Connecticut · Nonprofit
The Human Potential LAB Inc
The Human Potential LAB Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,009,293 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($459,293). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $748k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $82k
What The Human Potential LAB Inc does
Mission
The Human Potential L.A.B. advances and applies scientific knowledge to strengthen understanding of human development and learning. Through its three areas of work, the organization supports the practical use of this research across sectors and integrates scientific guidance into research, product development, advisory services, and related initiatives that help people reach their potential.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Program 1: The Human Potential L.A.B. advances and applies scientific knowledge to strengthen understanding of human capability and support effective learning and development practices. Through three integrated areas of work, the Lab: (1) improves public understanding of research on human growth and learning; (2) supports the use of this research by organizations, agencies, and partners through scientific guidance; and (3) assists teams developing practical tools and approaches grounded in learning and development science. Together, these activities promote learning, well-being, and expanded opportunities for young people.
$437,507 spent90% of program spendingProgram 2: In 2024, the Human Potential L.A.B. partnered with Learning Heroes through a Global Impact subgrant to design and launch a national communications effort that shared research on learning and development with families and educators. The project incorporated scientific insights on connection, motivation, and learning into Learning Heroes' engagement tools and distributed these materials through schools, family networks, and digital platforms in multiple states.
$47,535 spent10% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $485,042.
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.
Board chair
James Shelton
Chair/Treasurer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of The Human Potential LAB Inc’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
The Human Potential LAB Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund The Human Potential LAB Inc.
“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
80% of The Human Potential LAB Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $200k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $809k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
The Human Potential LAB Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 793 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like The Human Potential LAB Inc
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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Human Potential LAB Inc: 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The Human Potential LAB Inc?
- The Human Potential LAB Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,009,293 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($459,293). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does The Human Potential LAB Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,009,293 in grants to The Human Potential LAB Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of The Human Potential LAB Inc?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $459,293 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Human Potential LAB Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 3 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