Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC
EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,174,214 to it, the largest being THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($1,560,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $6.2M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Earthecho International Inc does
Mission
Earthecho international's mission is to build a global youth movement to protect and restore our ocean planet.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The ourecho challenge is an annual stem competition that empowers u.s. And uk youth, ages 13-16, to take a closer look at biodiversity in their communities. Young changemakers first identify threats to local ecosystems and then propose solutions to help preserve, protect, or repair those natural resources. Annual winners receive funding and support to implement and track the success of their innovative solutions!
$166,683 spentof which $6,000 as grants12% of program spendingThe earthecho water challenge is a signature program that equips young leaders around the world to become community scientists, testing their local water quality, sharing their data through our global database at monitorwater.org, and using this data to inform actions to protect local waterways. To date, this program has activated over 1.6 million participants in 147 countries to protect and advocate for their local water resources.
$172,242 spent12% of program spendingThe earthecho youth leadership program and ambassadors programs are cornerstones of our strategy to inspire and develop the next generation of environmental leaders. These programs equip young ocean advocates between the ages of 16-22 with the training, funding, and tools needed to lead creative campaigns and initiatives mobilizing support for policy and regulatory and conservation actions to advance ocean protection and restoration. Our five current ambassador programs focus on topics including: expanding and enhancing marine protected areas (30x30), ratification of the high seas treaty, direct protection of blue carbon ecosystems, addressing marine plastic pollution, and supporting local watershed health.
$1,065,648 spentof which $2,750 as grants$2,500 earned by the program76% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,404,573.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $359k to $1.2M (+228%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Alex Morrison
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $335k → $597k.
7 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
37% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 66% · 2019 40% · 2020 52% · 2021 42% · 2022 28% · 2023 42% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
47% of EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC is better cushioned than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $31 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $31
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 6 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC?
- EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,174,214 to it, the largest being THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($1,560,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $6,174,214 in grants to EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC?
- THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,560,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EARTHECHO INTERNATIONAL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 27 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing