Liabilities / Assets
95th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 95% of similar nonprofits.
EIN 47-4705982 • 501(c)3 • Arlington, VA
Profile
The Elephant Project has developed new ideas and new solutions to address the threats to elephant survival, providing them a new future free of cruelty and death at the hands of humans. Our three-prong strategy is designed to provide immediate protections to elephants while developing long-term sustainable solutions to end this epic struggle. PRONG 1. End the market for ivory and other elephant parts and the inhumane treatment of elephants PRONG 2. End human-elephant conflicts PRONG 3. Develop humane economies that will provide perpetual funding for the care and protection of wild and captive elephants
Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.
Liabilities / Assets
95th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 95% of similar nonprofits.
Liabilities / Revenue
79th percentile
Higher debt load relative to revenue than 79% of similar nonprofits.
Net Margin
18th percentile
Higher net margin than 18% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
84th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 84% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
Score unavailable
No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.
Revenue Growth
Score unavailable
No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.
Assets
$5,512
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Liabilities
$8,058
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Net Assets
-$2,546
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Revenue
$129,423
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Expenses
$171,279
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Net Income
-$41,856
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Most recent year
2019 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
The Elephant Project has developed new ideas and new solutions to address the threats to elephant survival, providing them a new future free of cruelty and death at the hands of humans. Our three-prong strategy is designed to provide immediate protections to elephants while developing long-term sustainable solutions to end this epic struggle. PRONG 1. End the market for ivory and other elephant parts and the inhumane treatment of elephants PRONG 2. End human-elephant conflicts PRONG 3. Develop humane economies that will provide perpetual funding for the care and protection of wild and captive elephants
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| PRONG 1. End the market for ivory and other elephant parts and the inhumane treatment of elephants: Through our educational arm, The Elephant Times, we conducted research on the activities that contribute to the cruelty and killing of elephants - FOIA requests, legal activities, and surveys. We also provided educational information through The Elephant Times to individuals, governments and NGOs through blogs, books, podcasts, films and documentaries, the Horton series of educational cartoons, speeches, social digital and online activities. | $0 | $94,356 |
| PRONG 3. Develop humane economies that will provide perpetual funding for the care and protection of wild and captive elephants. We invested in the preliminary designs of environmentally friendly and zero carbon sanctuaries that will create a humane economy that will provide for the perpetual funding for the care and support of elephants within the sanctuary. Additionally, we established The Elephant Store that will support humane economies through the promotion of goods and services that will support economies that are actively investing in the protection of elephants. | $0 | $33,186 |
| PRONG 2. End human-elephant conflicts: We built electric fences to mitigate human elephant conflicts between villagers and elephants where elephants have been in search of food due to environmental challenges, poachers, and other man-made conflicts. We also entered into an agreement with the Myanmar government to relocate elephants that in areas of high human-elephant conflicts to safe zones. We are also investing in efforts that will help restore elephants natural habitats. | $0 | $29,642 |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Waters | President And Director | PT | $0 | - | - |
| Brad Ketcher | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| Joe Maxwell | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
“The Elephant Project”
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“| Liabilities Name:, BOY Amount:, EOY Amount:| Accounts Payable, $2875, $8058|”
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