Industrial Relations Counselors Inc

BROOKLYN, NY EIN: 13-1624043

Education Graduate and professional education Business education Philanthropy Nonprofits

Industrial Relations Counselors Inc is a private foundation focused on Education, based in BROOKLYN, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $9.6M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 8 grants totaling $99K. Net investment income was $665K.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990-PF · View filing

Total Assets

$9.6M

+4.6% YoY

Annual Giving

$99K

-4.0% YoY

Grant Count

+166.7% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$12K

-64.0% YoY

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Industrial Relations Counselors Inc reported a distributable amount of $458K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

About Industrial Relations Counselors Inc

Based on IRS filings

Focus Areas

Education Graduate and professional education Business education Philanthropy Nonprofits

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

New York $214K (39%)

Massachusetts $190K (35%)

California $85K (16%)

Illinois $33K (6%)

District of Columbia $20K (4%)

Arizona $3K (1%)

States

Arizona California District of Columbia Illinois Massachusetts New York

Cities

BrooklynCambridgeClaremontConcordDowners GroveEvanstonIthacaLos AngelesMesaNew YorkPalo AltoSacramentoSag HarborWashington

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue

Expenses

Qualifying Distributions

Net Investment Income

Metric	2025	2024	2023
Total Assets	$9,580,011	$9,161,058	$8,819,580
Revenue	$772,164	$361,621	$130,515
Expenses	$583,678	$578,206	$484,765
Qualifying Distributions	$476,730	$467,061	$376,287
Net Investment Income	$665,378	$252,658	$81,506
Distributable Amount	$458,118	$430,697	$428,784

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 8 recipients in 2025

Grant Size Distribution

34 grants across all recorded years

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

Among its reported 2025 grants, the largest include Cornell University ILR CAROW ($26,500), Knology Ltd ($25,000), Institute for the Future of Work IF ($12,840).

Recipient	Purpose	Amount
ALERIA RESEARCH CORPORATION NEW YORK, NY	Agent-Based Simulation: Quantifying the Impact of Better Frontline Jobs on Business Performance. The goal of this project is to develop a computer simulation that quantifies the link between elevating the workplace experience of frontline workers and superior business results. The goal is to amplify and enhance the value of foundational research into job quality and human capital measures that both improve the worker experience and drive business performance, with a decision-support tool to test and evaluate the likely outcomes of various job-quality scenarios.	$4,000
CORNELL UNIVERSITY ILR Future of Wo ITHACA, NY	Future of Work Fellowship. This grant is to support the ILR Future of Work Fellowships at Cornell University. The Future of Work Fellowship Program is funded by an alumni gift and supports postdoctoral researchers and doctoral students who work with Cornell ILRs faculty on innovative research projects related to the future of work.	$10,000
National Academy of Human Resources SAG HARBOR, NY	Richard A. Beaumont Memorial Scholarship 2024 and 2025. This grant is being used to fund one-half of an annual scholarship for a student pursuing a masters degree in human resources or a related field. The other half is being funded by the National Academy of Human Resources (NAHR) Foundation. The scholarship is in memory of Richard A. Beaumont, IRCs former director of research and trustee emeritus, who also was a founding member of NAHR. The scholarship is administered by the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) Foundation.	$7,500
KNOLOGY LTD New York, NY	Culture of Trust: How Interactions Around Contentious Issues Affect Trust in the Workplace.This project seeks to identify ways nonprofit leaders, especially those working in museums, can support and build trust even when working through contentious issues.Because they are called upon to address social issues, museums provide a microcosm for studying trust in the organization. Modern museums are tackling issues such as unionization, climate change, racism, restitution of cultural artifacts, and sources of donor wealth. For organizations that have traditionally thought of themselves as neutral ground in their community, this is a challenge one that recalls the social revolution of the late 1960s and 1970s in the US, which led to a redefinition of museums from collecting to educational organizations. Findings from this study will support the development of strategies for building, supporting, and repairing trust between nonprofit leaders and staff when contentious issues arise.	$25,000
Institute for the Future of Work IF	Tech Effects on Job Quality: Understanding and Mitigating Impacts.The purpose of the project is to uncover how different demographic and occupational groups experience job quality changes with the introduction of automation. Researchers will leverage a large-scale survey of UK workers to conduct their analysis. Current assumptions about the impact of automation on labor tend to be reduced to two perspectives: Automation will either completely displace labor or require labor to be retrained or upskilled to work with automation. The researchers in this project believe that we need more nuanced models that explore how choices about design, development, and deployment come together to produce different outcomes. Such approaches would also allow us to better examine who is benefitting from new technology and in what ways.The research is expected to provide valuable insights to help businesses, unions, policymakers, and regulators develop targeted strategies that ensure technology adoption l	$12,840
EMPATHABLE Sacramento, CA	Innovative Learning Approaches in Healthcare. This project explores how two innovative learning approaches first-person perspective, point-of-view (POV) storytelling and AI-powered conversational tools can transform workplace dynamics in healthcare settings.For decades, healthcare education has relied primarily on traditional approacheslectures, presentations, and text-based learning. While these methods effectively communicate information, they often fail to create the emotional and experiential connections needed to truly transform behavior in high-stakes, interpersonal healthcare settings.At the same time, research has consistently demonstrated that experiential learning coupled with reflective practice leads to significantly higher learning retention rates and behavior change. When learners actively engage with content that triggers emotional responses and then have opportunities to practice new approaches in a safe environment, the learning becomes embedded in both cognitive and e	$10,000
Legacy Global Programs Mesa, AZ	Work in Progress 2025. The purpose of this initiative launched in December 2024 is to establish and support a community of entrepreneurs, investors, and thought leaders to explore new possibilities for the future of work. The goal is to build a community of cross-functional visionaries committed to ensuring that as work evolves, it evolves intentionally.Work, as we know it, is being fundamentally transformed. AI is reshaping entire industries, and traditional work structures are under pressure from the weight of innovation. Participants in the Work in Progress community are engaging in conversations and activities that seek to answer the question, what comes next?.The Work in Progress convening of May 2025 brought together leaders for a curated half-day experience designed to explore the evolving nature of work through a deeply human lens. Attendees participated in one of three breakout sessions designed to explore fundamental questions about works future in an effort to generate new f	$3,000
Cornell University ILR CAROW ITHACA, NY	Catalyzing Safe and Equitable Use of Artificial Intelligence in Home Health Care Work.The goal of this qualitative study is to understand the perspectives and experiences of home care workers (HCWs) and other key stakeholders towards current and near-future artificial intelligence (AI) deployment in home care work.Emerging AI systems promise home care agencies, insurance companies, and public funders such as Medicaid and Medicare, immense gains in efficiency and cost savings through automation, including via patientcare worker matching, shift scheduling and coordination, predicting patient health, tracking worker performance, and more.However, without proper safeguards, AI systems deployed in these sensitive contexts could also have unintended negative consequences that harm HCWs and their patients.	$26,500

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

From 2025 filing

Name	Title	Hours	Compensation
JODI STARKMAN	Executive Dir.	36	$172,501
HAROLD W BURLINGAME	President&Treas	4	—
RICHARD L ANTOINE	Vice President	1	—
SYDNEY R ROBERTSON	Secretary	1	—
KATHLEEN BARCLAY	Trustee	1	—
JOHN C STEELE	Trustee	1	—
ANTOINETTE LABELLE	Trustee	1	—
EVA SAGE-GAVIN	Trustee	1	—
Deborah Caplan	Trustee	1	—

Subject Areas

Focus areas based on grantmaking activity

Education Graduate and professional education Business education Philanthropy Nonprofits

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Industrial Relations Counselors Inc?

Industrial Relations Counselors Inc is a private foundation focused on Education, based in BROOKLYN, NY. It holds $9.6M in total assets as of 2025.

How large is Industrial Relations Counselors Inc?

As of 2025, Industrial Relations Counselors Inc holds $9.6M in total assets with $772K in annual revenue. It awarded 8 grants totaling $99K in 2025.

Where does Industrial Relations Counselors Inc operate?

Industrial Relations Counselors Inc has awarded grants in Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York.

What size grants does Industrial Relations Counselors Inc award?

In 2025, Industrial Relations Counselors Inc awarded 8 grants totaling $99K — an average of about $12K per grant, based on its IRS Form 990 filings.

How much is Industrial Relations Counselors Inc required to give away each year?

Private foundations must generally distribute about 5% of their assets annually. For 2025, Industrial Relations Counselors Inc reported a distributable amount of $458K on its IRS Form 990-PF — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

What is Industrial Relations Counselors Inc's EIN?

Industrial Relations Counselors Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-1624043. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.