nidhi Mirani Board Member 000.08 X 0 0 0 Margot Brandenburg Board Member 000.09 X 0 0 0 Keesha Gaskins-Nathan Chair 000.13 X X 0 0 0 Ian Fuller Treasurer 000.17 X X 0 0 0 Haeyoung Yoon Board Member X 0 0 0 1107526 46684 8 true true false Christina Garcia Consulting 600 San Miguel Avenue Berkeley CA 94707 Learning Evaluation Consulting 1 3403921 150663 3403921 Speaking Honoraraia Fiscal Sponsorship Fees 22361 22361 22361 write-off of AP from the previous year 61745 61745 61745 3488027 84106 X 105000 105000 188687 188687 0 0 465762 194142 179242 92378 0 883294 465679 206932 210683 0 45543 21964 13908 9671 107921 49386 36664 21871 3551 1287 1428 836 93466 41112 52354 112354 112354 0 12300 12300 0 605959 605959 358718 355346 1851 1521 15880 5310 7049 3521 56367 44045 8184 4138 0 10859 1298 8765 796 51767 34318 2038 15411 0 5032 1035 3969 28 14078 14078 0 0 15796 6060 7478 2258 Events 3064 3064 Staff Development 14676 9221 1280 4175 Dues Memberships 9986 1963 7351 672 In-kind Services and Rent 47960 19298 15019 13643 0 3228020 2151110 679944 396966 781280 953204 650000 190000 48101 29696 100000 100000 82453 9763 1661834 1282663 483768 282887 900000 540000 400000 1383768 1222887 X -626895 -626136 904961 685912 278066 59776 1661834 1282663 X 260007 -478297 X false true X true false X 6792462 7431156 2779901 3403921 20407440 6792462 7431156 2779901 3403921 20407440 9543715 10863725 1628 1628 61745 61745 20470813 230209 X 0.00000 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false Financial derivatives and other financial products Closely-held equity interests Federal income taxes IV 11f The organization has evalulated its current tax positions as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 and is not aware of any significant uncertain tax positions for which a reserve would be necessary. The organization s tax returns are generally subject to examination by federal federal state and taxing authorities for three and four years respectively, after they are filed. X X X X true Kathy Downey 1201 15th Street NW Washington DC 20005 Grant Writing Reporting false 2928150 12300 2915850 2928150 12300 2915850 CA true PowerSwitch Action 1305 Franklin Street STE 501 Oakland CA 94612 710914032 501 c 3 30000 Power Switch Action Gig Work Research Support Fellows of the RSA in the United States PO BOX 198 Southfield MA 01259 232647480 501 c 3 75000 New Jersey Future of Work Accelerator 2 Worker Grants - Canary 303 186137 Workers Grant - Steady 3 2550 X X true false false false false false false false false Haeyoung Yoon Board Member Adrian Haro CEO 166990 6099 173089 Eduardo Morales Director of External Affairs 162413 6099 168512 Jeshua John Program Manager 145913 6099 152012 Part I Line 4 Adrian Meza received a severence pay of 3 months pay Adrian Haro CEO Cash Flow X 33097 33097 false true true 33097 Adrian Haro CEO 33097 Loan to the Organization false Sean Daniel Murphy Former Board Member 10000 Evaluating possible aquisition false Amanda Vega Grandaughter of Board Member 61503 Employee Pay - Executive Assistant false Carman Rojas Founder and former CEO 450000 Foundation gave this grant to TWL false X 823 102703 day of donation stock values X Occupancy WFH 9 47960 Evaluation of market value false false false Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Program Service Expenses 238,579, Grants and allocations 107,550, Revenue 0 Special Project - Gig Worker Learning - This project seeks to center workers and their experiences in the national understanding of gig work and workers so that worker-leaders and other decision makers across the country can make more informed decisions about how to better serve workers in this part of the economy. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Program Service Expenses 202,234, Grants and allocations 186,137, Revenue 0 Canary - The Organization acted as a fiscal sponsor for Canary, a project dedicated to providing services to employers and others in connection with emergency financial assistance and disaster relief. The Organization provided administrative and financial oversight to support the projects operations. At the end of the year, the project successfully spun off and transitioned to become its own independent entity. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11a The 990 is reviewed by the Director of Finance Operations before filifing and is given to the Finance Committee and the Board after filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a 15b The organization uses a survey of Northern California Nonprofit salaries to determine the salary levels for all employees. The Board of Directors independently reviews the salary for the CEO as part of the process of passing the annual operating budget. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18 19 The organization makes its 1023 form, organizing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available upon request. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c In 2019, each Director signed a Conflict of Interest Statement. During our bi-annual Board meetings, Directors were expected to recuse themselves on voting matters where there could be a conflict of interest. Minutes of Board meetings reflected when a Board member disclosed that they had a conflict of interest and how it was managed. In 2020, we worked on expanding our process for regularly and consistently monitoring and enforcing compliance with the conflict of interest policy. In 2022 all Board members complied with our conflict of interest policies and procedures, Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Other Fee for Seervice Exceeding 10 - Learning andimpact consultant 18,280 Design Sprint Consultants 557,679 Special Project Consultants 30,000 Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Canary became a 501 c 3 and was no longer being fiscally sponsored by The Workers Lab, Canary removed their assets from the organization when they went out on their own. The total of those assets is the 478,297 other change in the The Workers Labs net assets. The Workers Lab INC 1111 BROADWAY FLOOR 3 Oakland CA 94607 352660618 Loans to Worker Organizations DE 501 c 3 170 b 1 A vi N/A false The Workers Lab Action Fund 1111 BROADWAY FLOOR 3 Oakland CA 94607 833391257 Loans and Grants to Worker Organizations CA 501 c 4 NA N/A false false false false true false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false Workers Lab Action Fund n none charged The Workers Lab INC n none charged Workers Lab Action Fund o 1209 actual staff hours Workers Lab Action Fund d 2510 actual invoices The Workers Lab INC d 5935 actual invoices