Echo Inc
Donations deductibleEcho Inc's network
14 people5 organisationsi14 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (14). Violet dotted lines (5) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
14 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 11 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 14 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Carlson Chair | Chairman | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Amy Wiggins | Company secretary | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Barbara Anderson | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Bill Hutchison | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Catherine Ziyomo | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Douglas Carlson (also filed as Doug Carlson) | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Greg Dugger | Treasurer | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Karen L Stoufer | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Raymond Mutava | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Rodney Sebastian | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Ron Vos | Vice Chairman | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Ronald Tschetter | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Rosanna Hess | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Thomas Gill | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Abram Bicksler | President & CEO | since 2023 |
| Charles Mathews | COO | 2025 |
| David Erickson | President & CEO | since 2019 |
| Timothy Albright | COO | since 2019 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abram Bicksler | President & CEO | 40 | $163k | ||
| Charles Mathews | COO | 40 | $103k | ||
| Amy Wiggins | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Bill Hutchison | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ronald Tschetter | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Barbara Anderson | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Mark Carlson | Chairman | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rodney Sebastian | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Karen L Stoufer | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rosanna Hess | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Thomas Gill | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Raymond Mutava | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Catherine Ziyomo | Director | 1 | $0 |
Colorado roster
19 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20263017608). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.| Name | Title as filed |
|---|---|
| Catherine Ziyomo | Director |
| Ronald Tschetter | Director |
| Rosanna Hess, RN, DNP | Director |
| Rodney Sebastian | Board Treasurer |
| Cynthia D. Lamberth | Director |
| Ron Vos | Director |
| Charles Mathews | COO |
| Abram J. Bicksler Ph.D. | President/CEO, Acting CFO |
| Thomas Gill, Ph.D. | Board Chairman |
| Bill Hutchison, Ph.D. | Director |
| Nathan Flood | CIO |
| Abram J. Bicksler Ph.D. | |
| Raymond Mutava | Director |
| Greg Dugger | Director |
| Peter Quesenberry, DVM | Director |
| Thomas Gill, Ph.D. | Director, Board Chairman |
| Karen L. Stoufer, DVM | Board Secretary |
| Olivia Mulerwa | Director |
| Mark Carlson, JD | Director |
About
- Legal name
- Echo Inc
- EIN
- 237275283
- Address
- 17391 Durrance Rd, N Ft Myers, FL, 33917-2212
- State
- Florida
- 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. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- Q310 International, foreign affairs and national security
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
- Size band
- 7 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1973
- Principal officer
- Abram Bicksler (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 November 1973
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsDouglas Carlson
≥7years on the filingsGreg Dugger
≥7years on the filingsRodney Sebastian
≥7years on the filingsRon Vos
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $7.8m
- Total liabilities
- $841k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $7m
- Contributions and grants received
- $477k
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Employees
- 73
- Volunteers
- 570
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.6m | $5.4m | $169k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.ECHO, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Colorado Secretary of State (CDOS), business entities (data.colorado.gov 4ykn-tg5h). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Colorado
- Entity type
- corporation
- Status
- Good Standing
- Formed
- 22 February 2010
- Registered agent
- Registered Agents INC (city and state not held)
This register does not publish officers or directors.