African Elephant Conservation Trust

Analysis

African Elephant Conservation Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Newburyport, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, African Elephant Conservation Trust reported income of $371k and spending of $571k, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $218k to $371k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 155%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, African Elephant Conservation Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kentucky Equine Humane Center Inc ($371k), Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch Inc ($371k) and Working Dogs for Warriors Corp ($371k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 15% of the total. At year end it held assets of $6.2m against liabilities of $200k, net assets of $6.0m.