Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet
To bring people together to create local solutions for a healthy planet.
Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet at a glance
In short: Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet reported $73K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $73,412 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- -81.7% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $1,672,619
- +17.7% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $2,436,862
- +20.0% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $-8,609
- -217.4% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $2,547,347
- +14.8% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
2 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 2 (50%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2022 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $40K (2022) to $401K (2024). In 2025 it reported $73K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Climate Resilient Communities Palo Alto, CA | — | $327,100 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,672,619 | $2,436,862 | $2,547,347 | $73,412 | Total only | $-8,609 |
| 2024 | $1,420,772 | $2,030,409 | $2,219,485 | $401,333 | Total only | $7,333 |
| 2023 | $1,487,346 | $2,207,683 | $2,676,518 | $327,100 | 1 | $8,375 |
| 2022 | $1,938,394 | $2,067,084 | $1,838,043 | $39,823 | 1 | $12,105 |
| 2021 | $1,836,744 | $1,645,889 | $1,075,996 | — | — | $9,404 |
| 2020 | $1,148,736 | $885,536 | $901,089 | — | — | $16,469 |
| 2019 | $886,670 | $1,154,455 | $1,270,554 | — | — | $16,947 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet
Based on IRS filings
Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in Palo Alto, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.7M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $73K in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet is led by Lauren Weston, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; 3 of 20 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Lauren Weston
Executive Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$79K (2020) → $174K (2025)
Laura Teksler
President
Vice President → President-Elect, 2024
President-Elect → President, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Genevieve Lucas-Conwell
Director of Programs
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$90K (2025)
Zachary Wurtz
Director of Operations
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$99K (2025)
Jonathan Taylor
Vice President
Director → Board Member, 2023
Board Member → Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nancy Grove
Secretary
Director → Board Member, 2024
Board Member → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rex Northen
Board Member
Secretary & President-Elect → President, 2023
President → Board Member, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bill Weihl
Board Member
Director → Board Member, 2022
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eddie Cha
Board Member
Director → Board Member, 2022
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Geoff Nicholls
Treasurer
Director → Board Member, 2022
Board Member → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Josh Schein
Board Member
Director → Board Member, 2022
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Katie Excoffier
Board Member
Secretary → President, 2024
President → Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maria Saltz
Board Member
Director → Board Member, 2022
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ajay Chawla
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Hitesh Soneji
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jiadong Chen
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nishank Kanungo
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
KJ Janowski
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peggy Brannigan
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ramya Ravichandran
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (29)
- Former: Josue Ramirez (2020–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Phillip Brosterhous (2021–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Mohan Gurunathn (2022–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Barbara Erny (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Peter Cross (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Phil Brosterhous (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Alyssa Bonette (2020–2023) — Board Member
- Former: John Steidle (2021–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Bruce Hodge (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Mike Hindery (2022) — Treasurer
- Former: Willian Huston (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Michael Hindery (2019–2021) — Treasurer
- Former: Ann Blankenship (2021) — Director
- Former: Suds Jain (2021) — Director
- Former: Anne Sanquini (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Catherine Elvert (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Lucille Glassman (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Sudhanshu Jain (2019–2020) — President
- Former: Dorothy Dickey (2020) — Director
- Former: Henry Han Du (2020) — Director
- Former: Adam Stern (2019) — Executive Director
- Former: Bruce Klafter (2019) — Director
- Former: Edith Eddy (2019) — Director
- Former: Japjit Tulsi (2019) — Director
- Former: Jerry Hearn (2019) — Director
- Former: Lindsey Kalkbrenner (2019) — Secretary
- Former: Matthew O'Grady (2019) — Interim Executive Director
- Former: Ranae Desantis (2019) — Director
- Former: Ye Wang (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $174K, to Lauren Weston (Executive Dir.). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet
How much does Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet give each year?
Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet reported $73K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it reported $401K in grants paid.
How large is Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet?
Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet reported $1.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.4M.
What is Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet?
Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in Palo Alto, CA. It holds $1.7M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet operate?
Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet has awarded grants in California.
What is Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet's EIN?
Acterra Action for a Healthy Planet's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-7064937. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(5)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 28, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 30, 2024)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 5, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 26, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 24, 2026)
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