Elephant Club
Donations deductibleElephant Club's network
5 people2 organisationsi5 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
5 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christine Crain | Company secretary | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Patty Morton | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Scott Struthers | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Shawn Sugarman | Vice President | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Steve Gregg | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Shawn Sugarman | Vice President (From Dec 2019) | since 2019 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Struthers | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Shawn Sugarman | Vice President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Steve Gregg | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Christine Crain | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Patty Morton | Director | 1 | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
About
- Legal name
- Elephant Club
- EIN
- 813209656
- Address
- 110 E Avenida Palizada Ste 301, San Clemente, CA, 92672-3956
- State
- California
- Mission
- To save elephants and wildlife while feeding and educating children. We achieve this by creating balanced and healthy communities so that people and animals live in harmony, by protecting the habitats of elephants and other animals, and by supporting the development of sustainable communities through education. Elephant cooperation assists in providing food and water and in creating job... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- P20 Human services
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Human Services
- Size band
- 5 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2016
- Principal officer
- Steve Gregg (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 October 2016
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsPatty Morton
≥8years on the filingsScott Struthers
≥8years on the filingsSteve Gregg
≥4years on the filingsChristine Crain
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $751k
- Total liabilities
- $207k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $544k
- Contributions and grants received
- $2.5m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $1.5m
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 25
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4m | $2.3m | $114k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
10 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Wildlife Works Elephant Protection Trust | The $300,000 is to be used towards supporting various projects: kitting out any existing borehole with solar power/pump on the kcrp footprin | $308k |
| Wildlife Conservation Network | For collaring and monitoring elephants in tsavo, kenya | $150k |
| Space for Giants | Anti-poaching and community outreach | $145k |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare | To enhance and optimize ranger communications and operations in taita taveta. | $50k |
| Generation Awakening | Anti-poaching and community outreach | $28k |
| Wildlife Conservation International | Support way kambas river patrol unit (wkrpu) to work in close cooperation with the established elephant response units (eru) in the southern | $20k |
| African Wildlife Foundation | Anti-poaching and community outreach | $20k |
| Love Tribe Project | Funds are to be used in the construction of electric fencing around elephant and human watering holesi n llanyangusi, and amboseli lewis in | $19k |
| Kensap Inc | Support the organization and its mission to help high-achieving, low-income kenyan high school graduates gain admission to the most elective | $11k |
| Utopia Scientific | Funding the field season for the elephant acoustics and conservation mitigation program. The experiments will take place at mushara waterhol | $10k |