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ELEPHANT CLUB

EIN 81-3209656 SAN CLEMENTE, CA

Revenue 2024
$2,399,711
Expenses 2024
$2,285,863

Program services were 77.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20
Classification
1000
Street
110 E AVENIDA PALIZADA STE 301

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO SAVE ELEPHANTS AND WILDLIFE WHILE FEEDING AND EDUCATING CHILDREN. WE ACHIEVE THIS BY CREATING BALANCED AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES SO THAT PEOPLE AND ANIMALS LIVE IN HARMONY, BY PROTECTING THE HABITATS OF ELEPHANTS AND OTHER ANIMALS, AND BY SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES THROUGH EDUCATION. ELEPHANT COOPERATION ASSISTS IN PROVIDING FOOD AND WATER AND IN CREATING JOB OPPORTUNITIES. ELEPHANT COOPERATION WILL START BUSINESSES TO GENERATE INCOME. ELEPHANT COOPERATION FORMS PARTNERSHIPS AND WORKS WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALIGN WITH OUR VISION. ELEPHANT COOPERATION RAISES FUNDS IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ELEPHANTS, WILDLIFE, COMMUNITIES AND CHILDREN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SAVE ELEPHANTS AND WILDLIFE WHILE FEEDING AND EDUCATING CHILDREN.

  • ELEPHANT COOPERATION IS A COMMUNITY THAT PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT FOR THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT. THE SERVICE INCLUDES SECURING ELEPHANT HABITAT AND CORRIDORS, TRAINING ON AFRICAN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT, AND ORGANIZING VOLUNTEER MISSIONS TO AFRICA. ELEPHANT COOPERATION IS ABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO SELECT AFRICAN NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $1,759,351 · Grants $1,530,767

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • SCOTT STRUTHERS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHAWN SUGARMAN

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVE GREGG

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTINE CRAIN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PATTY MORTON

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,399,711
    Expenses
    $2,285,863
    Contributions
    $2,455,091
    Grants paid
    $1,530,767
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,470,254
    Expenses
    $1,698,432
    Contributions
    $1,453,215
    Grants paid
    $1,161,278
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,641,407
    Expenses
    $2,624,625
    Contributions
    $3,347,212
    Grants paid
    $1,802,070

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,483,157
    Expenses
    $2,405,738
    Assets (EOY)
    $895,883

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,184,347
    Expenses
    $1,219,988
    Assets (EOY)
    $525,653

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,696,676
    Expenses
    $1,523,134
    Assets (EOY)
    $638,703

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,262,222
    Expenses
    $1,245,124
    Assets (EOY)
    $365,150

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,099,131
    Expenses
    $1,866,711
    Assets (EOY)
    $260,335

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $283,884
    Expenses
    $255,969
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,915

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $283,884
    Expenses
    $255,969
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,915

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

  • WILDLIFE WORKS ELEPHANT PROTECTION TRUST

    $307,500

    2024 THE $300,000 IS TO BE USED TOWARDS SUPPORTING VARIOUS PROJECTS: KITTING OUT ANY EXISTING BOREHOLE WITH SOLAR POWER/PUMP ON THE KCRP FOOTPRINT OR IN COMMUNITY AREAS, DAM SCOOPING FOR IMPROVED CAPACITY FOR WILDLIFE ON THE KCRP FOOTPRINT OR IN COMMUNITY AREAS, COMMUNITY WOOD LOT PROJECTS, TO REDUCE PRESSURES ON ELEPHANT HABITAT, HUMAN ELEPHANT CONFLICT PROJECTS, SUCH AS BEEHIVE FENCES, TRAINING ON NON- PALATABLE CROPS, PROVISION OF CO-EXISTENCE EQUIPMENT, TARGETING COMMUNITY FARMS, FUNDING LAND USE PLANS TO ASSIST WITH COUNTY-APPROVAL FOR LARGE-SCALE CONSERVATION AREAS, SCOUTS SALARIES FOR CONSERVANCIES (3-6 MONTHS).$7500 - SUPPORT FOR THE BOYS YOUTH SOCCER TEAM.

  • AFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA

    $275,000

    2022 ANTI-POACHING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH

  • SMALL STEPS FOR COMPASSION

    $230,000

    2022 TO PROVIDE A CLASSROOM SUPPORT AND UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT FOR THE SCHOOL'S OPERATION

  • GIVEPOWER FOUNDATION

    $150,000

    2023 EV CHARGING

  • WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK

    $150,000

    2024 FOR COLLARING AND MONITORING ELEPHANTS IN TSAVO, KENYA

  • SPACE FOR GIANTS

    $145,000

    2024 ANTI-POACHING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH

  • AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

    $119,000

    2023 ANTI-POACHING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH

  • AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

    $50,000

    2022 ANTI-POACHING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH

  • INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE

    $50,000

    2024 TO ENHANCE AND OPTIMIZE RANGER COMMUNICATIONS AND OPERATIONS IN TAITA TAVETA.

  • NOVO MISSION INC

    $50,000

    2022 ANTI-POACHING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.