California · Public charity
The Workers Lab
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…
- $362k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations The Workers Lab funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $360k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $125k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $105k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $1.9M | 95% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $1.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Access Strategies | $900,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Warehouse Worker Resource Center | $152,500 | 1 | 6% |
| Carina | $152,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Driver's Seat Cooperative LCA | $152,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Henry Street Settlement | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hispanics in Philanthropy | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban Association of Forestry and Fire Professionals Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Freefrom | $150,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Building Skills Partnership | $150,000 | 1 | 3% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Access Strategies | $900,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Warehouse Worker Resource Center | $152,500 | 1 | 6% |
| Carina | $152,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Driver's Seat Cooperative LCA | $152,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Henry Street Settlement | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hispanics in Philanthropy | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban Association of Forestry and Fire Professionals Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Freefrom | $150,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Building Skills Partnership | $150,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Mission Launch Inc | $120,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Starlight Ventures Corporation | $120,000 | 2 | n/a |
| MT Labs LLC | $120,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fellows of the Rsa in the United States | $100,000 | 2 | 21% |
| Legal Aid Justice Center | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Emerging Builders Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Mississippi Workers Center for Human Rights Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Medical Center of the Americas Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Peoples Choice Communications | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pacific Gateway Workforce Partnership | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Food Policy Action Council | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Urban Affairs Coalition | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Century Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Certification Associates Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Repose Birth Services LLC | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Nurse on Demand LLC | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Workers Defense Project | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Powerswitch Action | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trunk of My Car Cooperative | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| IndyHub | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Victor Pineda Foundation Dba World Enabled | $25,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Cincinnati Union Cooperative Initiative | $25,000 | 1 | 6% |
| African Communities Together Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Open Door Legal | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Drive EVA NYC Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Fair Wage Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban Impact Lab | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United for Respect Education Fund | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wiggle Room Now Public Benefit Corporation | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Centro Community Partners | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Homebridge Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Creative Adventure Lab Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Workers Lab INC | $15,207 | 1 | 6% |
| Philadelphia Limousine Association | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Dayton Union Cooperative Initiative Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pronto | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Consortium for Worker Education Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
The Workers Lab supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · New Venture Fund · National Employment Law Project · New Profit Inc · The Sobrato Family Foundation
How this is measured
About The Workers Lab
- How much does The Workers Lab give?
- The Workers Lab reported 6 grants totaling $361,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Workers Lab fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Employment (37%), Human Services (9%), Public Safety & Disaster (9%).
- Who are The Workers Lab's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Capital Access Strategies ($900k), Warehouse Worker Resource Center ($153k), Carina ($153k).
- Does The Workers Lab fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Workers Lab?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, Tides Foundation, WK Kellogg Foundation.
- Where is The Workers Lab based?
- The Workers Lab is based in CA.
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