2021-11-11T12:41:32-00:00 2020-12-31 Robin Braverman Associates 1900 Aspenridge Court Walnut Creek CA 94597 990 2020-01-01 824788124 The Workers Lab WORK 5622578165 1111 BROADWAY FLOOR 3 Oakland CA 94607 Adrian Haro CEO 2021-11-11 true Adrian Haro CEO Robin Braverman P01279892 9259791998 2021-11-11 X 3 AAL1 IAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Adrian Haro 9602 ABBOTSFORD RD PICO RIVERA CA 90660 7617484 false X https://www.theworkerslab.com/ X 2018 CA The Workers Labs purpose is to give new ideas about increasing worker power a genuine changce to succeed and flourish.. 9 9 14 0 6792462 7431156 29649 133260 1628 0 6822111 7566044 1213563 3646389 0 1005826 1361000 46717 67420 415637 1317649 1717902 3583755 6792711 3238356 773333 3543801 4729406 305445 717717 3238356 4011689 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 ina national network of leaders accross sectors to test new ideas false false 2131070 2079398 Covid -19 Workers Fund In response to the pandemic at the beginning of 2020, The Workers Lab quickly assessed what it could do to take care of the organization and possibilities to have an immediate impact on the lives of workers. Building on our past programmatic work and the relationship with donors in the field, and our role as a funding intermediary, we were able to quickly set up the Covid 19 Workers Fund which gave out 2,079,398 in 2020. The fund provides up to 1,000 in emergency cash grants to workers who have lost income due to the epidemic. 2110077 1432720 Innovation Fund The Innovation Fund is our signature program and primary way we source and fund experiments. It is as 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. In 2019, we hosted one competition focused on cooperative development and another more broadly about worker power. 623226 116064 Canary TWL is incubating a new social enterprise arising out of both our Design Sprint for Social Change and Rachel Schneiders 2018 work on strategic cash infusions. The enterprise will develop a next generation relief fund that can beoffered through employers. 736680 18207 5601053 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true true false false false false false true false false false true true true false false false false false true true false false false false false false true false false false true 20 0 true 14 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 CA X RBA Bookkeeping Service 9259791998 1900 Aspenridge Court Walnut Creek CA 94597 Adrian Haro CEO 040.00 000.39 X 204202 192 6300 Betsy Edasery Managing Director 040.00 000.76 X 179971 3302 6300 Eduardo Morales Director of External Affairs 040.00 X 171288 0 6300 Tiffany M Ferguson Program Director 040.00 X 158838 0 5250 Joseph Allan Baclig Manager of Accounting Data Technology 040.00 000.32 X 105065 795 6300 Haeyoung Yoon Board Member 000.50 X 13125 0 0 Luz Vega-Marquis Board Member 000.50 X 0 0 0 Anna Fink Board Member 000.50 X 0 0 0 Erica Smiley Board Member 000.50 X 0 0 0 Nidhi Mirani Board Member 000.50 X 0 0 0 Margot Brandenburg Chair 000.63 000.03 X 0 0 0 Keesha Gaskins-Nathan Vice Chair 000.63 X 0 0 0 Ian Fuller Treasurer 000.73 000.03 X 0 0 0 Sean Daniel Murphy Secretary 000.73 X 0 0 0 832489 4289 30450 5 false true false Robin Braverman Associates 1900 Aspenridge Court Walnut Creek CA 94597 CFO Accounting Tax Prep Audit Prep 123799 1 327080 7104076 7431156 Speaking Honoraraia Fiscal Sponsorship Fees 110000 133260 133260 133260 53068 51440 1628 1628 7566044 133260 X 1450927 1450927 2195462 2195462 0 0 396673 127185 147715 121773 0 812956 448616 219208 145132 0 63860 21142 35304 7414 87511 41986 27422 18103 0 77648 36842 40806 160816 160816 0 67420 67420 0 894974 877492 15003 2479 337938 279211 37924 20803 32073 8203 23022 848 43343 34883 6672 1788 0 36782 14089 19109 3584 20046 14240 3290 2516 0 27469 7525 16848 3096 920 920 0 0 9745 2883 5728 1134 Program Events 21460 21433 27 Staff Development 31680 15986 7865 7829 Dues Memberships 23008 2948 8342 11718 0 6792711 5601053 776021 415637 1162604 3861088 2110000 731000 20716 13194 100000 239056 24124 11425 3543801 4729406 155445 326754 150000 249743 141220 305445 717717 X 249769 804622 2988587 3207067 3238356 4011689 3543801 4729406 773333 X false X true X true false X 6792462 7431156 14223618 6792462 7431156 14223618 7893278 6330340 1628 1628 14225246 162909 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 7590391 24347 24347 7566044 7566044 6817058 24347 24347 6792711 6792711 IV 11f The organization has evaluated its current tax positions as of December31, 2020 and it is not aware of any significant uncertain tax positions for which areserve would be necessary. 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X X true false false false false false false false false Adrian Haro CEO 204202 6300 210502 Betsy Edasery Managing Director 179971 6300 186271 Eduardo Morales Director of External Affairs 171288 6300 177588 Tiffany M Ferguson Program Director 151838 5250 157088 Part I Line 4a Tiffany M Feguson received severance pay when she separated from the organization. Luz Vega-Marquis Board Member 54423 Salary paid to grandaughter false Haeyoung Yoon Board Member 13129 Fees for consulting services false Carmen Rojas Founder 26178 Salary during CEO transition false Carmen Rojas Founder 1575 Travel expense during CEO transition false Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Program Service Expenses 501,717, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Design Sprint Using Googles Design Sprint methodology, we take an intensive, time-bound approach to solvingproblems that reduce risk when bringing a new product to market. We do these once a year, in partnership with keyfunders and partners. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Program Service Expenses 219,756, Grants and allocations 3,000, Revenue 0 Learning HubOur 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. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Program Service Expenses 15,207, Grants and allocations 15,207, Revenue 0 Administrative Grants to Related C3 organization These grants were given to The Workers Lab INC, a 501 c 3 related organization for administrative expenses. 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. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Other Fee for Service - Program Consultants 407,928 Strategic Planning Consultant 24,090 Canary Consultants 462,956 Other 806 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 true true false false false false false false false false false false true true false true false false Workers Lab Action Fund n Nothing was charged in 2020 The Workers Lab INC n Nothing was charged in 2020 Workers Lab Action Fund o 4764 Log of time spent by employees The Workers Lab INC q 13757 Each specific expense is logged The Workers Lab Action Fund q 3546 Each specific expense is logged The Workers Lab Action Fund c 250000 Balance Sheet Value of Loans Granted The Workers Lab INC b 15207 Value of specific expenses owed The Workers Lab INC c 227080 Funds received from a particular funding source