Canadian Sea Turtle Network Incorporated
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 859755415RR0001 · Animal Welfare
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($402,720) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Sea Turtle Network Incorporated is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $351K in revenue and $403K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $102K.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Scientific research educational outreach and a diversity of community conservation initiatives all in service of the conservation of endangered sea turtles in canadian waters and beyond
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2024–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $351K | $403K | $348K | $865 | — | $706K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $102K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$255K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Simon Lockie (director chair); Christopher Harvey-Clark (director vice-chair); Alexander Stewart (director treasurer); Kathleen Martin (director secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Sea Turtle Network Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859755415RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.