THE CHARACTER LAB INC: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization: THE CHARACTER LAB INC (EIN 46-2444163)
Tax period: 2018-07-01 to 2019-06-30
Filed: 2020-03-12
IRS object ID: 202010729349300316
Schema version: 2018v3.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule I
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-03-12T10:49:22-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	410746749	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	610 W GERMANTOWN PIKE STE 400	AddressLine1Txt
City	PLYMOUTH MEETING	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	19462	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2018-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	462444163	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE CHARACTER LAB INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	CHAR	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6464227767	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3675 MARKET STREET NO 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	PHILADELPHIA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	19104	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SEAN TALAMAS	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6464227767	PhoneNum
Signature	2020-03-11	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	BRUCE BRAUNEWELLCPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00075336	PTIN
Phone	2156433900	PhoneNum

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	67.137.57.251	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2020-03-11	IPDt
IP Tm	17:11:13	IPTm
IP Timezone	ED	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	3EEEC8B090C07D7EECF61F1A8A191FC1967D2E7A	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	0FD4EF385CD5022A6BCA3F6D48F1B56E012374BF	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2018	TaxYr
Build TS	2020-09-23 17:36:50Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	Yes (X)	AddressChangeInd
Principal Officer	SEAN TALAMAS	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3675 MARKET STREET NO 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	PHILADELPHIA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	19104	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$6,823,232	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.CHARACTERLAB.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2012	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DE	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THE CHARACTER LAB, INC'S MISSION IS TO ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC INSIGHTS THAT HELP KIDS THRIVE.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	7	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	5	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	23	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	7	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$745,426	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$4,761,364	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$26,332	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$4,840	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	-$141,622	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$776,598	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$4,619,742	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,296,547	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,118,618	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,184,397	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,420,821	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$9,600	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$17,945	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$2,548,438	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$2,268,411	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$5,029,382	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$4,817,450	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$4,252,784	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$197,708	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$3,739,060	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$3,753,753	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$282,339	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$494,740	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$3,456,721	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$3,259,013	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	CHARACTER LAB ADVANCES SCIENTIFIC INSIGHTS THAT HELP KIDS THRIVE. BY CONNECTING RESEARCHERS WITH EDUCATORS, CHARACTER LAB SEEKS TO CREATE GREATER KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE CONDITIONS THAT LEAD TO SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, ACADEMIC, AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. TO LEARN MORE, GO TO WWW.CHARACTERLAB.ORG.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$3,589,995	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$1,118,618	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	DEVELOPING CHARACTER STRENGTHS HELPS KIDS THRIVE SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY, ACADEMICALLY, AND PHYSICALLY. EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT CHARACTER IS IMPORTANT AND MALLEABLE, SCIENTIFIC INSIGHTS THAT TELL US HOW TO DEVELOP CHARACTER IN KIDS ARE SCARCE. CHARACTER LAB MAKES SCHOOL-BASED RESEARCH FAST, FRICTIONLESS, AND FRUITFUL. MORE THAN 50 RESEARCHERS AND SCHOOLS REPRESENTING MORE THAN 100,000 STUDENTS WORK WITH CHARACTER LAB TO GENERATE SCIENTIFIC INSIGHTS ABOUT THE SUCCESS AND WELL-BEING OF KIDS. CHARACTER LAB AIMS TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF STUDENTS IN THE COUNTRY, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PROMOTING THE VOICE OF UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS. FINALLY, CHARACTER LAB MAKES SCIENTIFIC INSIGHTS ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING CHARACTER IN YOUNG PEOPLE.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$3,589,995	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (1)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (1)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	57	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	23	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	7	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	5	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (1)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	Yes (1)	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SEAN TALAMAS	PersonNm
Phone	6464227767	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3675 MARKET STREET NO 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	PHILADELPHIA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	19104	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
JACKIE BEZOS
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ERICA DEWAN
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LUIS VON AHN
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CHRISTOPHER NORTH
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DAVE LEVIN
CO-FOUNDER AND BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)	$40,000	$0	$0
DOMINIC RANDOLPH
CO-FOUNDER AND BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)	$40,000	$0	$0
FEROZ DEWAN
CHAIR	2.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
SEAN TALAMAS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		$62,524	$0	$2,275	Yes (X)
MICHAEL PIH
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS & FINANCE	40.00		$85,011	$0	$10,214	Yes (X)
MATTHEW KNOX
VP OF OPERATIONS - LEFT SEPT 2018	40.00		$48,795	$0	$2,448	Yes (X)
DONALD KAMENTZ
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - LEFT FEB 2018	40.00		$105,927	$0	$3,176	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$382,257	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$18,113	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
QUALTRICS
333 WEST RIVER PARK DRIVE SUITE 48	PROVO	UT	84604	RESEARCH SERVICES	$426,300
HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
875 THIRD AVENUE	NEW YORK	NY	10022	LEGAL SERVICES	$109,868

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$4,761,364	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$1,084,919	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$4,761,364	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$8,530	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$8,530	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$2,053,338	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$2,203,490	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$150,152	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$150,152	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$150,152	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,619,742	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	-$141,622	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,004,158	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,004,158	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$114,460	TotalAmt
Program Services	$114,460	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$375,018	TotalAmt
Program Services	$199,735	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$167,483	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,800	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$869,155	TotalAmt
Program Services	$767,942	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$101,213	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,437	TotalAmt
Program Services	$21,380	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,048	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$72,461	TotalAmt
Program Services	$61,886	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,575	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$79,750	TotalAmt
Program Services	$65,336	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,878	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$536	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$42,590	TotalAmt
Program Services	$27,292	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$15,298	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$109,587	TotalAmt
Management And General	$109,587	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,600	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$9,600	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,048,225	TotalAmt
Program Services	$783,311	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$264,914	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$207,997	TotalAmt
Program Services	$95,676	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$112,321	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$108,749	TotalAmt
Program Services	$35,448	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$73,301	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$45,996	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,868	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$34,128	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$142,620	TotalAmt
Management And General	$142,620	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$80,893	TotalAmt
Program Services	$36,889	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$44,004	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$364,614	TotalAmt
Program Services	$364,614	ProgramServicesAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$840	TotalAmt
Management And General	$840	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,539	TotalAmt
Management And General	$23,539	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN	$88,990	$88,990
PROGRAM COSTS	$3,771	$3,771

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,817,450	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,589,995	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,209,510	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$17,945	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$331,160	BOYAmt
EOY	$845,339	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,135,900	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,044,739	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,250,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$804,430	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$28,000	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$22,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,500	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$24,508	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$15,763	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,745	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,739,060	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,753,753	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$277,339	BOYAmt
EOY	$488,740	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,000	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$282,339	BOYAmt
EOY	$494,740	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,206,721	BOYAmt
EOY	$696,338	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,250,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,562,675	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,456,721	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,259,013	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,739,060	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,753,753	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$197,708	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$8,154,957	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,668,947	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,009,110	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$745,426	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,761,364	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$16,339,804	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$8,154,957	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,668,947	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,009,110	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$745,426	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,761,364	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$16,339,804	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$10,602,734	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$5,737,070	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,417	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,876	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$5,038	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$5,758	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$8,530	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$23,619	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$207	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$30,609	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$26,332	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$57,148	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$16,420,571	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.34940	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.28180	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	FEE FOR SERVICE - 2016 AMOUNT: $ 30,609. 2017 AMOUNT: $ 26,332. MISCELLANEOUS INCOME - 2015 AMOUNT: $ 207.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$24,508	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$15,763	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$8,745	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$8,745	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	DEFERRED RENT	Desc
Amt	$6,000	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$6,000	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$4,619,742	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$0	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$4,619,742	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$4,619,742	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$4,817,450	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$4,817,450	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$4,817,450	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART X, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE ORGANIZATION IS A NON-PROFIT ENTITY AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAXES. ACCORDINGLY, THERE IS NO PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES. THE ORGANIZATION IS NOT AWARE OF ANY ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD JEOPARDIZE ITS TAX-EXEMPT STATUS OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO TAX ON UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME TAXES. THE ORGANIZATION FOLLOWS THE GUIDANCE IN THE INCOME TAX STANDARD REGARDING THE RECOGNITION AND MEASUREMENT OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. THE GUIDANCE CLARIFIES THE ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES RECOGNIZED IN AN ENTITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE GUIDANCE FURTHER PRESCRIBES RECOGNITION AND MEASUREMENT OF TAX PROVISIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN ON A TAX RETURN THAT ARE NOT CERTAIN TO BE REALIZED. THE APPLICATION OF THIS STANDARD HAD NO IMPACT ON THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (10 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Address Line2USAddress/AddressLine2Txt
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
BOX 223131	PITTSBURGH	PA	152512131	386006309	501(C)(3)	$99,375	TO FUND CHARACTER RESEARCH
THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
3600 MARKET STREET SUITE 501	PHILADELPHIA	PA	191042649	231352685	501(C)(3)	$140,802	TO FUND CHARACTER RESEARCH
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF LELAND STANFORD JR
PO BOX 44253	SAN FRANCISCO	CA	941444253	941156365	501(C)(3)	$229,282	TO FUND CHARACTER RESEARCH
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
1901 SOUTH FIRST STREET SUITE A	CHAMPAIGN	IL	61820	376000511	501(C)(3)	$20,295	TO FUND CHARACTER RESEARCH
INDIANA UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT 78867 PO BOX 78000	DETROIT	MI	482780867	356001673	501(C)(3)	$139,257	TO FUND CHARACTER RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
101 E 27TH STREET SUITE 5 300 MAIL	AUSTIN	TX	78712	746000203	501(C)(3)	$25,000	TO FUND CHARACTER RESEARCH	STOP A900
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
6 WASHINGTON PLACE ROOM 607	NEW YORK	NY	10003	135562308	501(C)(3)	$85,000	TO FUND CHARACTER RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO BOOTH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
5807 SOUTH WOODLAWN AVENUE	CHICAGO	IL	60637	362177139	501(C)(3)	$105,163	TO FUND CHARACTER RESEARCH
FOUNDATION FOR ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC
45 W AMELIA STREET SUITE 901	ORLANDO	FL	32801	592788435	501(C)(3)	$148,214	TO FUND CHARACTER RESEARCH
HIGHER GROUND A RESOURCE CENTER
101 W 44TH STREET	TUCSON	AZ	85713	273585869	501(C)(3)	$7,925	TO FUND CHARACTER RESEARCH

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	10	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	0	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	RESEARCH GRANTS AND HONORARIA	GrantTypeTxt
Recipient	48	RecipientCnt
Cash Grant	$114,460	CashGrantAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE CHARACTER LAB, INC. FUNDS RESEARCH ABOUT CHARACTER WITH THE INTENT OF ADVANCING SCIENTIFIC INSIGHTS THAT WILL HELP KIDS THRIVE. EACH GRANTEE IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE INTERIM AND FINAL REPORTS TO THE CHARACTER LAB, INC. ON THE USE OF THE GRANT FUNDS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$1,084,919	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FAIR MARKET VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	0	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	0	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	0	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, COLUMN (B):	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE FIGURE IN COLUMN (B) REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF DONORS IN EACH CATEGORY.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2	FEROZ DEWAN, CHAIR, AND ERICA DEWAN, BOARD MEMBER, HAVE A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 3	THE ORGANIZATION HAS OUTSOURCED ITS BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INCLUDING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND RECRUITING TO AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION, 4TH SECTOR SOLUTIONS. THEY WERE PAID $57,003 DURING THE FISCAL YEAR FOR THESE SERVICES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM AND THEN REVIEWED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCE AS WELL AS THE COO. PRIOR TO ITS SUBMISSION, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE WAS PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THE DRAFT FORM 990. THE FORM 990 WAS ALSO PROVIDED TO EACH BOARD MEMBER PRIOR TO FILING WITH IRS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	THE ORGANIZATION HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY THAT APPLIES TO ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, KEY EMPLOYEES ("COVERED PERSONS"). PER THE POLICY, DISINTERESTED DIRECTORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICT OR INTEREST BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATION AND A COVERED PERSON AND FOR DETERMINING AN APPROPRIATE ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSE TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE ORGANIZATION. COVERED PERSONS ARE ALSO UNDER A CONTINUING OBLIGATION TO DISCLOSE ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOON AS IT IS KNOWN OR REASONABLY SHOULD BE KNOWN WHEN THERE WAS AN ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATION AND A COVERED PERSON WITH RESPECT TO A SPECIFIC PROPOSED ACTION OR TRANSACTION, THE DISINTERESTED DIRECTORS APPROVED SUCH ACTION OR TRANSACTION, AS DOCUMENTED IN BOARD MEETING MINUTES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	TO SET COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE ORGANIZATION EMPLOYED AN EXTERNAL CONSULTANCY IN 2019 WHO COMPLETED A MARKET SCAN OF PEER ORGANIZATIONS. THE RESULTING COMPARISON WAS SHARED WITH THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD, WHO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR APPROVING AND MONITORING COMPENSATION FOR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP. THE DELIBERATION AND FINAL DECISION ARE TIMELY DOCUMENTED IN MINUTES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G	CONSULTING FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 172,315. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 264,914. TOTAL EXPENSES 437,229. CORE PRODUCTS SERVICE CONTRACT: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 359,500. TOTAL EXPENSES 359,500. PROGRAM RESEARCH: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 100,000. TOTAL EXPENSES 100,000. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 151,496. TOTAL EXPENSES 151,496.