Blueact Marine Society
Charitable organization · Gibsons, British Columbia · BN 723053328RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($600,062) as filed with the CRA.
Blueact Marine Society is a charitable organization based in Gibsons, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $520K in revenue and $600K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 6% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $104K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
BlueAct Marine Society is a non-profit charitable society that operates the Nicholas Sonntag TidePools Aquarium (formerly Nicholas Sonntag Marine Education Centre). Our Mission is to inspire educate and change behaviour through the successful operation of a collect-and-release aquarium community and education programs and conservation initiatives to sustain healthy Coastal life.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $520K | $600K | $474K | $49K | — | -$55K |
| 2023 | $368K | — | $590K | $39K | — | $25K |
| 2022 | $453K | $498K | $414K | $28K | — | $28K |
| 2021 | $501K | $473K | $371K | $41K | — | $73K |
| 2020 | $457K | $414K | $346K | $5,700 | — | $6,563 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $104K from 10 charities:
- ZLC Foundation$40K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$15K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- Pacific Salmon Foundation/fondation du Saumon du Pacifique$9,700
- Sunshine Coast Foundation$5,660
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$5,335
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$883
- Raincoast Conservation Foundation$500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$250
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$221K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Debbie Amaral (chair of board); Pam Robertson (treasurer); Barb Cochran (secretary); James Askew (director); Mary Nattrass (director); Doug Rogers (director); Unni Claridge (director); Aleria Ladwig (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Blueact Marine Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 723053328RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.