Marine Animal Response Society
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 888744463RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($664,128) as filed with the CRA.
Marine Animal Response Society 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $942K in revenue and $664K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,269.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $465K in 2020 to $942K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1. Response program: respond to call of distressed and injured marine animals (whales dolphins seals etc.) providing assistance if necessary and coordinate calls regarding whales entangled in fishing gear in the scotia fundy region. We also respond to calls of dead animals and collect scientific information for research. 2. Training program: provide training to volunteers industry and government agents in techniques to identify and rescue marine animals. 3. Education program: provide education talks to public schools scientific institutions and government about marine animals threat…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $942K | $664K | — | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $541K | $487K | $14K | — | $936K |
| 2022 | $483K | $477K | $429K | $12K | — | $434K |
| 2021 | $482K | $469K | $422K | $12K | — | $421K |
| 2020 | $465K | $379K | $341K | $15K | — | $392K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,269 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tonya Wimmer (president); George Reid (treasurer); Hope Swinimer (director); Andrew Hebda (director); Coburn Maclean (secretary); Laura Bourque (director); Damian Lidgard (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Marine Animal Response Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888744463RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.