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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by EARTH LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,569,123
Total expenses
$1,365,300
Contributions and grants received
$1,402,402
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$166,666
Investment income
$15
Other revenue
$40
Total assets, end of year
$1,194,872
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,194,872
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,326,957
Management and general expenses
$11,414
Fundraising expenses
$26,929
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,326,957

Program services were 97.2% 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

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $956,250

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $446,152

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $166,666 · related or exempt $166,666 · 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 $15 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $15

  • 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

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $40 · related or exempt $40 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $40

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,995 · management and general $3,995

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $506,954 · program services $487,092 · management and general $1,884 · fundraising $17,978

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $40 · program services $30 · management and general $10

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,944 · program services $1,132 · management and general $3,960 · fundraising $1,852

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $19,796 · program services $17,667 · management and general $1,287 · fundraising $842

  • 17 · Travel

    total $222,816 · program services $216,662 · management and general $18 · fundraising $6,136

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $330 · program services $330

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $222 · management and general $222

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $38 · management and general $38

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $602,954 · program services $602,954 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $1,211 · program services $1,090 · management and general $0 · fundraising $121

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,309,411 · end of year $1,194,706

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

    $3,385

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

    $3,219

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $388 · end of year $166

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $318,750

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $991,049 · end of year $1,194,872

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

EARTH LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL IS THE ONLY NGO IN THE WORLD WITH THE MISSION OF INVESTIGATING ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME CONVERGENCE-THE INTERSECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL/WILDLIFE CRIME WITH OTHER SERIOUS TRANSNATIONAL CRIMES SUCH AS MONEY LAUNDERING, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, CORRUPTION, AND DRUG TRAFFICKING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EARTH LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL, FORMERLY KNOWN AS ELEPHANT ACTION LEAGUE, IS AN INNOVATIVE HYBRID NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT MERGES THE WORLDS OF INTELLIGENCE, INVESTIGATIONS, AND CONSERVATION IN SERVICE OF WILDLIFE AND THE PEOPLE WHO PROTECT IT. EAL PROTECTS WILDLIFE THROUGH EFFECTIVE INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS.

  • ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME: RESEARCHING AND COMBATING ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME CONVERGENCE SITS AT THE HEART OF EARTH LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL'S MISSION. BY COMBINING INVESTIGATIVE FIELD OPERATIONS WITH FINANCIAL FORENSICS, OPEN-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE, AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WE EXPOSE ORGANIZED ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME AND TRAFFICKING NETWORKS.

    Expenses $1,274,207 · Revenue $166,666

  • COMMUNICATION & ADVOCACY: WE WORK WITH MEDIA PARTNERS, INCLUDING DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION COMPANIES, PRINTED MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA PROFESSIONALS AND PODCASTS, TO SHARE OUR FINDINGS AND TO EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME CONVERGENCE.

    Expenses $51,262

  • WILDLEAKS.ORG: WILDLEAKS IS A STANDING PROJECT OF EARTH LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL. THROUGH THE WILDLEAKS'S TOR BASED WEBSITE, WE COLLECT ANONYMOUS SUBMISSIONS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL AND WILDLIFE CRIME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE ASSESS AND ANALYZE EACH SUBMISSION AND SHARE THEM WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OR INVESTIGATE OURSELVES.

    Expenses $1,374

  • GENERAL PROGRAMS

    Expenses $114

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Andrea Crosta

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    45

  • John Stewart

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Gina Brogi

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Atkinson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Konrad

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julia Jackson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Lough

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
22 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202502969349301695

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