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International Elephant Foundation

International Elephant Foundation (IEF) creates a sustainable future for elephants. We generate and effectively invest resources to support elephant conservation, education, research, and management programs worldwide. Through our passion, expertise, knowledge, and partnerships we inspire and engage people to ensure a vibrant future with…

$892k
Granted FY2023
1
Itemized grants FY2023
1
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2023
$16k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2023
$15,750
Largest grant, FY2023
$15,750
Organizations funded a year
1 to 4
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
1
Total assets, FY2023
$4.5M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations International Elephant Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20231$16k100%
FY20221$25k0%
FY20213$164k33%
FY20203$274k33%
FY20194$52k50%
FY20184$52k50%
FY20174$59kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Health$291kAnimals$231kEducation$87kScience & Tech$33k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MA
NJ
KY
VA
MD
DC
OK
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chi St Luke's Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center$374,94250%
Johns Hopkins University$120,00060%
Rutgers the State University$60,0001n/a
Trustees of Tufts College$15,75010%
University of Illinois Foundation$12,15010%
Western Kentucky University Research Foundation Inc$12,00010%
George Mason University$10,7201n/a
Tulsa Zoo Management Inc$10,00010%
Smithsonian Institution$10,00010%
Chicago Zoological Society$9,01810%
Show all 11 grantees
All grantees of International Elephant Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chi St Luke's Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center$374,94250%
Johns Hopkins University$120,00060%
Rutgers the State University$60,0001n/a
Trustees of Tufts College$15,75010%
University of Illinois Foundation$12,15010%
Western Kentucky University Research Foundation Inc$12,00010%
George Mason University$10,7201n/a
Tulsa Zoo Management Inc$10,00010%
Smithsonian Institution$10,00010%
Chicago Zoological Society$9,01810%
Houston Zoo Inc$7,40010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget International Elephant Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChi St Luke's Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center: $374,942 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $120,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $15,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $12,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Kentucky University Research Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTulsa Zoo Management Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Zoological Society: $9,018 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Zoo Inc: $7,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 9.

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About International Elephant Foundation

How much does International Elephant Foundation give?
International Elephant Foundation reported 1 itemized grants totaling $15,750, out of $892,382 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does International Elephant Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (45%), Animals (36%), Education (14%).
Who are International Elephant Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Chi St Luke's Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center ($375k), Johns Hopkins University ($120k), Rutgers the State University ($60k).
Does International Elephant Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is International Elephant Foundation based?
International Elephant Foundation is based in TX.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 11 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $959k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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