2024-11-14T21:01:27-06:00 2023-12-31 882533599 WERSEN NONPROFIT CPAS LLC 4513 Lakeway Drive Bellingham WA 98229 990 2023-01-01 853254085 Se Si Le SESI 3609614554 PO Box 28850 Bellingham WA 98228 Kurt Russo Executive Director 3609614554 2024-11-14 1 0 Keaton Wersen CPA P01957642 3607709369 X 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Kurt Russo PO Box 28850 Bellingham WA 98228 353541 0 X se-si-le.org X 2020 WA Utilize Indigenous ancestral knowledge for the benefit of our Mother Earth, Indigenous lifeways, and for future generations. 6 6 0 6 0 0 142598 353541 0 0 0 0 0 0 142598 353541 0 0 0 0 84468 94280 0 0 13092 101081 113289 185549 207569 -42951 145972 54783 200755 0 0 54783 200755 X 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. 0 0 152995 During the 2023 tax year Se'Si'Le designed, organized, coordinated, and implemented a two-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 65-page photo diary made available to the general public. Se'Si'Le also completed through a series of workshop sessions with its Board of Directors and Advisors the book Expressions of Right and Respectful Relations. This book, now in a final editing with the Mountaineers/Braided River Press, provides important insights and information for working with indigenous communities and their unique relationship with the world of Nature.We established a working relationship for indigenous knowledge and Climate Action with M.I.T. and its Department of Anthropology. The accomplishment included a three-year blueprint for action to inaugurate the first series of exchanges over the subsequent three-years.We completed the design and received funding for our virtual reality viewing stations in the San Juan Islands. These stations will provide an opportunity to experience through VR the ancestral landscape and aboriginal lifeway of the indigenous peoples of the region. 152995 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 X Kurt Russo 3609614554 3403 Lummi Shore Road Bellingham WA 98226 Jay Julius President 12.00 X X 0 0 0 JoDe Goudy Vice-President 8.00 X X 0 0 0 Dana Wilson Secretary/Treasurer 5.00 X X 0 0 0 April Finkbonner Member 5.00 X 7000 0 0 Temryss Lane Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Tony Hillaire Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Kurt Russo Executive Director 28.00 X 87280 0 0 94280 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 353541 353541 353541 0 0 0 X 94280 50640 30548 13092 2400 2400 54137 54137 1418 1418 5723 5723 19418 19418 791 791 Project expenses 28800 28800 602 602 207569 152995 41482 13092 54783 200755 54783 200755 0 0 X 54783 38755 162000 54783 200755 54783 200755 145972 0 X 0 0 0 X 223983 142598 353541 720122 223983 142598 353541 720122 158588 561534 720122 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Executive Director reviews and approves the Form 990 prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Board members and top management officials are required to disclose to the governing body interests that could give rise to a possible conflict of interest. The governing body regularly monitors compliance. Conflicts of interest are brought up when they occur and a decision on the matter is made by majority vote of the board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a The compensation rate and amount is approved by the Board of Directors. The position of the Executive Director is based on comparable compensation for the position in environmental nonprofit organization in Whatcom County, and on available funds. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 These documents are available upon request. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Project team members for Totem Pole Journey: Program service expenses 54,137. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 54,137.