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Eat The Elephant is a 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 33-4700167). Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law — and they go to work quickly:
Funds one research scholarship — travel, housing, meals, and transit so a student can do community-based fieldwork in person.
The typical budget of one L.E.A.D. Fellow's community project in Lubao — a clinic, a garden, a lending library of seeds, a micro-loan fund.
Supports needs assessments, action plans, and the local partnerships that turn student research into finished community projects.
Give securely by card through Stripe. You can add 5% so your full gift reaches our programs, and add an extra gift to the General Fund in the same checkout.
Sponsor a book for a child in need — $2 per book. Book sponsorships are General Fund gifts: any amount you give in the form above goes into Eat The Elephant's General Fund, which buys the books — about $2 each — and supports the programs that get them into children's hands.
Many employers match gifts through Benevity — and matching doubles your bite. Search for Eat The Elephant in your company's giving portal, or use our Benevity charity ID: 840-334700167.
To make a direct gift, sponsor a fellow's project, or discuss a foundation grant, email info@eattheelephant.org or call (323) 696-0770. Checks payable to Eat The Elephant may be mailed to PO Box 511, Trabuco Canyon, CA 92679.
Open your employer's giving portal (most run on Benevity), search Eat The Elephant or charity ID 840-334700167, and give there — your employer's match is added automatically by the portal.
Make checks payable to Eat The Elephant and mail to PO Box 511, Trabuco Canyon, CA 92679. We send a written acknowledgment for every gift of $250 or more, and on request for any amount.
To sponsor a specific fellow or project, or to arrange a foundation grant, email info@eattheelephant.org or call (323) 696-0770 and we will set it up with you directly.
Every route above produces a receipt for your records. Eat The Elephant is a 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 33-4700167; contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Eat The Elephant is a young, volunteer-led charity, founded in 2025. Contributions fund, in order: research scholarships that put student fellows in the field ($1,000–$5,000 each, covering travel, housing, meals, and local transit for community-based fieldwork); the community projects those fellows design with local partners in Lubao, Pampanga, Philippines (typical project budgets around $3,000 — see the Student Projects pages for each project's own budget and goals); and the needs assessments and action plans that turn research into finished work. We keep overhead deliberately small, and program funds are spent on fellows, projects, and the local partners who carry the work forward. Our IRS determination letter and organizational documents are available on request — email info@eattheelephant.org and we will send them.
