Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by GLOBAL SANCTUARY FOR ELEPHANTS.

Totals

Total revenue: $1,088,067
Total expenses: $1,072,889
Contributions and grants received: $1,076,868
Grants paid: $649,182
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $725
Other revenue: $10,474
Total assets, end of year: $485,045
Total liabilities, end of year: $5,989
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $479,056
Program services expenses (Part IX): $858,419
Management and general expenses: $151,774
Fundraising expenses: $62,696
Program service expenses (Part III): $858,419

Program services were 80.0% 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.

1c · Fundraising events

$104,260
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$972,608
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$19,620
3 · Investment income

total $725 · excluded $725
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$15,981
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$104,260
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$5,691
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total $10,290 · excluded $10,290
11a · Other revenue: OTHER

total $184 · related or exempt $184
11e · Other revenue, total

$184

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

total $649,182 · program services $649,182
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $60,200 · program services $54,180 · management and general $3,010 · fundraising $3,010
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $192,747 · program services $88,130 · management and general $56,523 · fundraising $48,094
10 · Payroll taxes

total $19,987 · program services $11,245 · management and general $4,705 · fundraising $4,037
11c · Fees: accounting

total $17,712 · management and general $17,712
11g · Fees: other

total $86,466 · program services $44,082 · management and general $41,967 · fundraising $417
13 · Office expenses

total $19,817 · program services $5,728 · management and general $14,089
17 · Travel

total $6,245 · program services $4,146 · management and general $2,099
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $1,010 · program services $568 · management and general $238 · fundraising $204
24a · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTION FEES

total $14,966 · program services $808 · management and general $7,224 · fundraising $6,934
24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

total $4,557 · program services $350 · management and general $4,207

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $316,347 · end of year $348,380
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $151,123 · end of year $114,276
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$5,027
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$3,158
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $2,879 · end of year $1,869
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

end of year $20,520
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $7,233 · end of year $5,989
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $313,116 · end of year $369,056
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $110,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE ODEDICATED TO RESCUING, PROTECTING AND PROVIDING SANCTUARY FOR ELEPHANTS WORLDWIDE. OUR FOUNDING DIRECTORS AND ELEPHANT CARE SPECIALIST CONSULT INTERNATIONALLY FOR THE WELLBEING OF CAPTIVE ELEPHANTS. CURRENTLY BASED IN BRAZIL, WORKING DIRECTLY WITH BRAZILIAN NGO SANTUARIO DE ELEFANTES BRASIL, OUR FOUNDING DIRECTORS ARE FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRST SANCTUARY FOR CAPTIVE ELEPHANTS IN SOUTH AMERICA. WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST RESIDENTS, GLOBAL SANCTUARY FOR ELEPHANTS AND SANTUARIO DE ELEFANTES BRASIL HAVE GAINED INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE AND SUPPORT TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF GLOBAL SANCTUARY FOR ELEPHANTS. THIS INCREASED EXPOSURE, SUCCESS AND RAPID PROGRESS HAS SPURRED ADDITIONAL INTEREST FROM THROUGHOUT SOUTH AMERICA, AS SANTUARIO DE ELEFANTES BRASIL IS QUICKLY BEING RECOGNIZED AS THE SOLUTION FOR AILING CAPTIVE ELEPHANTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROTECTING, RESCUING AND PROVIDING SANCTUARY FOR CAPTIVE ELEPHANTS WORLDWIDE

OUR FOUNDING DIRECTORS ARE WORKING ON LOCATION IN BRAZIL, OVERSEEING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELEPHANT SANCTUARY BRAZIL AND ESTABLISHING A FOUNDATION THAT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CORE VALUES OF GLOBAL SANCTUARY FOR ELEPHANTS ("GSE"). THEY HAVE ATTRACTED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT AND ARE RECRUITING AND TRAINING CORE TEAM MEMBERS IN BRAZIL TO RUN SANCTUARY OPERATIONS. PRESENTLY, HAVING OUR WORLD RENOWNED FOUNDING DIRECTORS ON THE GROUND IN BRAZIL IS PIVOTAL TO PROVIDING HANDS-ON EXPERTISE AND RECOGNITION FOR ELEPHANT CARE AND TRUSTWORTHY OPERATIONS NECESSARY TO BUILD ELEPHANT SANCTUARY BRAZIL INTO A SELF SUSTAINABLE AND POSITIVELY IMPACTFUL ORGANIZATION FOR ELEPHANTS THROUGHOUT SOUTH AMERICA.

Expenses $744,206 · Grants $649,182 · Revenue $184
WORKING AND CONSULTING WITH INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATORS FOR THE RECOVERY AND WELLBEING OF CAPTIVE ELEPHANTS GLOBALLY.

Expenses $9,780
GSE CARRIES A UNIQUE LEVEL OF DIVERSE EXPERIENCE THAT IS UTILIZED AND SHARED GLOBALLY TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE TRAGEDIES ELEPHANTS ENDURE IN CAPTIVITY. MORE IMPORTANTLY, OUR MESSAGING FOCUSES ON THE POSITIVE ACTIONS SOCIETY CAN TAKE NOW TO CREATE A POSITIVE FUTURE FOR ELEPHANTS. EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE BEING ESTABLISHED IN BRAZIL, GUEST LECTURES ARE CONDUCTED IN THE US AND DAILY ENTRIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ARE ALL HELPING TO ENGAGE THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC AND THEIR DESIRE TO LEARN WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, EDUCATION, EXPERT TESTIMONY AND SHARING OUR VAST KNOWLEDGE ARE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS, PIVOTAL TO RESHAPING THE LIVES OF CAPTIVE ELEPHANTS.

Expenses $104,433

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

SCOTT D BLAIS

CEO & BOARD PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$60,000

From this org

$60,000

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

70
KATHERINE M BLAIS

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

40
JILL D MOORE

BOARD SECRETARY/TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

10
DR JOYCE POOLE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
DR HOPE FERDOWSIAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5

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.

ASSOCIACAO SANTUARIO DE ELEFANTES BRASIL

501 (C) (3) · PROVIDING SANCTUARY FOR CAPTIVE ELEPHANTS IN SOUTH AMERICA · BR

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2022
Filed: 13 April 2024
IRS schema version: 2022v5.0
Source object: 202421049349300222

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