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Nonprofit · EIN 36-4541988

CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

Tax-exempt · PORT TOWNSEND, WA 98368

Financials

$272K$189K2023$277K$250K2024$188K$185K2025
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2025990$187,613$185,366$2,247$526,084$0$526,084
December 31, 2024990$277,153$249,972$27,181$527,101$0$527,101
December 31, 2023990$271,915$188,533$83,382$499,920$0$499,920
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$118,580
Program service revenue
$46,826
Investment income
$22,157
Other revenue
$50

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$98,298
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$106,195
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$23,007
Accounting fees
$2,487
Occupancy
$9,848
Travel
$8,352
Program services (functional)
$166,829
Management and general (functional)
$9,273
Fundraising (functional)
$9,264

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$527,101
Total assets, end of year
$526,084
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets, end of year
$526,084
Net assets without donor restrictions
$526,084
Gross receipts
$187,613
Employees
1
Year formed
2004
State of legal domicile
WA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
JOHN TALBERTHPresident
Trustee or director, Officer
40$98,298
RICHARD MIETZDirector
Trustee or director
2$4,000
SUSAN LEOPOLDDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
KELLY O'HANLEYDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
ANTHONY ROGERS-WRIGHTDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 5 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
JOHN TALBERTHPresident
Trustee or director, Officer
40$98,400
RICHARD MIETZDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
SUSAN LEOPOLDDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
KELLY O'HANLEYDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
ANTHONY ROGERS-WRIGHTDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 5 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
JOHN TALBERTHPresident
Trustee or director, Officer
40$98,400
RICHARD MIETZDirector
Trustee or director
2$7,500
SUSAN LEOPOLDDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
KELLY O'HANLEYDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
ANTHONY ROGERS-WRIGHTDirector
Trustee or director
2$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1322 WASHINGTON ST UNIT 705, PORT TOWNSEND, WA 98368-6773
In care of
% H JOHN TALBERTH
Principal officer (990 for 2025)
JOHN TALBERTH, PO BOX 705, PORT TOWNSEND, WA 98368
Signed the 990
JOHN TALBERTH, President
Phone
(510) 384-5724
Return prepared by
Gooding Ohara & Mackey P S

Mission

PROMOTING ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY

990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • 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 $75,073
  • 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 $50,049
  • 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 $41,707

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026990 on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
36-4541988
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2004
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Environment (C30)
Assets (IRS master file)
$526,084
Income (IRS master file)
$187,613

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2025$187,613$185,366$526,084XML
990December 2024$277,153$249,972$527,101XML
990December 2023$271,915$188,533$499,920XML
990December 2022$446,033$295,607$416,538IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2019–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 36-4541988).

Questions about CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

What is the EIN of CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY?
The employer identification number (EIN) of CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY is 36-4541988.
Is CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2004.
Are donations to CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY due?
The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
Who is the principal officer of CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names JOHN TALBERTH.
Who are the officers and directors of CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 5 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $98,298 (JOHN TALBERTH, President).
How much revenue does CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $187,613, expenses of $185,366 and total assets of $526,084 at year end.

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