· Public charity
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee
Provide a natural habitat refuge developed around the needs of asian and african elephants where elephants are provided with lifetime care; to support and promote elephant welfare and conservation; to provide and support public education regarding the complex needs of elephants and the challenges facing elephants in the wild.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS (AZA) SAFE ASIAN ELEPHANTS | $6,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY25–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 5%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Grants abroad, by region: $250k on the FY2025 return
Schedule F, as filed: 5 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.
Stated purpose: ELEPHANT DATABASE · MUSHARA ELEPHANT PROJECT · TRACK COLLARED ELEPHANTS BOTSWANA REGION
Stated purpose: ETHICAL TOURISM PROGRAM · LOK KAWI PROJECT
Stated purpose: HABITAT EXPANSION
Stated purpose: MOVEMENT OF HERDS CHATTISGARH REGION
Stated purpose: GENERAL FUNDS
How this is measured
1 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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