Liabilities / Assets
58th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
0.00x
Liabilities / Revenue
58th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
15th percentile
Higher net margin than 15% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
95th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 95% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 45.7% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
11th percentile
Faster asset growth than 11% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
15th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 15% of similar nonprofits.
Balance Sheet
Assets
Down$54,783
Down $42,951 (-44%) from 2021
Net Assets
Down$54,783
Down $42,951 (-44%) from 2021
Liabilities
Flat$0
Flat from 2021
Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
Down$142,598
Down $81,385 (-36%) from 2021
Expenses
Up$185,549
Up $59,300 (+47%) from 2021
Net Income
Down-$42,951
Down $140,685 (-144%) from 2021
Historical Trend
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
- Signed
- Nov 6, 2023
- Return Version
- 2022v5.0
- Gross Receipts
- $142,598
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
To reintroduce indigenous spiritual practices into the mainstream conversation about culture, climate change and the environment through storytelling, policy analysis, and other means, and to provide a voice for the voiceless in nature.
Se-Si-Le (Saw-See-Lah) is the Lummi language term for our grandmother. Respect for elders is central to native life: to acknowledge grandmother earth is to invoke ancestral and cultural power. Founded by Lummi tribal member Jay Julius, Se-Si-Le reintroduces indigenous spiritual law into the mainstream conversation about climate change and the environment.
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Se Si Le brings to light the indigenous worldview that human beings are part of, not separate from, nature and mother earth. We are one. Working with strategic partners, we deploy storytelling and policy analysis to provide a voice for the voiceless, including salmon, killer whales, rivers, streams, the oceans and seas. We provide indigineous experience and perspective, and facilitate strategies for integrating ancestral knowledge into policies and over a broad range of projects. Our customized workshops bring people and organizations into an understanding of indigenous histories and worldview. During the 2022 Tax Year Se'Si'Le designed, organized, coordinated, and implemented a three-week cultural and environmental campaign to bring attention to urgent issues of public concern in the Columbia River basin, and more broadly, the Salish Sea. The program was commemorated in 85-page photo diary made available to the general public. Se'Si'Le also designed, organized, coordinated, and implemented a five-day International Indigenous Salmon Seas Symposium. The event, which included the participation of indigenous peoples from the Salish Sea, the Gulf of Alaska, and the Sea of Okhotsk, concluded with a public event held in the auditorium of the Woodland Par Zoo.Se'Si'Le provided a series of workshops in "Indigeneity and Ecology" in Seattle, Eugene, in Boston (MIT), and in Europe in association with the University of Paris. | $0 | $142,005 |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Russo | Executive Director | PT | $65,216 | - | $65,216 |
| JoDe Goudy | Vice-President | - | $19,252 | - | $19,252 |
| Jay Julius | President | - | $0 | - | - |
| Dana Wilson | Secretary/Treasurer | - | $0 | - | - |
| April Finkbonner | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Temryss Lane | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Tony Hillaire | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Se Si Le
- EIN
- 85-3254085
- Phone
- 3609614554
- Address
- 3403 Lummi Shore Road, Bellingham, WA 98226
Signing Officer
- Name
- Kurt Russo
- Title
- Executive Director
- Phone
- 3609614554
- Signed
- 2023-11-06
- Discuss with paid preparer
- Yes
Preparer
- Firm
- Wersen Nonprofit Cpas LLC
- Address
- 4513 Lakeway Drive, Bellingham, WA 98229
- Preparer
- Keaton Wersen CPA
- Phone
- 3607709369
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 - Other Expenses
“Description: Project expenses. Amount: 30,710. Description: Travel stipends. Amount: 21,650. Description: Travel. Amount: 2,663. Description: Internet. Amount: 1,138. Description: Miscellaneous. Amount: 628. Total to Form 990-EZ, line 16: 56,789.”
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Filings
Displayed year
2022 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $54,783
- Liabilities
- $0
- Net assets
- $54,783
- Revenue
- $142,598
- Expenses
- $185,549
- Net income
- -$42,951