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CENTER FOR ETHICAL LEADERSHIP

EIN 94-3154539 SEATTLE, WA

Revenue 2024
$78,979
Expenses 2024
$134,680

Program services were 82.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B64Z
Classification
1000
Street
140 LAKESIDE AVE SUITE A 115

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CULTIVATES LEADERSHIP AND BUILDS CAPACITY FOR CHANGE, HELPING COMMUNITIES TAP COLLECTIVE WISDOM IN SERVICE OF THE COMMON GOOD.

  • CONSULTING AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT - CEL CONTINUES TO CULTIVATE LEADERS WHO CHOOSE A "WE-ALL" WORLDVIEW. WE PROVIDE PEOPLE PRACTICAL AND PROVEN TOOLS TO CONVENE PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND MAKE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMON GOOD. OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES CONTINUE TO CULTIVATE AND INSPIRE LEADERS TO ADVANCE SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE THROUGH A VALUES-BASED LEADERSHIP APPROACH. THIS YEAR WE BUILD ON DEVELOPING LEADERS WHO SERVE IN COMMUNITY, PREK-12, ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND HIGHER EDUCATION. WE SPOKE ON SELF-CARE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC PLANNING, HEALING, TEAM DEVELOPMENT, AND WAYS TO CREATE SPACES WHERE THOSE WITH POLARIZING VIEWS CAN ENGAGE IN HEALTHY WAYS. WE GUIDE PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY THEIR CORE VALUES AND PRACTICE LIVING INTO THEM IN ALL PARTS OF THEIR LIVES. AND WE PROVIDED THEM WITH TOOLS TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE DEVELOPMENT, CONVENE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES, HEAL/RESTORE RELATIONSHIPS, RESOLVE CHALLENGES, DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS, AND STRENGTHEN TEAMS.

    Expenses $66,532 · Revenue $23,280

  • BUILDING COMMUNITY - AS LEADERS WE MODEL A WAY OF BEING TO INSPIRE AND LEAD THOSE AROUND US. WE ARE HUMBLED TO BE INVITED TO PRESENT OUR VALUES-BASED LEADERSHIP PRACTICES THAT ADVANCE THE COMMON GOOD AT CONFERENCES FOCUSING ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND PEACE. WE APPLY OUR APPROACH TO HELP INSTITUTIONS CREATE MORE EQUITABLE POLICIES IN EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.

    Expenses $22,177

  • VALUES-BASED LEADERSHIP STEWARDS PROGRAM - SINCE CEL'S FOUNDING, ITS PURPOSE IS TO INSPIRE AND PREPARE LEADERS TO LEAD COLLABORATIVELY AND JOYFULLY WITH A COMMITMENT TO PERSONAL INTEGRITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR ALL. THE VALUES-BASED LEADERSHIP STEWARDS PROGRAM TAKES PARTICIPANTS ON A DEEP AND TRANSFORMING TWO-PART JOURNEY -- THE INTERNAL WORK OF PERSONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE EXTERNAL WORK OF SOCIAL ACTION. IT PROVIDES LEADERS WITH PRACTICES AND AN APPROACH TO BRING PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TOGETHER AND DEVELOP SOLUTIONS FOR THEIR PART OF THE COMMON GOOD.

    Expenses $22,177

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • JP PETERSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    33

  • SCOTT LEONARD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • ALICE FONG

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $78,083
    From this org
    $70,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,083
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $78,979
    Expenses
    $134,680
    Contributions
    $55,699
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $193,371
    Expenses
    $171,800
    Contributions
    $109,195
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $95,177
    Expenses
    $108,112
    Contributions
    $81,384
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $150,564
    Expenses
    $107,892
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,964

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $70,804
    Expenses
    $117,326
    Assets (EOY)
    -$3,321

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $182,202
    Expenses
    $253,488
    Assets (EOY)
    $43,180

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $251,417
    Expenses
    $178,396
    Assets (EOY)
    $158,296

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $281,055
    Expenses
    $298,148
    Assets (EOY)
    $94,753

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $281,209
    Expenses
    $349,988
    Assets (EOY)
    $202,340

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $306,960
    Expenses
    $384,913
    Assets (EOY)
    $137,255

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $454,378
    Expenses
    $629,202
    Assets (EOY)
    $339,549

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $369,629
    Expenses
    $488,542
    Assets (EOY)
    $393,178

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $543,776
    Assets (EOY)
    $809,176

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.