Elephant Care International
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To foster and deliver healthcare for elephants
- Income
- $123,670
- Spending
- $38,065
- Reserves
- 48.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $2,034 spent. Our website is a global resource for elephant healthcare and welfare. We provide extensive professional resources including healthcare protocols lectures a formulary and an extensive bibliography. This year we added a major new resource; an online guide for hand-raising orphan Asian elephants. Further sharing included participation in the Asian Elephant Specia;ists Group Meeting in Vietnam.
- $9,275 spent. Laos WildMED Project -WildMED is a mobile emergency rapid response wildlife veterinary unit that can deploy to any location in Laos. Two mobile wildlife ambulances veterinarians vet techs and biologists are able to deliver immediate medical care to elephants and other wildlife in the field. This rapid response capability is crucial to ensuring that sick and injured wildlife receive timely and appropriate treatment.
- $4,795 spent. Laos Museum Project This project supports the Elephant Conservation Center in Laos to further develop a plan for an Elephant Museum in the UNESCO World Heritage City of Luang Prabang. The Museum will be open to the public.
- $20,403 spent. The Laos Scale Project provided a scale for the Elephant Conservation Center in Laos and provided the means for us to do a project comparing scale weights with formulas to estimate weight. Accurate methods to estimate elephant weights are needed to monitor health and calculate drug dosages and are needed by facilities that lack access to a scale capable of weighing an elephant.
- $263 spent. India Health Camp Project In this project ECI partnered with Wildlife SOS - India to conduct health exams of government-owned elephants at Kazaranga National Park and Manas National Park and private-owned elephants in Assam. Elephants received physical exams worming medications and foot work and treatment of any current medical problems.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 2005.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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