Center for Environmental Health
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.
Center for Environmental Health at a glance
- Total assets
- $2,637,383
- -46.3% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $2,500,320
- -34.6% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $162,255
- +25.4% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $4,256,395
- +5.2% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Center for Environmental Health funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
2 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 2 grants of 2 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Cities
How Center for Environmental Health gives
- Giving fell 51% from 2020 to 2023. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $19K (2022) to $1.0M (2019). In 2023 it made 2 grants totaling $40K.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tides Center San Francisco, CA | Support envir health/justice effrts | $24,491 |
| Pacoima Beautiful Pacoima, CA | Enviro justice outreach/engagement | $15,050 |
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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 | $2,637,383 | $2,500,320 | $4,256,395 | — | — | $162,255 |
| 2024 | $4,907,388 | $3,821,137 | $4,045,100 | — | — | $129,436 |
| 2023 | $4,798,462 | $3,729,695 | $5,130,659 | $39,541 | 2 | $257,552 |
| 2022 | $6,593,811 | $3,772,383 | $5,438,516 | $19,206 | Total only | $83,728 |
| 2021 | $8,473,212 | $4,064,307 | $4,162,625 | — | — | $277,220 |
| 2020 | $8,610,592 | $3,688,069 | $3,532,030 | $80,000 | 2 | $404,575 |
| 2019 | $8,054,695 | $7,716,568 | $4,247,607 | $1,000,000 | 1 | $322,155 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Center for Environmental Health
Based on IRS filings
Center for Environmental Health is a public charity focused on Health, based in Oakland, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.6M in total assets. Net investment income was $162K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Center for Environmental Health is led by Kizzy Charles-Guzman, CEO on every filing since 2023; 7 of 15 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kizzy Charles-Guzman
CEO
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$88K (2023) → $346K (2025)
Rob Rosenheck
Chair
Board Member → Chair, 2023
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lakeesha Gage
Director of Finance & Ops
Director Ops & Finance → Director of Finance & Ops, 2024
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$110K (2021) → $138K (2025)
Emily DeFrisco
Senior Committee Director
Communications Director → Senior Committee Director, 2024
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$109K (2022) → $140K (2025)
Shakoora Azimi-Gaylon
Senior Director
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$114K (2024) → $137K (2025)
Thomas Fox
Senior Legisl Counsel
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$116K (2024) → $118K (2025)
Gwen Barrett
Senior Development
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$154K (2025)
Mihir Vohra
Scientist
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$125K (2025)
Bobbi Dunphy
Board Member
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Matt Petersen
Board Member
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ije-Enu Nwosu
Vice Chair
Board Member → Vice Chair, 2023
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tina Eshaghpour
Board Member
Board Chair → Board Member, 2023
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Vin Gupta
Board Member
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eileen Moncoeur
Secretary & Treasurer
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Perry Sheffield
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (25)
- Former: Ansje Miller (2022–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Laura Szabados (2024) — Senior Grants Manager
- Former: Eliza Nemser (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Kalila Barnett (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Kathy Gerwig (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Michael Green (2019–2023) — CEO
- Former: Jimena Diaz Levia (2022–2023) — Scientist
- Former: Regina Jackson (2022–2023) — Interim CEO
- Former: Charlie Pizarro (2023) — Interim CEO
- Former: Jose T Bravo (2023) — Board Member
- Former: Kaya Allan Sugerman (2023) — Director of Itt
- Former: Sue Chaiang (2023) — Director of Edc's Food
- Former: Tya Ward (2023) — Director of Development
- Former: Marni Rosen (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Michael Dorsey (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Miya Yoshitani (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Monica Silva-Guterez (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Lina Constantinovici (2020–2022) — Treasurer
- Former: Shannon Bowen (2020–2022) — Developmental Director
- Former: Ashley Iwanaga (2021–2022) — Chief of Staff
- Former: Patricia Clark (2019–2021) — Director Fdn Corp Rel
- Former: Randall Miller (2021) — Managing Program Director
- Former: Cecil D Corbin-Mark (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Arlene Rodriguez (2019) — Secretary
- Former: Caroline Clark (2019) — Program 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 $346K, to Kizzy Charles-Guzman (CEO). 7 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Center for Environmental Health
How large is Center for Environmental Health?
Center for Environmental Health reported $2.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.5M.
What is Center for Environmental Health?
Center for Environmental Health is a public charity focused on Health, based in Oakland, CA. It holds $2.6M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Center for Environmental Health operate?
Center for Environmental Health has awarded grants in California, District of Columbia, Virginia.
What is Center for Environmental Health's EIN?
Center for Environmental Health's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 94-3251981. 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
(4)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS September 10, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 15, 2023)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 21, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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