2025-08-13T16:13:36-07:00 2024-12-31 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP 548 Market St PMB 97503 San Francisco CA 94104 990 2024-01-01 943251981 Center for Environmental Health CENT 5106553900 2201 Broadway Ste 508 Oakland CA 94612 Kizzy Charles-Guzman CEO 2025-08-13 true true Tierna Jensen P02447146 5108352727 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Kizzy Charles-Guzman 2201 Broadway Ste 508 Oakland CA 94612 3821137 false X www.ceh.org X 1996 CA 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. 12 12 42 12 0 2453031 1903094 992298 1763989 257552 129436 26814 24618 3729695 3821137 51148 0 0 3038320 3017618 0 769469 2041191 1027482 5130659 4045100 -1400964 -223963 4798462 4907388 1104386 1437275 3694076 3470113 X 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. false false 1063737 1030769 Litigation to Protect People from Toxic Chemicals CEH protected consumers from carcinogens and reproductive toxicants across a wide range of consumer products in 2024. We tested over 315 products for new and active cases and 10 products for compliance monitoring. Our testing protected consumers from endocrine-disrupting BPA in canned coconut water, socks, and clothing, and from the reproductive toxicant nicotine in Zyn nicotine pouches, a product rising in popularity among youth according to the FDAs Annual Youth Tobacco Survey.These litigation efforts have and will continue to result in legal agreements with companies to reformulate products, directly reducing exposure to harmful chemicals and setting precedents that hold industries accountable for human health and environmental impacts. Our team published a groundbreaking report detailing a 13-year investigation of off-price retailers Ross and Burlingtons sale of lead-containing fashion accessories, garnering the attention of national news outlets including Univision, Newsweek, Fox, Yahoo Finance, and more, as well as eliciting responses from the multi-billion dollar fashion retailers featured in the report. 746505 216040 All other programs 643172 517180 Green Chemistry: Accelerating the adoption of safer products to protect human health and the environment Our climate work to reduce plastic and toxics exposure by leveraging institutional buying power to drive more sustainable supply chains has yielded impactful results. Our proven strategies have achieved real, tangible wins for human health, including:-Preventing over 600,000 single-use plastic foodware items from exposing people to toxic chemicals, filling landfills, and producing potent greenhouse gases. Landfills are major contributors to climate change given the gases they emit and the amount of plastic they contain. -Making it easier than ever for government, corporate, and educational institutions to find, evaluate, and purchase healthier, more sustainable furniture, flooring, and carpeting. -Launching a revolutionary standard for reusability criteria that restricts known hazardous chemicals (including recycled materials) in food packaging, service ware, cookware, and food containers. -Releasing an updated version of the Ditching Disposables Toolkit aimed at helping those in the K-12 school space reduce the use of single use-plastics in the cafeteria space and transition to non-toxic, reusable foodware. This updated toolkit has been instrumental in promoting our expertise across the country and has been distributed both nationally and regionally to all school districts in California. These wins propel CEH to continue to target city and county governments and private businesses to use our GreenScreen Certified Standard which as of December 2024 has been accepted under EPAs Recommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing. We aim to drive the purchasing demand for sustainable products towards products that meet our rigorous safety and health standards, achieving healthier supply chains. The Green and Clean Purchasing team reached out to California school districts totaling over 1,110 district and school leaders in 2024 with the goal of shifting large scale purchasing toward non-toxic alternatives. CEH called on district leaders to consider safer, non-toxic, reusable foodware options and provided introductory resources including our Ditching Disposables Toolkit. 312806 Protecting our Environment and Communities from Industrial Pollution CEH continues to tackle sources of industrial pollution and have focused on the metal processing industrys toxic hex chrome air emissions as well as their illegal PFAS discharges into groundwater classified by the Water Board as a potential source of drinking water for community residents. CEH has filed lawsuits against 6 companies to force them to implement much-needed pollution controls that eliminate further discharges as well as cleanup measures for existing water contamination. After we entered a Consent Judgment with one of these companies, CEH has continued to engage with the remaining five companies to hold them accountable, requiring cleanup, monitoring of groundwater and soil, and cessation of using PFAS-containing materials. Similarly, CEH has been actively engaged in a case involving a lead-acid battery recycling facility in the City of Industry named Quemetco (now known as Ecobat Resources California) to protect soils from lead and arsenic industrial pollution. In 2024, in partnership with community leaders, CEH conducted extensive community outreach to hear how affected residents wanted to use the community fund to protect themselves from contaminated soil. Based on this feedback, CEH is offering soil screening for lead and arsenic, safe gardening workshops, and professional landscaping services to residents who live near the facility. Accessing these services will have a direct impact on reducing residents exposure to lead and arsenic in contaminated soil at no cost to them. 312806 2766220 true true false true false false false false false false true false false true true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 17 0 true 42 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 12 12 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA NY X X X Lakeesha Gage 5106553900 2201 Broadway Ste 508 Oakland CA 94612 Kizzy Charles-Guzman CEO 40.00 0.00 X 350000 0 13422 Emily DeFrisco Sr. Comm. 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The Organization has evaluated its current tax positions as of December 31, 2024 and is not aware of any significant uncertain tax positions for which a reserve would be necessary. The Organizations tax returns are generally subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. X X false false false false false false false false false Emily DeFrisco Sr. Comm. Dir. 143000 7150 8099 158249 Kizzy Charles-Guzman CEO 350000 3646 9776 363422 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b After internal review, 990 is sent to the finance committee and followed by a meeting. If all is ok, then the Treasurer forwards the 990 to the board for review. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c All staff and board sign our conflict of interest policy annually and disclose potential conflicts. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a Board conducted a thorough review and consulted with a local compensation expert. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b Executive director conducts annual reviews of officers and key employees and bases salaries on local wage survey. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Audit provided on website and governing documents provided by request. Part IV - Line 6 - Fund Advisor The Organization served as an advisor to an external donor advised fund (Community Environmental Action & Justice Fund) held at a community foundation. The fund had a balance of $133,989 as of December 31, 2024. Such assets are not the property of the Organization.