Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by INTERNATIONAL ELEPHANT FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue: $2,189,882
Total expenses: $1,086,472
Contributions and grants received: $2,019,778
Grants paid: $759,536
Program service revenue: $4,965
Investment income: $165,139
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $4,173,880
Total liabilities, end of year: $248,761
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $3,925,119
Program services expenses (Part IX): $973,004
Management and general expenses: $57,286
Fundraising expenses: $56,182
Program service expenses (Part III): $973,004

Program services were 89.6% 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.

1a · Federated campaigns

$15,415
1b · Membership dues

$0
1c · Fundraising events

$0
1d · Related organizations

$0
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$0
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$2,004,363
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$0
2a · Program service revenue: Research Symposium

total $4,965 · related or exempt $4,965 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2f · All other program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
3 · Investment income

total $179,316 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $179,316
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
5 · Royalties

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $0 · personal property $0
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

securities $531,433 · other assets $0
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $545,610 · other assets $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities -$14,177 · other assets $0
7d · Net gain or loss

total -$14,177 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$14,177
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$0
11e · Other revenue, total

$0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

total $759,536 · program services $759,536
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $91,749 · program services $68,812 · management and general $22,937 · fundraising $0
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $65,772 · program services $65,772 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
9 · Other employee benefits

total $4,238 · program services $3,351 · management and general $887 · fundraising $0
10 · Payroll taxes

total $12,050 · program services $10,296 · management and general $1,754 · fundraising $0
11c · Fees: accounting

total $26,550 · program services $0 · management and general $26,550 · fundraising $0
11f · Fees: investment management

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11g · Fees: other

total $39,895 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $39,895
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $351 · program services $0 · management and general $351 · fundraising $0
13 · Office expenses

total $24,862 · program services $16,001 · management and general $862 · fundraising $7,999
14 · Information technology

total $2,760 · program services $2,484 · management and general $138 · fundraising $138
17 · Travel

total $10,903 · program services $3,931 · management and general $2,922 · fundraising $4,050
23 · Insurance

total $17,702 · program services $15,932 · management and general $885 · fundraising $885
24a · Other expenses: Fundraising

total $3,215 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $3,215
24b · Other expenses: Education & Research

total $26,889 · program services $26,889 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $562,175 · end of year $1,818,767
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $222,310 · end of year $69,058
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $11,207 · end of year $1,200
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $2,105,101 · end of year $2,284,855
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $14,351 · end of year $15,155
18 · Grants payable

beginning of year $130,945 · end of year $233,606
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $2,571,047 · end of year $3,876,084
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $184,450 · end of year $49,035

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

International Elephant Foundation (IEF) creates a sustainable future for elephants. We generate and effectively invest resources to support elephant conservation, education, research, and management programs worldwide. Through our passion, expertise, knowledge, and partnerships we inspire and engage people to ensure a vibrant future with elephants everywhere.

Projects related to African and Asian elephants in the wild and in human care with an emphasis on conservation and protection of elephants and their habitat, education, community programs and scientific and veterinary research.

Expenses $973,004 · Grants $759,536

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

Deborah Olson

Executive Director

Total calculated

$95,636

From this org

$91,749

From related orgs

$0

Other

$3,887

Hours/week

40
Brian Aucone

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kristi Burtis

Secretary

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Frank Camacho

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Daryl Hoffman

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Gary Johnson

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Elizabeth Larsen

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Arne Lawrenz

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Amos Morris

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tom Schmidt

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tim Thier

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Lou Barreda

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Rob Bernardy

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Charlie Gray

Vice President

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Mike Fouraker

President

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tom Albert

Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Ted Fox

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2024
Filed: 16 July 2025
IRS schema version: 2024v5.0
Source object: 202501989349301530

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