Nonprofit · EIN 23-7275283
ECHO INC
Tax-exempt · N FT MYERS, FL 33917
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $667,130 | $1,413,910 | -$746,780 | $7,816,662 | $841,248 | $6,975,414 |
| March 31, 2025 | 990 | $5,560,556 | $5,391,996 | $168,560 | $8,290,888 | $612,270 | $7,678,618 |
| March 31, 2024 | 990 | $4,847,713 | $4,930,702 | -$82,989 | $8,272,203 | $706,111 | $7,566,092 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $476,841
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $26,106
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $1,010
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $52,599
- Other revenue
- $164,183
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $751,604
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $878,869
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $38,248
- Travel
- $77,276
- Depreciation
- $17,328
- Program services (functional)
- $1,189,360
- Management and general (functional)
- $126,336
- Fundraising (functional)
- $98,214
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $8,290,888
- Total assets, end of year
- $7,816,662
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $841,248
- Net assets, end of year
- $6,975,414
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $3,742,144
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $5,721,622
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,253,792
- Gross unrelated business income
- -$264
- Gross receipts
- $694,724
- Employees
- 73
- Volunteers
- 570
- Year formed
- 1973
- State of legal domicile
- FL
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abram Bicksler | President & CEO Officer | 40 | $163,020 |
| Charles Mathews | COO Officer | 40 | $102,743 |
| Amy Wiggins | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Bill Hutchison | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ronald Tschetter | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Barbara Anderson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Carlson | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Rodney Sebastian | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Karen L Stoufer | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Rosanna Hess | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Thomas Gill | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Raymond Mutava | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Catherine Ziyomo | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2025: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abram Bicksler | President & CEO Officer | 40 | $163,020 |
| Charles Mathews | COO Officer | 40 | $102,743 |
| Amy Wiggins | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Bill Hutchison | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ronald Tschetter | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Barbara Anderson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Carlson | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Rodney Sebastian | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Karen L Stoufer | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Rosanna Hess | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Thomas Gill | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Greg Dugger | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Doug Carlson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ron Vos | Vice Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Raymond Mutava | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Catherine Ziyomo | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2024: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abram Bicksler | President & CEO Officer | 40 | $165,021 |
| Amy Wiggins | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Bill Hutchison | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ronald Tschetter | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Barbara Anderson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Carlson | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Rodney Sebastian | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Karen L Stoufer | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Rosanna Hess | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Thomas Gill | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Greg Dugger | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Doug Carlson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ron Vos | Vice Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 17391 DURRANCE RD, N FT MYERS, FL 33917-2212
- In care of
- % ECHO
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Abram Bicksler, 17391 Durrance Road, North Fort Myers, FL 339172212
- Signed the 990
- Charles Mathews, COO
- Phone
- (239) 567-3323
- Website
- www.echonet.org
- Return prepared by
- BARTON GONZALEZ & MYERS PA
Mission
Providing training, knowledge resources, networking and seeds to development workers in over 170 countries enabling them to support improved nutrition and livelihood for small-scale farmers and their families.
Program accomplishments
- ECHO is continuing to build a knowledge base of agricultural practices and appropriate technologies and then deliver this knowledge to development workers around the globe to reduce hunger and improve the livelihoods of small-scale farmers. This work involves field and literature research, extensive networking with development practitioners, seed production and testing, writing and translating knowledge resources, providing training and supporting a growing network of members who access ECHO resources from over 170 countries each month. The thousands of users and hundreds of organizations who utilize ECHO resources regularly evaluate the usefulness and impact of these resources and the effectiveness of their delivery.Expenses $721,145 · revenue $582,914
- In order to move its knowledge resource development and dissemination activities closer to small-scale farmers around the world, ECHO operates Regional Impact Centers/Teams in Southeast Asia, East Africa, and West Africa and are intending to move into Latin America (CAC RIC). These Impact Centers focus on practices, knowledge, seeds, trainings, research and networking that are most beneficial to small-scale farmers and development workers in the respective regions. The work of the Regional Impact Centers/Teams is heavily supported by ECHO's U.S.-based activities identified in 4a above. ECHO's regional resources and trainings are regularly evaluated by practitioners throughout the regions.Expenses $468,215 · revenue $84,216
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | Check at the IRS |
IRS record
- EIN
- 23-7275283
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1973
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- International, foreign affairs and national security (Q310)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $7,816,662
- Income (IRS master file)
- $694,724
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $667,130 | $1,413,910 | $7,816,662 | XML |
| 990-T | June 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2025 | $5,560,556 | $5,391,996 | $8,290,888 | XML |
| 990-T | March 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2024 | $4,847,713 | $4,930,702 | $8,272,203 | XML |
| 990-T | March 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2023 | $5,142,945 | $4,743,101 | $8,370,817 | IRS |
| 990-T | March 2023 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | March 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 23-7275283).
Questions about ECHO INC
- What is the EIN of ECHO INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ECHO INC is 23-7275283.
- Is ECHO INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1973.
- Are donations to ECHO INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ECHO INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of ECHO INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ECHO INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of ECHO INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Abram Bicksler.
- Who are the officers and directors of ECHO INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 13 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $163,020 (Abram Bicksler, President & CEO).
- How much revenue does ECHO INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $667,130, expenses of $1,413,910 and total assets of $7,816,662 at year end.
Other nonprofits in N FT MYERS
- DONBASS HUMANITARIAN AID INC EIN 81-1441670 · last filed 990-N for 2025
- LEE COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC EIN 59-0329555 · last filed 990 for 2024
- LIGHTHOUSE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC EIN 59-1665257 · last filed 990 for 2025
- CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC EIN 20-0814739 · last filed 990 for 2025
- CAREFREE CLUBHOUSE CORPORATION EIN 65-0715178 · last filed 990 for 2025
- CULTIVATE ABUNDANCE EIN 82-2626487 · last filed 990 for 2025
- COCHRAN-DUNFORD CHARITABLE ORGANIZA TION INC EIN 41-2951114 · last filed 990-PF for 2025
- TOMMY BOHANON FOUNDATION INC EIN 82-1716574 · last filed 990 for 2023
All nonprofits in N FT MYERS · Florida · International, foreign affairs and national security