Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $271,915
- Total expenses
- $188,533
- Contributions and grants received
- $251,436
- Grants paid
- $30,000
- Program service revenue
- $15,000
- Investment income
- $4,925
- Other revenue
- $554
- Total assets, end of year
- $499,920
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $499,920
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $172,680
- Management and general expenses
- $7,929
- Fundraising expenses
- $7,924
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $172,680
Program services were 91.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$251,436
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2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT REVENUE
total $15,000 · related or exempt $15,000
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3 · Investment income
total $4,925 · related or exempt $4,925
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME
total $554 · related or exempt $554
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11e · Other revenue, total
$554
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $30,000 · program services $30,000
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $105,900 · program services $95,310 · management and general $5,295 · fundraising $5,295
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $1,385 · program services $1,247 · management and general $69 · fundraising $69
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $8,759 · program services $7,883 · management and general $438 · fundraising $438
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $10,000 · program services $9,000 · management and general $500 · fundraising $500
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $2,980 · program services $2,682 · management and general $149 · fundraising $149
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $2,999 · program services $2,699 · management and general $150 · fundraising $150
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,178 · program services $1,060 · management and general $59 · fundraising $59
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $6,785 · program services $6,107 · management and general $339 · fundraising $339
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17 · Travel
total $0
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $0
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24a · Other expenses: TRAVEL & MEALS
total $5,692 · program services $5,123 · management and general $285 · fundraising $284
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24b · Other expenses: TELECOMMUNICATIONS
total $4,807 · program services $4,326 · management and general $241 · fundraising $240
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24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE
total $3,080 · program services $2,772 · management and general $154 · fundraising $154
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24d · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES
total $1,815 · program services $1,634 · management and general $91 · fundraising $90
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24e · All other expenses
total $3,153 · program services $2,837 · management and general $159 · fundraising $157
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $416,538 · end of year $120,330
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $379,590
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $416,538 · end of year $499,920
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
PROMOTING ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY
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FORESTS FOR CLIMATE AND BIODIVERSITY:Through its Forests for Climate and Biodiversity program, CSE advocates for protection and restoration of all native forest ecosystems on federal, state, and local public lands because of their role in capturing and storing carbon, filtering clean water, supporting outdoor recreation, sustaining biological diversity and supplying many other ecosystem goods and services. On private lands, we believe that state forest practices statutes and rules should create the enabling conditions for sustainably managed forests that are put to work earning landowners multiple revenue streams from wood products and non-timber goods and services but in a manner that protects public trust resources including soil productivity, water, wildlife, fish and a stable climate. Key activities and accomplishments in 2023 included:1.Developing a strategy to implement a forest carbon tax and reward program at the state level.2.Completing a peer-reviewed article on how to operationalize the forest carbon tax and reward concept.3.Filing litigation challenging harmful logging operations proposed on Washington State forestlands in King County.4.Hosting the Forest Carbon Coalition, a national network of conservation and scientific organizations advocating for climate smart forest practices.5.Hosting two online events addressing the imperative of enrolling forests more directly into the nations climate action framework.
Expenses $94,974
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CLIMATE JUSTICE:Together with environmental justice organizations, community groups, people of faith, indigenous peoples, labor allies, and civil society groups, CSEs Climate Justice Program is taking action around the urgent moral imperative of rapidly reducing our collective carbon footprint while ensuring our land use is sustainable, with high value carbon sinks, such as old growth forests, bolstered and expanded as rapidly as possible. Key activities and accomplishments in 2022 included:1.We continued our work with non-profits and decision makers to advance fossil fuel risk bond policies now in place in Oregon and Washington.2.We completed a report providing guidance to state and local governments interested in adopting fossil fuel risk bond programs in their jurisdiction.
Expenses $60,438
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GREEN INFASTRUCTURE:Investments in so called green infrastructure solutions such as wetland restoration or agricultural best management practices are increasingly recognized as cost effective ways to achieve environmental quality outcomes relative to investments in gray infrastructure such as wastewater treatment or water filtration plants. To advance green infrastructure solutions, CSE monitors land use decisions at the federal, state and local levels and advocates for inclusion of green infrastructure elements in site designs. Key activities and accomplishments in 2022 included:1.We continued our work with partners to devise a national and/or statewide no-net-loss compensatory mitigation program for forests and farmland.2.Monitoring and commenting on several land use decisions at the local level that will result in significant deforestation or loss of farmland.
Expenses $17,268
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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John TalberthJOHN TALBERTH
President
- Total calculated
- $98,400
- From this org
- $98,400
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Richard MietzRICHARD MIETZ
Director
- Total calculated
- $7,500
- From this org
- $7,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Susan LeopoldSUSAN LEOPOLD
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Kelly O'HanleyKELLY O'HANLEY
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Anthony Rogers-WrightANTHONY ROGERS-WRIGHT
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
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$30,000
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 23 February 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v4.0
- Source object
- 202440549349300619
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