Montana · Nonprofit
LaborLab
LaborLab (Montana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $573,300 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($275,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $419k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $573k
- Net assets
- $340k
What LaborLab does
Mission
LaborLab is a nonprofit watchdog dedicated to safeguarding workers rights to organize, win strong contracts, and build lasting collective power. Through strategic research, educational resources, and corporate accountability, we empower the public to navigate organizing and collective bargaining while mobilizing support to counter workers rights violations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Served as an educational resource for workers, worker advocates, regulators, and policy makers, primarily regarding the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA).
$57,701 spentof which $634 as grants33% of program spendingExecuted policy analysis and enforcement protocols regarding the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA)and provided analysis to the public, regulators, and media.
$57,701 spentof which $634 as grants33% of program spendingMonitored worker organizing efforts and shared findings with the public.
$57,700 spentof which $633 as grants33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $173,102.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $121k to $300k (+149%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 71%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of LaborLab’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Robert Funk
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $75k → $120k.
From the IRS filings of LaborLab’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
LaborLab leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 63% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
LaborLab draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
LaborLab has grown faster than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LaborLab
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Montana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
46% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LaborLab: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds LaborLab?
- LaborLab (Montana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $573,300 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($275,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LaborLab have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $573,300 in grants to LaborLab, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LaborLab?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $275,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LaborLab find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Montana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing