Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 761223700RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-01. Split of total expenditures ($506,604) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending January 1, 2024, it reported $605K in revenue and $507K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from donations. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $378K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
This is Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society's (VAMMR) first year of operations as a registered charity and is a global leader in marine mammal rescue research and rehabilitation. VAMMR responds to over 300 marine mammal emergencies each year and operate Canada's only dedicated marine mammal hospital facility. Our mission is: to rescue rehabilitate and release marine mammals in distress. As the only facility and program of its kind in Canada VAMMR is often the only hope for sick injured or orphaned marine animals in the Pacific Region. Animals needing onsite care are brought…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2024–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $605K | $507K | $407K | $59K | $0 | $95K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $378K from 10 charities:
- Vancouver Foundation$295K
- Gordon and Patricia Gray Animal Welfare Foundation$30K
- Value Partners Charitable Foundation Inc.$20K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$11K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,622
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,005
- West Vancouver Community Foundation$1,000
- The Board of Education of School District No. 44 (North Vancouver)$254
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$135
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jenny Pun (treasurer); Clint Wright (chair); Eric Rose (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 761223700RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.