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ELEPHANT AID INTERNATIONAL

EIN 27-2243265 OJAI, CA

Revenue 2024
$2,433,163
Expenses 2024
$548,461

Program services were 84.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D20
Classification
2000
Street
117 TAORMINA LN

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

ELEPHANT AID INTERNATIONAL IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT CREATES INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO THE CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF ELEPHANTS WORLDWIDE. WE BUILD CHAIN-FREE CORRALS TO FREE ELEPHANTS FROM LEG CHAINS IN ASIA, TEACH HUMANE METHODS OF TRAINING AND HANDLING ELEPHANTS, AND PROVIDE A NATURAL HABITAT REFUGE FOR ZOO AND CIRCUS ELEPHANTS IN THE U.S.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CREATING INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO THE CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF ELEPHANTS WORLDWIDE.

  • WE PROVIDED A VARIETY OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO DOZENS OF SCHOOLS, CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE UNITED STATES, AND ASIA, INCLUDING PROVIDING EXPERT CONSULTING AND ADVICE ON ELEPHANT BEHAVIOR AND BIOLOGY TO STUDENTS, TEACHERS, GOVERNMENTS, AND OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, INTERNATIONALLY. WE PROVIDED PRINTED MATERIALS USED IN SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES, INDIA, SRI LANKA, THAILAND, AND NEPAL, AND ALSO PROVIDED VOLUNTEER AND INTERN OPPORTUNITIES TO MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE.

    Expenses $16,589

  • IN 2016, WE ESTABLISHED ELEPHANT REFUGE NORTH AMERICA ON 850 RURAL ACRES IN SOUTH GEORGIA, USA, TO BENEFIT OLD, SICK, AND NEEDY ELEPHANTS RETIRED FROM ZOOS AND CIRCUSES. THIS PROJECT PROVIDES A NATURAL HABITAT ENVIRONMENT WHERE CAPTIVE-HELD ELEPHANTS CAN RECOVER FROM PAST TRAUMAS AND DEVELOP HEALTHY BONDS WITH CAREGIVERS AND OTHER RETIRED ELEPHANTS. THIS PROJECT IMPROVES ELEPHANT WELFARE THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, PRIVATE OWNERS, AND ELEPHANT CAREGIVERS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EDUCATION ABOUT CAPTIVE-HELD ELEPHANTS WORLDWIDE AND ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVED STANDARDS AND PRACTICES.

    Expenses $443,610

  • PROJECT ASIA. WE ARE UNIQUE IN OUR ABILITY TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE BOTH IN THE IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM. IT IS EFFECTIVE BECAUSE IT STARTS WITH A DEEP RESPECT FOR THE CULTURE AND THE REALITIES OF LIFE FOR ELEPHANTS IN ASIA. BY OFFERING HANDS-ON CARE SUCH AS PEDICURES, TEACHING HUMANE TRAINING METHODS, IMPROVING STABLE HYGEINE, DESIGNING AND BUILDING SOLAR-POWERED CHAIN-FREE CORRALS, AND PROVIDING COATS AND FOOD FOR HUNGRY ELEPHANTS, WE QUICKLY MAKE THE LIVES OF CAPTIVE ELEPHANTS BETTER. WE BUILD SUSTAINABILITY INTO WORK IN TWO WAYS: FIRST BY PARTNERING WITH RESPECTED NGOS AND SECOND, BY ENSURING THAT MAHOUTS AND ELEPAHNT OWNERS HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO MAINTAIN THE IMPROVEMENTS.

    Expenses $3,624

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.

  • CAROL BUCKLY

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $55,000
    From this org
    $55,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • LESLIE SCHREIBER

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CHRISTY WILLIAMS

    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
    $2,433,163
    Expenses
    $548,461
    Contributions
    $2,369,810
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,261,311
    Expenses
    $505,643
    Contributions
    $1,257,869
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $314,565
    Expenses
    $462,915
    Contributions
    $314,541
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $597,955
    Expenses
    $353,139
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,381,378

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $282,595
    Expenses
    $247,891
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,213,458

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,122,780
    Expenses
    $156,572
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,595,803

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $276,116
    Expenses
    $151,155
    Assets (EOY)
    $245,706

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $276,484
    Expenses
    $268,410
    Assets (EOY)
    $120,746

  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $102,097
    Expenses
    $105,067
    Assets (EOY)
    $66,072

  • 2012 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $110,546
    Expenses
    $91,601
    Assets (EOY)
    $69,042

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

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.