Respect Graduate School
Donations deductibleRespect Graduate School's network
11 people3 organisationsi11 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (11). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
11 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 12 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sezai Sablak Chair | Chair | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Aysin Copur | Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Bruce Marold | Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Farouk Sheikh | Member | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Joseph Welsh | Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Levent Koch | Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Mehmet Ozbilgin | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Rubina Tareen | Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Rumi Durmaz | Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Ted Howard | Member | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Zuleyha Mary Fikret | Member | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Suleyman Eris | President & | since 2018 |
| Walter Wagner | Vice-Preside | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suleyman Eris | President & | 40 | $53k | ||
| Aysin Copur | Member | 2 | $0 | ||
| Rumi Durmaz | Member | 2 | $0 | ||
| Zuleyha Mary Fikret | Member | 2 | $0 | ||
| Ted Howard | Member | 2 | $0 | ||
| Levent Koch | Member | 2 | $0 | ||
| Bruce Marold | Member | 2 | $0 | ||
| Mehmet Ozbilgin | Treasurer | 2 | $0 | ||
| Sezai Sablak | Chair | 2 | $0 | ||
| Farouk Sheikh | Member | 2 | $0 | ||
| Rubina Tareen | Member | 2 | $0 | ||
| Joseph Welsh | Member | 2 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Respect Graduate School
- EIN
- 462122947
- Address
- 2200 Industrial Dr, Bethlehem, PA, 18017-2138
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Mission
- The respect institute is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to operate and maintain a post-secondary school which offers certificate programs, as well as various professional and special training courses. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B99 Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2012
- Principal officer
- Suleyman Eris (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 June 2014
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsJoseph Welsh
≥8years on the filingsMehmet Ozbilgin
≥8years on the filingsRubina Tareen
≥5years on the filingsFarouk Sheikh
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $3.5m
- Total liabilities
- $775k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $2.7m
- Contributions and grants received
- $1.3m
- Program service revenue
- $890k
- Employees
- 13
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.2m | $2.1m | $175k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Respect Graduate School likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Pennsylvania Department of State, business entities (data.pa.gov xvd7-5r2c). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 14 December 2012
- Registered agent
- Not stated
Officers (5)
- Mehmet Ozbilgin Treasurer
- Sezai Sablak Vice President
- Suleyman Eris Governor
- Suleyman Eris President
- Zuleyha M Fikret Secretary
City and state of officers are not held in this extract.