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← AMBOSELI TRUST FOR ELEPHANTS

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMBOSELI TRUST FOR ELEPHANTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$870,751
Total expenses
$852,168
Contributions and grants received
$773,571
Grants paid
$520,609
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$97,180
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$689,934
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,851
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$688,083
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$710,943
Management and general expenses
$81,658
Fundraising expenses
$59,567
Program service expenses (Part III)
$710,943

Program services were 83.4% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $375,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $398,571

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,798 · excluded $3,798

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $99,919

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $6,537

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $93,382

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $93,382 · related or exempt $93,382

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $520,609 · program services $520,609

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $158,708 · program services $90,230 · management and general $34,239 · fundraising $34,239

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,200 · program services $2,400 · management and general $2,400 · fundraising $2,400

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $12,000 · program services $4,000 · management and general $4,000 · fundraising $4,000

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $12,692 · program services $7,086 · management and general $2,803 · fundraising $2,803

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,235 · management and general $22,235

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $63,147 · program services $63,147

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,757 · program services $1,109 · management and general $5,993 · fundraising $655

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,404 · program services $306 · management and general $549 · fundraising $549

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,730 · program services $6,711 · fundraising $2,019

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,065 · program services $1,950 · management and general $5,164 · fundraising $1,951

  • 24a · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSE

    total $4,837 · fundraising $4,837

  • 24b · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $3,761 · program services $2,633 · management and general $376 · fundraising $752

  • 24c · Other expenses: EDUCATION

    total $3,398 · program services $3,396 · fundraising $2

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $3,294 · program services $1,529 · management and general $1,576 · fundraising $189

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $13,331 · program services $5,837 · management and general $2,323 · fundraising $5,171

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $217,203 · end of year $259,331

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $23,531 · end of year $619

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $200,000 · end of year $200,000

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

    $107,629

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

    $101,086

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,154 · end of year $6,543

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $245,333 · end of year $223,441

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,024 · end of year $1,851

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $694,197 · end of year $688,083

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

RESEARCH AND PRESERVATION OF AFRICAN ELEPHANTS

  • THE ORGANIZATION RELIES ON PUBLIC SUPPORT SOLICITED THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND MAILINGS. THE ORGANIZATION IS RESEARCHING AND WORKING ON THE CONSERVATION AND ETHICAL TREATMENT OF THE AFRICAN ELEPHANTS. SPECIAL PROJECTS INCLUDE: DNA PROJECT, MAASAI STUDY, ELEPHANT COGNITION PROJECT, AND THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR KENYAN STUDENTS.

    Expenses $710,832 · Grants $520,609

  • ADJ TO TIE TO INV STMT GAIN VS REPORTED GAIN ON FINANCIALS

    Expenses $111

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Elizabeth Swart

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $102,717
    From this org
    $102,717
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Cynthia Moss

    PROGRAM DIR

    Total calculated
    $55,991
    From this org
    $55,991
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • David Breskin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Nan Buzard

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Lynn Chase

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Catherine Grellet

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Kathryn Heminway

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Dr Richard Leakey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Bruce Ludwig

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Lia Reed

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Isabella Rossellini

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Susannah Rouse

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Donald Young

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 April 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202402689349301020

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