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EcoHealth Alliance Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Cambridge, MA EIN: 31-1726494 Website

EcoHealth Alliance integrates innovative science-based solutions and partnerships that increase capacity to achieve two interrelated goals: protecting global health by preventing the outbreak of emerging diseases and safeguarding ecosystems by promoting conservation.

EcoHealth Alliance Inc at a glance

Revenue (2026)
$200,528
-97.6% vs 2025
Net investment income (2026)
$17,321
-98.2% vs 2025
Expenses (2026)
$1,341,845
-88.7% vs 2025
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2026 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2026; updated September 2026.

Who EcoHealth Alliance Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

26 grants across all recorded years

6<$50K5$50–100K8$100–250K3$250–500K4$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 8 grants of 26 (31%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

9states
+1 more states

Cities

WashingtonBethesdaPullmanChapel HillColumbiaGoldenNew YorkBaltimoreBrooklineCharlottesvilleKnoxville

How EcoHealth Alliance Inc gives

  • Giving fell 62% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$500K$1M$1.5M$2M4 grants2019 4 grants2020 7 grants2021 10 grants2022 6 grants2023 7 grants2024 3 grants2025 0 grants2026

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $484K (2025) to $2.0M (2023). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $484K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Partners in Animal Protection and Conservation Golden, COConservation and emerging diseases$286,688
Solimar International Washington, DCConservation and emerging diseases$123,150
Washington State University Pullman, WAConservation and emerging diseases$74,038
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2026—$200,528$1,341,845——$17,321
2025$1,943,049$8,396,067$11,863,211$483,8763$962,427
2024$13,836,277$17,134,166$18,892,981$1,963,5687$695,341
2023$15,827,483$17,892,678$18,954,925$1,971,7886$52,268
2022$10,848,699$14,230,571$14,795,602$1,261,12810$120,112
2021$11,707,153$11,774,215$10,794,892$684,9207$173,213
2020$9,676,830$11,328,705$10,026,662$751,5034$359,381
2019$8,579,062$17,946,676$16,554,239$1,356,8534$73,715

About EcoHealth Alliance Inc

Based on IRS filings

EcoHealth Alliance Inc is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in Cambridge, MA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2026. Net investment income was $17K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

EcoHealth Alliance Inc is led by Stephen Shapiro, Chair since 2025 (on filings since 2023); 4 of 18 officers listed in 2026 are compensated.

Officers on the 2026 filing

  • Stephen Shapiro

    Chair

    Director → Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carlota Vollhardt

    Director

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2024

    Chair → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lisa Silvershein

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nancye Green

    Director

    Chair → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Pamela Thye

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steven Wils

    Director

    Director → Secretary, 2024

    Secretary → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charles Hirschler

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lilian Wu

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ralph Gormory

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bob Hoguet

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jarret Stephens

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joe Curry

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Aleksei Chmura

    Chief of Staff

    On filings since 2019

    45 hrs/week

    $131K (2019) → $339K (2026)

  • Kevin Olival

    Vice President for Research

    On filings since 2019

    45 hrs/week

    $152K (2019) → $216K (2026)

  • Jon Epstein

    Vice President for Science & Outreach

    On filings since 2024

    45 hrs/week

    $229K (2024) → $277K (2026)

  • Joseph Riccardi

    Acting CFO

    CFO → Acting CFO, 2026

    On filings since 2025

    45 hrs/week

    $137K (2025) → $226K (2026)

  • Ellen Shedlarz

    Vice Chair

    Honorary Member → Director, 2023

    Director → Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rick Baum

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (54)
  • Former: Amy Attas (2019–2025) — Director
  • Former: Armine Arustamyan (2019–2025) — CFO
  • Former: David McIntyre (2019–2025) — Director
  • Former: Peter Daszak (2019–2025) — President
  • Former: Rita Colwell (2019–2025) — Director
  • Former: William Karesh (2019–2025) — Executive Vice President for Health & Policy
  • Former: Nancy Griffin (2020–2025) — Director
  • Former: Geoffrey Potter (2021–2025) — Director
  • Former: Melinda Rostal (2021–2025) — Principal Scientist
  • Former: Catherine Machalaba (2022–2025) — Principal Scientist Health & Policy
  • Former: Juliet Agranoff (2024–2025) — Director
  • Former: Karen Denton (2024–2025) — Secretary
  • Former: Kendra Phelps (2024–2025) — Program Manager & Senior Scientist
  • Former: Alison Andre (2025) — Executive Assistant to the President
  • Former: Paula Prist (2025) — Senior Research Scientist
  • Former: Holly Hegener (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Sheila Patel (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Noam Ross (2021–2024) — Principal Scientist
  • Former: Marc Valituto (2022–2024) — Senior Field Veterinarian
  • Former: Peter Karczmar (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Baum Rick (2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Billy Karesh (2024) — Executive Vice President for Health & Policy
  • Former: Jim Hughes (2024) — Director
  • Former: Megan Walsh (2024) — Project Manager & Senior Scientist
  • Former: James Hughes (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Jonathan Epstein (2019–2023) — Vice President for Science & Outreach
  • Former: Margaret Loeb (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Robert Hoguet (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Frederick Baum III (2020–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Ben Plumley (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Chris McNeal (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Lisa Wisniewski (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Peter Dazsak (2023) — President
  • Former: Gerard Caddick (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Kimberly Spina (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Carlos Zambrana Torrelio (2022) — Vice President for Conservatio
  • Former: Margery Fischbein (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Marianne De Backer (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Peter S. Kaufman (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Mark Spitzer (2020–2021) — Treasurer
  • Former: Thomas Lovejoy (2020–2021) — Honorary Chair
  • Former: Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio (2021) — Vice President for Conservation & Health
  • Former: Anthony Ramos (2019–2020) — Senior Director of Marketing
  • Former: Bob Kuperman (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: David Amburgey (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Ellen Carlin (2019–2020) — Senior Policy Adviser
  • Former: Evelyn Luciano (2019–2020) — Senior Federal Grants Director
  • Former: Lori Michelin (2019–2020) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Christopher Allen (2020) — Senior Data Scientist
  • Former: Fredrick Baum (2019) — Director
  • Former: Joel Maizel (2019) — Director
  • Former: Leilani Francisco (2019) — Senior Scientist
  • Former: Lucy Stitzer (2019) — Director
  • Former: Mark O'Donnell (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2026. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2026 IRS filing

Aleksei Chmura — Chief of Staff: $339KAleksei ChmuraChief of Staff$339KJon Epstein — VP for Science and Outreach: $277KJon EpsteinVP for Science and Outreach$277KJoseph Riccardi — Acting CFO: $226KJoseph RiccardiActing CFO$226KKevin Olival — VP for Research: $216KKevin OlivalVP for Research$216K

The highest reported compensation on the 2026 filing was $339K, to Aleksei Chmura (Chief of Staff). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about EcoHealth Alliance Inc

What is EcoHealth Alliance Inc?

EcoHealth Alliance Inc is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in Cambridge, MA.

Where does EcoHealth Alliance Inc operate?

EcoHealth Alliance Inc has awarded grants in Colorado, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, New York, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington.

What is EcoHealth Alliance Inc's EIN?

EcoHealth Alliance Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 31-1726494. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2026.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 23, 2026)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 23, 2026)
  4. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2026 (received by the IRS June 30, 2026)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 5, 2020)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 10, 2021)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 9, 2022)
  8. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 2, 2023)

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