Council for Responsible Nutrition
To protect and advance a climate for our members to responsibly create and market science-based dietary supplements, functional food, and their ingredients, for better human health and nutrition.
Council for Responsible Nutrition at a glance
In short: Council for Responsible Nutrition reported $7K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $6,845 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- -45.2% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $5,259,110
- +0.5% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $6,586,357
- -11.4% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $72,385
- -4.9% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $6,448,906
- -10.2% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
Who Council for Responsible Nutrition funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
4 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 4 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $7K (2025) to $215K (2019). In 2025 it reported $7K 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 |
|---|---|---|
| American Society for Nutrition Rockville, MD | Research Award | $12,500 |
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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 | $5,259,110 | $6,586,357 | $6,448,906 | $6,845 | Total only | $72,385 |
| 2024 | $5,233,246 | $7,435,390 | $7,184,167 | $12,500 | 1 | $76,080 |
| 2023 | $4,880,678 | $6,643,049 | $7,134,712 | $12,500 | 1 | $94,303 |
| 2022 | $5,677,987 | $6,460,972 | $6,960,642 | $43,454 | 2 | $-42,575 |
| 2021 | $3,435,827 | $6,857,561 | $6,553,682 | $22,500 | Total only | $-681 |
| 2020 | $2,940,153 | $6,095,941 | $5,933,856 | $45,880 | 2 | $40,584 |
| 2019 | $2,721,364 | $6,870,938 | $6,764,794 | $215,150 | 3 | $77,781 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Council for Responsible Nutrition
Based on IRS filings
Council for Responsible Nutrition is a public charity, based in Washington, DC. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $5.3M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $7K in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $72K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Council for Responsible Nutrition is led by Steven Mister, President & CEO on every filing since 2019; 10 of 47 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Steven Mister
President & CEO
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$487K (2019) → $546K (2025)
Bruce Brown
Chair
Director → Chair Elect, 2023
Chair Elect → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Edward Wyszumiala
Senior Director & Membership Development
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$142K (2024) → $171K (2025)
Aaron Bartz
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Barry Ritz
Director
Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2023
Immediate Past Chair → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Laura Harkness
Director
Treasurer → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Micah Osborne
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Stout
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Justin Green
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christine Burdick-Bell
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rob Sinnott
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tony Talalay
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Shao
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Deshanie Rai
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dieter Neumann
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Doug Brown
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paola Clavijo
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Florence Okaro
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Haeri Roh-Schmidt
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul Browner
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Taneesha Routier
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Terry Coyle
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Travis Borchardt
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Labarbera
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Anthony Weston
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bradley Reynolds
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Diane Alexander
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eric Bauer
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Fred Boned
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Harrison Pappas
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Karina Ong
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Katie Butler
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kyle Garner
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rachel Jones
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrea Wong
Senior Vice President, Sci & Regulatory
Senior Vice President Science & Regulatory → Senior Vice President, Sci & Regulatory, 2022
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$148K (2019) → $261K (2025)
Megan Olsen
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Vice President & Associate General Counsel → Senior Vice President & General Counsel, 2023
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$161K (2019) → $254K (2025)
Julia Gustafson
Vice President & Gov't Relations
Vice President Government Relations → Vice President & Gov't Relations, 2022
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$189K (2020) → $240K (2025)
Luke Huber
Vice President, Sci & Regulatory
Vice President Science & Regulatory → Vice President, Sci & Regulatory, 2022
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$179K (2020) → $248K (2025)
Gretchen Powers
Vice President, Marketing & Member Experience
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$140K (2023) → $173K (2025)
Haiuyen Nguyen
Vice President, Regulatory & Nutrition Policy
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$136K (2023) → $165K (2025)
Jeff Ventura
Vice President & Communications
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$169K (2023) → $233K (2025)
Marc Rucker
Vice President, Finance & Administrator
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$157K (2023) → $179K (2025)
Harvey Kamil
Chair Emeritus
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tara Martin
Immediate Past Chair
Chair Elect → Chair, 2023
Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Chris Reid
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Karen Todd
Chair Elect
Director → Chair Elect, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Aaron Bennett
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (71)
- Former: David Campbell (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: James Griffiths (2019–2024) — Senior Vice President, Int'l & Sci Affairs
- Former: Jim Hyde (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Ken Meyers (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Mike Finamore (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Sherry Duff (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Gale Bensussen (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Renato Camera (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Ron Fugate (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Craig Sheehan (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Sandy Chien (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Carl Hyland (2020–2023) — Vice President & Membership
- Former: Kyle Blackburn (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Lisa Pankiewicz (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Mandy Kraynik (2020–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Eric Choban (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Mike Yatcilla (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Haven Cockerham (2023) — Director
- Former: Mike Dimaggio (2023) — Director
- Former: Patrick Brueggman (2023) — Director
- Former: Ben Teicher (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Joel Brian Wommack (2019–2022) — Senior Vice President & Communications
- Former: Kirk Jowers (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Mark Walsh (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Sandra Khouri (2019–2022) — Senior Vice President, Finance & Administrator
- Former: Scott Ravech (2019–2022) — Secretary
- Former: John Helfrick (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Rob Fried (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Jennifer Holahan (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Kendall C. Ridley (2021–2022) — Senior Director & Comms
- Former: Ruth Winker (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Camilla Sorensen (2022) — Director
- Former: Keith Nelson (2022) — Director
- Former: Michael Dimaggio (2022) — Director
- Former: Nick Rini (2022) — Director
- Former: Tyler Whitehead (2022) — Director
- Former: Bill Frankos (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: David Hilton (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Greg Chabidon (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: James Komorowski (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Kristen Blanchard (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Mark Hornick (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Oliver Sanders (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Paul Bolar (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Diana Morgan (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Douglas Mackay (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Frederic Boned (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Lynne Szczepaniak (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Adel Villalobos (2021) — Director
- Former: Aimee Zana (2021) — Director
- Former: Jenifer Bone (2021) — Director
- Former: Jessica Heitz (2021) — Director
- Former: Daniel Hassan (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Jim Watson (2019–2020) — Secretary
- Former: Leo Cullen (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Mark Gelbert (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Brian Wommack (2020) — Senior Vice President Communications
- Former: Gricelly Vargas (2020) — Director
- Former: Tom Mondragon (2020) — Director
- Former: Tony True (2020) — Director
- Former: Beth Tormey (2019) — Director
- Former: Chad Clawson (2019) — Director
- Former: Danielle Virant (2019) — Director
- Former: David Blackwood (2019) — Director
- Former: Gisele Atkinson (2019) — Vice President Quality & Technical Affairs
- Former: Jim Hamilton (2019) — Director
- Former: Lauren Medoff (2019) — Director
- Former: Michael Costello (2019) — Director
- Former: Mike Devereux (2019) — Director
- Former: Randy King (2019) — Director
- Former: Susanne Andersen-Baekgaard (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 $546K, to Steven Mister (President & CEO). 10 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Council for Responsible Nutrition
How much does Council for Responsible Nutrition give each year?
Council for Responsible Nutrition reported $7K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it gave $13K across 1 grant.
How large is Council for Responsible Nutrition?
Council for Responsible Nutrition reported $5.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $6.6M.
Where does Council for Responsible Nutrition operate?
Council for Responsible Nutrition has awarded grants in District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania.
What is Council for Responsible Nutrition's EIN?
Council for Responsible Nutrition's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 52-0975324. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 7, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 13, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 26, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 12, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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