Aquatarium
Charitable organization · Brockville, Ontario · BN 816860779RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,357,459) as filed with the CRA.
Aquatarium is a charitable organization based in Brockville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.2M in revenue and $3.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $168K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $3.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
To advance education by operating a public facility that provides classes workshops instructional seminars and experiential and discovery-based learning through interactive exhibits about the 1000 islands region of the st. Lawrence river and educate the public about environmental stewardship.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.2M | $3.4M | $3.1M | $59K | — | $396K |
| 2023 | $4.1M | $4.3M | $3.3M | $141K | — | $552K |
| 2022 | $3.8M | $3.7M | $3M | $58K | — | $721K |
| 2021 | $3.3M | $1.8M | $2.7M | — | — | $610K |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1.3M | $0 | — | $17.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $168K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$1.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robin Tekamp (secretary); Simon Fuller (director); Davies Terry (director); Barry Moss (chair); Larry Journal (vice chair); Cassie Earle (treasurer); Leslie Turcotte-Sher (director); Cameron Wales (director); Ray Marshal (director); Mark Mattson (director); Sue Watts (director); Nathalie Lavergne (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Aquatarium’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 816860779RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.