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← MARA ELEPHANT PROJECT USA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MARA ELEPHANT PROJECT USA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,600,184
Total expenses
$3,348,622
Contributions and grants received
$3,506,421
Grants paid
$2,614,315
Program service revenue
$73,485
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$20,278
Total assets, end of year
$3,799,431
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,001,257
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,798,174
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,846,925
Management and general expenses
$52,067
Fundraising expenses
$449,630
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,846,925

Program services were 85.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,506,421

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $73,485 · related or exempt $73,485

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $20,278 · related or exempt $20,278

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $20,278

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $93,000 · program services $93,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $2,521,315 · program services $2,521,315

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $13,600 · program services $10,000 · management and general $3,600

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,750 · management and general $4,750

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $74,909 · program services $40,000 · management and general $34,909

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $343,011 · fundraising $343,011

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $231,165 · program services $159,058 · management and general $7,262 · fundraising $64,845

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,885 · program services $3,343 · fundraising $8,542

  • 17 · Travel

    total $953 · program services $90 · fundraising $863

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $721 · management and general $721

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $765 · management and general $765

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $19,253 · program services $2,511 · fundraising $16,742

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK & CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $14,504 · program services $14,444 · management and general $60

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING AND COPYING

    total $9,418 · program services $381 · fundraising $9,037

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $7,550 · program services $2,732 · fundraising $4,818

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,823 · program services $51 · fundraising $1,772

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $980,758

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,138,062 · end of year $2,421,118

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $118,000 · end of year $37,534

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $35,000 · end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,889

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,679

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $931 · end of year $210

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $307,423 · end of year $359,811

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $17,804 · end of year $46,372

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $35,000 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,954,885

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $668,529 · end of year $627,922

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $878,083 · end of year $1,170,252

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO WORK TO CONSERVE ELEPHANTS AND THE LANDSCAPES THEY LIVE IN, INCLUDING THEIR BIODIVERSITY, ECOLOGICAL FUNCTION, AND PEACEFUL HUMAN-WILDLIFE CO-EXISTENCE THROUGH SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER I) APPLIED CONSERVATION, II) RESEARCH, III) TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT, IV) EDUCATION, V) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, VI) AND PUBLIC AWARENESS WITHIN ELEPHANT RANGE STATES AND ABROAD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO WORK TO CONSERVE ELEPHANTS AND THE LANDSCAPES THEY LIVE IN.

  • THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS PROGRAMS THAT WORK TO INCREASE PROTECTION FOR ENDANGERED WILDLIFE IN AFRICA. KEY AMONG THOSE IS ELEPHANTS, A KEYSTONE SPECIES THAT ACTS AS A BAROMETER FOR THE HEALTH OF AN ECOSYSTEM. CONTRIBUTING TO PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGE IN ACTION TO ADDRESS THE SHORT TERM THREATS TO WILDLIFE AND WILD SPACES AND PAIR IT WITH RESEARCH THAT DISCOVERS LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS THAT INVOLVE ENGAGEMENT FROM INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IS KEY TO THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAM SUPPORT APPROACH.

    Expenses $2,846,925 · Grants $2,614,315 · Revenue $93,763

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Marc Goss

    PAST PRESIDENT, CURRENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $5,625
    From this org
    $5,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15

  • Claire Bolles

    EXEC DIRECTOR, SECRETARY, ASST TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $68,000
    From this org
    $68,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Dr Jake Wall

    FORMER TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15

  • Erica Dillow

    PRESIDENT & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Kevin Rodrigues

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
3 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202441249349302084

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