Environmental Council of States Inc
Improve the environment of the United States by providing for the exchange of ideas, views & experiences among the states, fostering cooperation & coordination in environmental management & articulating state positions to Congress & the EPA on environmental issues.
Environmental Council of States Inc at a glance
- Total assets
- $4,020,020
- -2.2% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $2,730,146
- -8.7% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $85,838
- +70.2% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $2,597,956
- -9.2% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Environmental Council of States Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
6 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 5 grants of 6 (83%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Cities
How Environmental Council of States Inc gives
- Giving fell 45% 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 2020 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $51K (2023) to $101K (2022). In 2023 it made 2 grants totaling $51K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Pollution Control Agency St. Paul, MN | Assist with the development and testing of the Combined Air Emissions Reporting system. | $38,718 |
| Georgia Department of Natural Resources Atlanta, GA | Assist with the development and testing of the Combined Air Emissions Reporting system. | $11,800 |
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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 | $4,020,020 | $2,730,146 | $2,597,956 | — | — | $85,838 |
| 2024 | $4,110,796 | $2,990,961 | $2,861,701 | — | — | $50,431 |
| 2023 | $4,049,390 | $2,334,077 | $2,314,807 | $50,518 | 2 | $-57,262 |
| 2022 | $2,532,623 | $2,352,314 | $2,124,512 | $100,615 | 2 | $-146,172 |
| 2021 | $2,260,644 | $1,943,521 | $1,790,718 | $55,854 | 2 | $1,735 |
| 2020 | $2,004,471 | $2,019,555 | $1,965,899 | $92,089 | 2 | $15,083 |
| 2019 | $2,011,127 | $2,775,697 | $2,746,999 | — | — | $8,346 |
About Environmental Council of States Inc
Based on IRS filings
Environmental Council of States Inc is a public charity, based in Washington, DC. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $4.0M in total assets. Net investment income was $86K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Environmental Council of States Inc is led by Ben Grumbles, Executive Director since 2024 (on filings since 2019); 7 of 27 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Ben Grumbles
Executive Director
Vice President → President - Former & Executive Director, 2022
President - Former & Executive Director → Executive Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
39 hrs/week
$124K (2022) → $225K (2025)
Jon Niermann
President & Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer → Vice President, Chair & Air Committee, 2024
Vice President, Chair & Air Committee → President & Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
James Kenney
Past President & President
Director → Secretary-Treasurer, 2024
Secretary-Treasurer → Past President & President, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elzabeth Biser
President
Secr-Treasurer & Vice President → President, 2024
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jess Byrne
Eris President
Director → Region Representative & Eris President, 2024
Region Representative & Eris President → Eris President, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chris Wells
President & Vice President
Chair & Compliance Committee → President & Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dru Buntin
Water Committee Chair
Director → Region Representative, Chair & Water Committee, 2024
Region Representative, Chair & Water Committee → Water Committee Chair, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Katrina Kessler
Cross-Media Committee Chair
Director → Chair, Cross-Media Committee & Region Representative, 2024
Chair, Cross-Media Committee & Region Representative → Cross-Media Committee Chair, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kim Shelley
Budget & Management Committee Chair
Director → Chair & Planning Committee, 2024
Chair & Planning Committee → Budget & Management Committee Chair, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shawn LaTourette
Land & Materials Committee Chair
Director → Region Representative, Chair, Land & Materials Committee, 2024
Region Representative, Chair, Land & Materials Committee → Land & Materials Committee Chair, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bonnie Heiple
Compliance Committee Chair
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Clint Woods
Air Committee Chair
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Karen Peters
Water Committee Chair
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Charles Reyes
Itrc Director
Director & Itrc → Itrc Director, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
$105K (2024) → $181K (2025)
Carolyn Hanson
Deputy Executive Director
Deputy Director → Deputy Executive Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
39 hrs/week
$155K (2019) → $194K (2025)
Kurt Rakouskas
Executive Project Manager
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$105K (2021) → $129K (2025)
Lia Parisien
Executive Project Manager
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$111K (2021) → $159K (2025)
Beth Graves
Executive Project Manager
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$122K (2024) → $132K (2025)
Elizabeth Schilling
Finance Manager
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$101K (2024) → $111K (2025)
Myra Reece
Past President
President & Vice President - Former → President, 2023
President → Past President, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ed Tormey
At-Large Board Member
Director → At-Large Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Terry Gray
At-Large Board Member
Director → Chair, Land, Materials Committee & Region Representative, 2024
Chair, Land, Materials Committee & Region Representative → At-Large Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Carr
At-Large Board Member
Region Representative → At-Large Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leah Feldon
Vice President & Secretary-Treasurer
Chair & Air Committee → Vice President & Secretary-Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2024
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brian Rockensuess
Secretary-Treasurer
New on the 2025 filing
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert Singletary
Secretary-Treasurer, Budget & Management Committee
New on the 2025 filing
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Serena McIlwain
At-Large Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (50)
- Former: Leo Henning (2019–2024) — Region Representative
- Former: Scott Thompson (2019–2024) — President, Eris, Chair & Compliance Committee
- Former: Patricia Reyes (2020–2024) — Director & Itrc
- Former: Laura Watson (2022–2024) — Chair & Water Committee
- Former: Shawn Garvin (2022–2024) — Region Representative
- Former: Tony Hatton (2022–2024) — Region Representative
- Former: Caleb Osborne (2023–2024) — Region Representative
- Former: John Eunice (2024) — Region Representative
- Former: Chuck Carr Brown (2019–2023) — Vice President
- Former: Todd Parfitt (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Liesel Clark (2021–2023) — Secretary-Treasurer
- Former: Jim Kenney (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Benjamin Grumbles (2023) — Executive Director
- Former: Basil Seggos (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: David Paylor (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Misael Cabrera (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Elizabeth Graves (2021–2022) — Executive Project Manager
- Former: Donald Welsh To (2022) — Executive Director
- Former: Jason Brune (2022) — Director
- Former: Melanie Loyzim (2022) — Director
- Former: Pat McDonnell (2022) — Past President - Former
- Former: Austin Caperton (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Donald S. Welsh (2019–2021) — Executive Director
- Former: Jim Macy (2019–2021) — Past President
- Former: Patrick McDonnell (2019–2021) — President
- Former: Richard Whitman (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Scott Baird (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Catherine McCabe (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Noah Valenstein (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Sheila Holman (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Bruno Pigott All Year (2021) — Director
- Former: Darsi Foss All Year (2021) — Director
- Former: David Paylor All Year (2021) — Director
- Former: Ed Tormey All Year (2021) — Director
- Former: Jason Brune All Year (2021) — Director
- Former: Jon Niermann All Year (2021) — Director
- Former: Julie Moore All Year (2021) — Director
- Former: Leo Henning All Year (2021) — Director
- Former: Martin Suuberg (2021) — Director
- Former: Becky Keogh (2019–2020) — Past President
- Former: Bruno Pigott (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Carol Comer (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Julie Moore (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Keith Kawaoka (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Marty Suuberg (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Darsi Foss (2020) — Director
- Former: Alan Matheson (2019) — Director
- Former: Maia Bellon (2019) — Director
- Former: Matt Rodriquez (2019) — Director
- Former: Patrick Stevens (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 $225K, to Ben Grumbles (Executive Director). 7 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Environmental Council of States Inc
How large is Environmental Council of States Inc?
Environmental Council of States Inc reported $4.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.7M.
Where does Environmental Council of States Inc operate?
Environmental Council of States Inc has awarded grants in Georgia, Minnesota.
What is Environmental Council of States Inc's EIN?
Environmental Council of States Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-3962169. 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
(2)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 11, 2021)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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