Nonprofit · EIN 26-2506162
HARMONY LABS INC
Tax-exempt · NEW YORK, NY 10036
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $17,216,233 | $4,758,798 | $12,457,435 | $13,316,440 | $190,673 | $13,125,767 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $3,396,262 | $4,175,607 | -$779,345 | $828,877 | $351,628 | $477,249 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $15,668,690
- Program service revenue
- $1,539,081
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $8,462
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $492,217
- Other salaries and wages
- $2,393,899
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $3,866,734
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $14,452
- Accounting fees
- $48,620
- Occupancy
- $17,961
- Travel
- $59,543
- Depreciation
- $7,075
- Program services (functional)
- $3,549,964
- Management and general (functional)
- $620,606
- Fundraising (functional)
- $588,228
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $828,877
- Total assets, end of year
- $13,316,440
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $190,673
- Net assets, end of year
- $13,125,767
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $24,500
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $407,925
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $12,717,842
- Gross receipts
- $17,216,233
- Employees
- 19
- Volunteers
- 7
- Year formed
- 2008
- State of legal domicile
- NY
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIAN WANIEWSKI | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $398,607 | $128,610 |
| FREDERICA CONREY | MARCOMM DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $192,777 | $57,790 |
| HIRAM P JOHNSON | SCIENCE DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $191,558 | $50,244 |
| JUSTIN SMITH | ENGINEERING DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $187,490 | $35,061 |
| MERCEDES COYLE | LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $160,431 | $57,064 |
| JONATHAN R STEWART | LEAD DATA SCIENTIST Highest-paid employee | 40 | $169,906 | $46,167 |
| JOHN S JOHNSON | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| EMMA CANARICK | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ADAM WOLFENSOHN | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MATTHEW BARZUN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JONAH PERETTI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| OMAR WASOW | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARYL WIDDOWS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIAN WANIEWSKI | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $349,279 | $108,488 |
| FREDERICA CONREY | MARCOMM DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $192,776 | $57,790 |
| H P JOHNSON | SCIENCE DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $191,558 | $50,244 |
| JUSTIN SMITH | ENGINEERING DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $187,489 | $35,061 |
| MERCEDES COYLE | SENIOR DATA SCIENTIST Highest-paid employee | 40 | $160,432 | $57,064 |
| JONATHAN R STEWART | LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $169,906 | $46,167 |
| JOHN S JOHNSON | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| EMMA CANARICK | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ADAM WOLFENSOHN | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MATTHEW BARZUN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JONAH PERETTI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| OMAR WASOW | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARYL WIDDOWS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1460 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10036-7329
- In care of
- % BRIAN WAINEWSKI
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- BRIAN WANIEWSKI, 1460 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10036
- Signed the 990
- BRIAN WANIEWSKI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (212) 966-7606
- Website
- WWW.HARMONYLABS.ORG
- Return prepared by
- LUTZ AND CARR CPAS LLP
Mission
HARMONY LABS AIMS TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE RESEARCH AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MEDIA INFLUENCE WORKS WITHIN SOCIETY AND PARTNERS WITH RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING RESEARCH, INDUSTRY AND MEDIA PRACTICIONERS TO ADDRESS KNOWLEDGE GAPS AND TO EXPERIMENT WITH AND DEVELOP SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE POSITIVE SOCIAL OUTCOMES.
Program accomplishments
- HARMONY LABS IS A MEDIA RESEARCH LAB, USING SCIENCE, DATA, AND CREATIVITY TO RESEARCH AND RESHAPE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MEDIA. OUR UNIQUE APPROACH RESTS ON A COMMITMENT TO RIGOROUS PARTICIPATORY PUBLIC RESEARCH, AN UNRIVALED DATA PLATFORM, WITH TRANSPARENT, PRINCIPLED DATA PRACTICES, AND ONGOING INVESTMENT IN EXPLORATION, INVENTION, AND CREATIVITY.WE'RE BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF PRIVATE MEDIA COMPANIES THAT DONATE THE DATA WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR MEDIA SYSTEMS, AND HOW THEY AFFECT PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES, AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. OUR DATA PHILANTHROPY COMMUNITY INCLUDES BIG COMPANIES, LIKE NIELSEN AND COMSCORE, AND SMALLER STARTUPS, LIKE PEAKMETRICS, THAT ARE SCRAPING DIFFERENT CORNERS OF THE WEB, NEWS, TELEVISION, RADIO, AND OTHER KINDS OF MEDIA. THIS DATA PHILANTHROPY SUPPORTS OUR RESEARCH EFFORTS INCLUDING, FOR EXAMPLE, AN ADJACENT COMMUNITY OF ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS (HARMONY LABS RESEARCH NETWORK) WHO ARE USING THESE DATA TO STUDY AND IMPROVE MEDIA SYSTEMS.IN ADDITION, WE HARNESS THESE INDUSTRY AND RESEARCH RELATIONSHIPS FOR OUR NARRATIVE OBSERVATORY, A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND DATA TOOL THAT EMPOWERS CONTENT CREATORS, ADVOCATES, AND FUNDERS TO FIND, REACH, AND RESONATE WITH THE RIGHT AUDIENCE IN TODAY'S MEDIA MINEFIELD. THE NARRATIVE OBSERVATORY DELIVERS AUDIENCE-BASED INSIGHTS, NARRATIVE AND NETWORK ANALYSIS, AND EMPIRICAL VALIDATION OF CULTURAL STRATEGY AND CONTENT TO OUR PARTNERS.WE WORK WITH A WIDE RANGE OF PARTNERS ON ISSUES OF EXISTENTIAL IMPORTANCE, LIKE CLIMATE, GUN VIOLENCE, POLITICAL CORRUPTION, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND MORE, USING AN APPROACH TO RESEARCH THAT IS RIGOROUS, PARTICIPATORY, AND 100% PUBLIC. ONE OF THE FIRST PAPERS WE CO-AUTHORED LOOKED AT FRACKING NARRATIVES IN DOCUMENTARY FILM. THE OUTPUTS WE'VE CREATED WITH OUR PARTNERS INCLUDE WEBSITES, PRESENTATIONS, PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS, TOOLKITS, CURRICULUM, INTERACTIVES, WHITE PAPERS, AND MEDIA. AND OUR WORK HAS BEEN COVERED IN THE PRESS, INCLUDING THE NEW YORK TIME, WIRED AND MORE.FOUNDED BY JOHN S. JOHNSON IN 2008, HARMONY LABS IS A 501(C)3 INCORPORATED IN NEW YORK STATE. FUNDERS INCLUDE ATLANTIC FOUNDATION, BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR FOUNDATION, OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS, NATHAN CUMMINGS FOUNDATION, GOOGLE, AND MORE.Expenses $3,549,964 · revenue $1,539,081
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 26-2506162
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2009
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A31)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $13,316,440
- Income (IRS master file)
- $17,216,233
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $17,216,233 | $4,758,798 | $13,316,440 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $3,396,262 | $4,175,607 | $828,877 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $3,895,727 | $4,069,295 | $1,414,783 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 26-2506162).
Questions about HARMONY LABS INC
- What is the EIN of HARMONY LABS INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of HARMONY LABS INC is 26-2506162.
- Is HARMONY LABS INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2009.
- Are donations to HARMONY LABS INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does HARMONY LABS INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of HARMONY LABS INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did HARMONY LABS INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of HARMONY LABS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names BRIAN WANIEWSKI.
- Who are the officers and directors of HARMONY LABS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 13 people; 6 received compensation from the organization, the highest $398,607 (BRIAN WANIEWSKI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does HARMONY LABS INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $17,216,233, expenses of $4,758,798 and total assets of $13,316,440 at year end.
Other nonprofits in NEW YORK
- THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART EIN 13-1624086 · last filed 990 for 2025
- MUSEUM OF MODERN ART EIN 13-1624100 · last filed 990 for 2025
- METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION INC EIN 13-1624087 · last filed 990 for 2025
- AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY EIN 13-6162659 · last filed 990 for 2025
- LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC EIN 13-1847137 · last filed 990 for 2025
- WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART EIN 13-1789318 · last filed 990 for 2025
- SESAME WORKSHOP EIN 13-2655731 · last filed 990 for 2025
- ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE EIN 38-3866410 · last filed 990 for 2025
All nonprofits in NEW YORK · New York · Arts, culture and humanities