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← ETHICS RESOURCE CENTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ETHICS RESOURCE CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,519,723
Total expenses
$2,571,795
Contributions and grants received
$410,379
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,103,362
Investment income
$40
Other revenue
$5,942
Total assets, end of year
$2,966,206
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,447,187
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,519,019
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,804,313
Management and general expenses
$652,710
Fundraising expenses
$114,772
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,804,313

Program services were 70.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $410,379

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADVISORY SERVICE FEES

    total $1,103,362 · related or exempt $1,103,362

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $40 · excluded $40

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $5,942 · excluded $5,942

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,942

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $531,933 · program services $242,440 · management and general $271,287 · fundraising $18,206

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $700,439 · program services $552,922 · management and general $105,117 · fundraising $42,400

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $17,050 · program services $15,139 · management and general $666 · fundraising $1,245

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $58,093 · program services $39,383 · management and general $15,185 · fundraising $3,525

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $81,131 · program services $52,735 · management and general $24,339 · fundraising $4,057

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,196 · management and general $6,196

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,479 · management and general $12,479

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $673,896 · program services $584,155 · management and general $59,827 · fundraising $29,914

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $13,731 · program services $11,671 · management and general $1,373 · fundraising $687

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $114,765 · program services $97,549 · management and general $11,478 · fundraising $5,738

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $26,306 · program services $22,360 · management and general $2,631 · fundraising $1,315

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,962 · program services $8,468 · management and general $996 · fundraising $498

  • 17 · Travel

    total $42,410 · program services $36,048 · management and general $4,242 · fundraising $2,120

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $101,334 · program services $86,134 · management and general $10,133 · fundraising $5,067

  • 20 · Interest

    total $87 · management and general $87

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $71,955 · management and general $71,955

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $28,439 · management and general $28,439

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP/SUBSCRIPTION

    total $65,069 · program services $55,309 · management and general $9,760

  • 24b · Other expenses: FEES & LICENSING

    total $9,152 · management and general $9,152

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $7,246 · management and general $7,246

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $122 · management and general $122

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $215 · end of year $160,107

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $588,044 · end of year $10,972

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $832,101

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $206,794 · end of year $416,848

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $70,489 · end of year $71,501

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $945,965

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $428,042

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $570,135 · end of year $517,923

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $29 · end of year $29

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $1,061,810 · end of year $888,136

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $887,146 · end of year $900,690

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $455,335 · end of year $422,388

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,210,897 · end of year $1,024,799

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $2,549,531 · end of year $1,519,019

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ETHICS & COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE (ECI) IS A BEST-PRACTICE COMMUNITY OF ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO CREATING AND SUSTAINING HIGH-QUALITY ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS. ECI BRINGS TOGETHER ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE PROFESSIONALS AND ACADEMICS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO SHARE TECHNIQUES, RESEARCH, AND, MOST OF ALL, EXCITING NEW IDEAS.ECI IS THE LEADING PROVIDER OF INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ABOUT WORKPLACE INTEGRITY, ETHICAL STANDARDS, AND COMPLIANCE PROCESSES AND PRACTICES IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS. OUR RESEARCH INCLUDES THE LONG-STANDING NATIONAL BUSINESS ETHICS SURVEY (NBES) OF WORKPLACE CONDUCT IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE RECENT GLOBAL BUSINESS ETHICS SURVEY (GBES) OF WORKPLACES IN LEADING WORLD ECONOMIES. ECI PUBLISHES RESEARCH FINDINGS BASED ON THE GBES THROUGH VARIOUS FORMATS, INCLUDING PUBLIC SUMMARY REPORTS, INFOGRAPHICS, INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS, AND PRESENTATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EMPOWERING ORGANIZATIONS TO BUILD AND SUSTAIN HIGH QUALITY ETHICS & COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS

  • 1) IN 2023, ERC EXPANDED THE GLOBAL BUSINESS ETHICS SURVEY TO INCLUDE 42 COUNTRIES. AN ONLINE INTERACTIVE DATABASE WITH THE DATA WAS RELEASED. ERC CONTINUED TO BUILD ITS DATABASE OF COMPANIES UTILIZING THE HIGH-QUALITY ETHICS & COMPLIANCE PROGRAM ASSESSMENT (NOW KNOWN AS THE E&C PROGRAM ASSESSMENT). ERC CONTINUED TO RELEASE TALKING THE WALK, A MONTHLY CASE STUDY DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IMPORTANT ETHICS & COMPLIANCE ISSUES AND ETHICSSTATS, A KEY LEARNING POINT FROM ERC RESEARCH THAT CAN UTILIZED BY COMPANIES IN REPORTING. ERC RELEASED RESEARCH ON BUSINESS INTEGRITY AND MADE A BUSINESS INTEGRITY LIBRARY OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS. IN 2023, ERC CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH FEE-FOR-SERVICE CONSULTING.

    Expenses $1,804,313 · Revenue $1,103,362

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Larry Thompson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ashley Watson

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Scarpino

    DIRECTOR (LEFT 12/31/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Paul Zikmund

    ECA CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Katie Smith

    ECA VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Uma Amuluru

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Davies

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Howard Hacker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Huntley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Kane

    DIRECTOR (LEFT 12/31/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Alec Koch

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Emmanuel Lulin

    DIRECTOR (LEFT 12/31/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Ogden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Paravano

    DIRECTOR (LEFT 12/31/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cynthia Patton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tameika Pope

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tonya Robinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Al Rosa

    DIRECTOR (LEFT 12/31/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jill Sommers

    DIRECTOR (LEFT 12/31/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Stapleton-Barnes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Glenn Statsny

    DIRECTOR (LEFT 12/31/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Weissmann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charlie Whitaker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sally Yates

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patricia J Harned PhD

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $363,873
    From this org
    $335,631
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,242
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $335,631
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,117
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,125
    Filer's total
    $363,873
  • Semiha Evren Esen

    VP, RESEARCH & ANALYTICS

    Total calculated
    $179,356
    From this org
    $158,814
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,542
    Hours/week
    37 + 3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,814
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,542
    Filer's total
    $179,356
  • Carol Levey

    VP, MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $132,230
    From this org
    $121,032
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,198
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423209349305622

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