Observatoire des requins du Saint-Laurent St. Lawrence Shark Observatory
Charitable organization · Drummondville, Quebec · BN 834462913RR0001 · Research · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($74,493) as filed with the CRA.
Observatoire des requins du Saint-Laurent St. Lawrence Shark Observatory is a charitable organization based in Drummondville, Quebec, classified by the CRA under research. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $54K in revenue and $74K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 93% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $60K.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
All three objects of our corporation are leading scientific expeditions educating the public and offering training. All work including administrating duties was conducted on a volunteer basis. The mission of geerg and the quebec shark observatory is to study the greenland shark and other northern species to advance scientific knowledge on sharks skates and rays and to promote shark awareness conservation and sustainable fishing practices. Our research procedures are entirely non-lethal since we believe that information obtained by killing sharks is avaiable through others means. The re…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $54K | $74K | $48K | — | — | $82K |
| 2023 | $62K | $57K | $52K | — | — | $103K |
| 2022 | $63K | $36K | $32K | — | — | $98K |
| 2021 | $45K | $30K | $29K | — | — | $72K |
| 2020 | $37K | $30K | $28K | — | — | $57K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $60K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jeffrey Gallant (président); Paul Boissinot (trésorier); Thomas Leszkiewicz (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Observatoire des requins du Saint-Laurent St. Lawrence Shark Observatory’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 834462913RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.