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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,500,320
Total expenses
$4,256,395
Contributions and grants received
$933,788
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,382,836
Investment income
$162,255
Other revenue
$21,441
Total assets, end of year
$2,637,383
Total liabilities, end of year
$923,345
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,714,038
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,147,882
Management and general expenses
$620,629
Fundraising expenses
$487,884
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,147,882

Program services were 74.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $933,788

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Awards and settlements

    total $1,347,833 · related or exempt $1,347,833

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Testing and other fees

    total $35,003 · related or exempt $35,003

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $162,255 · excluded $162,255

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other

    total $21,441 · excluded $21,441

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $21,441

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $529,943 · program services $293,197 · management and general $164,995 · fundraising $71,751

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,968,434 · program services $1,520,941 · management and general $189,778 · fundraising $257,715

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $44,910 · program services $36,997 · management and general $2,090 · fundraising $5,823

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $274,204 · program services $204,344 · management and general $33,597 · fundraising $36,263

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $184,536 · program services $134,626 · management and general $25,571 · fundraising $24,339

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $31,124 · program services $28,275 · management and general $2,849

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $84,223 · management and general $84,223

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $13,591 · management and general $13,591

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $660,223 · program services $616,153 · management and general $18,702 · fundraising $25,368

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $53,406 · program services $53,406

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,620 · program services $14,338 · management and general $1,675 · fundraising $2,607

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $77,509 · program services $59,682 · management and general $6,976 · fundraising $10,851

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $205,871 · program services $158,521 · management and general $18,528 · fundraising $28,822

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,664 · program services $5,900 · management and general $5,764

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,032 · program services $1,661 · management and general $1,371

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,951 · management and general $9,951

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,316 · management and general $18,316

  • 24a · Other expenses: Due, service fees and other

    total $66,838 · program services $19,841 · management and general $22,652 · fundraising $24,345

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,380,149 · end of year $723,238

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6 · end of year $6

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $415,039 · end of year $339,301

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $59,072 · end of year $112,594

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $52,901 · end of year $52,979

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $49,752

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $33,272

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $26,432 · end of year $16,480

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,588,198 · end of year $1,133,086

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $385,591 · end of year $259,699

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $163,597 · end of year $238,595

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $877,957 · end of year $410,368

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $395,721 · end of year $274,382

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,199,258 · end of year $1,085,703

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,270,855 · end of year $628,335

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

The Center for Environmental Health protects people from toxic chemicals and promotes business products and practices that are safe for public health and the environment.

  • Protecting Consumers from Toxic Chemicals:CEH protected consumers from carcinogens and reproductive toxics across a wide range of products in 2025. The Court entered legal agreements between CEH and 14 defendants, including:-Bisphenol A in Socks Made Primarily of Polyester with Spandex: After years of persistence and negotiation, we celebrated the long-awaited closure of the BPA in socks case through a settlement with Daytona, now a part of Windsong Brands.-Nicotine Pouches: CEH entered into settlement agreements with major tobacco industry giants Helix Innovations, Altria Group Distribution Company, Swedish Match North America LLC, and Pinkerton Tobacco Co manufacturers and distributors of industry-leading nicotine pouch brands Zyn and On!. Our settlement agreements require these companies to put Prop 65 warnings on their packaging to give consumers the right to know about the reproductive harm that can be caused from use of these products. -1,4-Dioxane in Shampoo: We entered settlement agreements with two major companies, requiring that they reformulate their shampoo products to eliminate this carcinogen. We also achieved a major victory in the 1,4-dioxane in personal care products case, finalizing Consent Judgments with Kamedis Inc. and Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. -Cocamide DEA in Liquid Soaps: CEH entered settlement agreements with defendants, Brand Buzz LLC and Family Dollar LLC, requiring that they reformulate their liquid hand soap products to eliminate carcinogenic cocamide DEA as an intentionally added listed ingredient. -Hex Chrome in Leather Footwear and Gloves: CEH settled with another major distributor of leather gloves and footwear, requiring them to adopt state-of-the-art tanning protocols that will remove hexavalent chromium from their products. We also signed court-enforced Consent Judgments with luxury Italian footwear brands, Brunello Cucinelli and Roberto Cavalli, in our Hexavalent Chromium in Footwear case.-Lead in Brass Mouthpieces: CEH secured Consent Judgments with industry leader Yamaha Corporation of America and KHS America.Empowering Hospitals and Schools to Reuse:CEHs work promoting reusables in schools won two awards in 2025. CEH in partnership with StopWaste (Alameda County Waste Management Authority) was awarded the Department of Energy Re-X Before Recycling Prize for our work promoting reuse in schools. CEH was also awarded the California Resource and Recovery Association (CRRA)s Outstanding School Recycling Program Award for the CEH work bringing non-toxic reusables to K-12 schools throughout California. The award highlights our work bringing non-toxic reusables to the schools in Alameda County and assuring that young students are not being exposed to PFAS, microplastics, and other chemicals. CEH also finalized an analysis and report on the current single-use foodware in use in southern California Kaiser Permanente (KP) cafeterias and delivered our results including priority items to move towards safer alternatives. An overview of our report was presented to the senior leadership team with encouraging responses and the conversation will be ongoing on implementing these measures.Protecting Consumers from Black Plastic in Foodware:CEH is also working to protect consumers from toxic flame retardants in black plastic foodware. Gaps in transparency and regulation of the plastic recycling industry have allowed black plastic to enter the manufacturing process of food contact materials. This contamination can expose consumers to brominated flame retardants, heavy metals, and other toxic chemicals associated with e-waste.CEH is launching a black plastic testing initiative that includes measures to increase consumer awareness and combat misinformation to address this preventable exposure. This initiative includes fact sheets for the general public, inhouse screening of plastic items for toxic chemicals, and rigorous laboratory testing of black plastic foodware for toxic chemicals such as brominated flame retardants.Advocating Against PVCs in Industry-wide Sustainability Standards:CEH participated in the 2024-2025 update of BIFMAs Level sustainability standard the premier sustainability and environmental certification in the furniture industry. After the Vinyl Institute attempted to significantly weaken the Level standard, CEH worked with long-time ally Health Care Without Harm to oppose the plastic industry and together, we were able to successfully maintain the PVC-free requirement. This win ensures that the Level standard remains a proper benchmark of sustainability for the furniture industry for at least the next five years.CEH also hosted a two-part webinar series that focused on sustainable flooring. The first explored the current state of the flooring industry and shed light on the public health and environmental hazards of the most commonly used material. The second webinar explored safer flooring materials that are currently available in the market. Advancing Public Health and Environmental Justice by Protecting Communities from PFAS:CEH reached a settlement agreement with the metal plating facility Bowman Plating Company, Inc for its PFAS water discharges. Settlement terms require that the facility conduct power washing, soil remediation, confirmatory testing, cease using fume suppressants that contain PFAS, and cooperate with ongoing regulatory oversight from the California Water Resources Control Board. CEH will expand our work with vulnerable communities by engaging refugee communities in Sacramento. We held an in-person workshop on exposure to lead and PFAS from household products in August and collaborated with several partners for this event including a UC Davis professor working on refugee health issues, the Sacramento County Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, and the Muslim American Society-Social Services Foundation in Sacramento.

    Expenses $3,147,882 · Revenue $1,382,836

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kizzy Charles-Guzman

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $375,133
    From this org
    $346,023
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,110
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $346,023
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $17,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,610
    Filer's total
    $375,133

  • Emily DeFrisco

    Sr. Comm. Dir.

    Total calculated
    $158,406
    From this org
    $140,458
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,948
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,458
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,090
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,858
    Filer's total
    $158,406

  • Lakeesha Gage

    Dir. of Fin/Ops

    Total calculated
    $154,809
    From this org
    $138,353
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,456
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,353
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,793
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,663
    Filer's total
    $154,809

  • Gwen Barrett

    Senior Development

    Total calculated
    $154,148
    From this org
    $154,148
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,148
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $154,148

  • Mihir Vohra

    Scientist

    Total calculated
    $138,977
    From this org
    $125,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,977
    Hours/week
    40

  • Shakoora Azimi-Gaylon

    Senior Director

    Total calculated
    $136,628
    From this org
    $136,628
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Thomas Fox

    Sr. Legisl Counsel

    Total calculated
    $123,900
    From this org
    $118,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,900
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rob Rosenheck

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ije-Enu Nwosu

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Eileen Moncoeur

    Sec./Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Vin Gupta

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tina Eshaghpour

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bobbi Dunphy

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matt Petersen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Perry Sheffield

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
21 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202622339349300792

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