Nova Scotia · Registered charity
GULF AQUARIUM AND MARINE STATION COOPERATIVE LTD. COOPERATIVE DE RECHERCHE MARINE ET AQUARIUM DU GOLF LTEE
GULF AQUARIUM AND MARINE STATION COOPERATIVE LTD. COOPERATIVE DE RECHERCHE MARINE ET AQUARIUM DU GOLF LTEE (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$8,616 to it, the largest being TD FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOUNDATION (C$8,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
GULF AQUARIUM AND MARINE STATION COOPERATIVE LTD. COOPERATIVE DE RECHERCHE MARINE ET AQUARIUM DU GOLF LTEE's revenue fell 32% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,180 public amenities nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Nature Canada / Canada Natureshared fundersportfolio match
- World Wildlife Fund Canada Fonds Mondial Pour la Nature Can Adashared fundersportfolio match
- The Nature Conservancy of Canada/La Societe Canadienne Pour la Conservation de la Natureshared fundersportfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 42% · 2022 9% · 2023 76% · 2024 62%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of GULF AQUARIUM AND MARINE STATION COOPERATIVE LTD. COOPERATIVE DE RECHERCHE MARINE ET AQUARIUM DU GOLF LTEE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (28% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell C$9k → C$116.
From the CRA filings of GULF AQUARIUM AND MARINE STATION COOPERATIVE LTD. COOPERATIVE DE RECHERCHE MARINE ET AQUARIUM DU GOLF LTEE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
GULF AQUARIUM AND MARINE STATION COOPERATIVE LTD. COOPERATIVE DE RECHERCHE MARINE ET AQUARIUM DU GOLF LTEE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund GULF AQUARIUM AND MARINE STATION COOPERATIVE LTD. COOPERATIVE DE RECHERCHE MARINE ET AQUARIUM DU GOLF LTEE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
GULF AQUARIUM AND MARINE STATION COOPERATIVE LTD. COOPERATIVE DE RECHERCHE MARINE ET AQUARIUM DU GOLF LTEE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Nova Scotia, across 1 region in all.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- Nature Canada / Canada Natureshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 34 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- World Wildlife Fund Canada Fonds Mondial Pour la Nature Can Adashared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 42 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Nature Conservancy of Canada/La Societe Canadienne Pour la Conservation de la Natureshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 27 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- North Mountain Cultural and Recreation AssociationlocalNS · funds 8 organizations near you
- The Province Of Québec Society For The Protection Of Birds Inc La Société Québécoise de Protection des Oiseaux Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Nova Scotia Nature Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Canadian Wildlife Federation/Fédération Canadienne de la Fauneportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Gosling Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Canadian Association of Science Centres L'Association Canadienne Des Centre de Sciencesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fondation communautaire Bas-Saint-Laurent - Gaspésie - Les îlesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Marguerite Hubbard Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government revenue GULF AQUARIUM AND MARINE STATION COOPERATIVE LTD. COOPERATIVE DE RECHERCHE MARINE ET AQUARIUM DU GOLF LTEE reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 62% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like GULF AQUARIUM AND MARINE STATION COOPERATIVE LTD. COOPERATIVE DE RECHERCHE MARINE ET AQUARIUM DU GOLF LTEE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Nova Scotia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds GULF AQUARIUM AND MARINE STATION COOPERATIVE LTD. COOPERATIVE DE RECHERCHE MARINE ET AQUARIUM DU GOLF LTEE?
- GULF AQUARIUM AND MARINE STATION COOPERATIVE LTD. COOPERATIVE DE RECHERCHE MARINE ET AQUARIUM DU GOLF LTEE (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$8,616 to it, the largest being TD FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOUNDATION (C$8,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GULF AQUARIUM AND MARINE STATION COOPERATIVE LTD. COOPERATIVE DE RECHERCHE MARINE ET AQUARIUM DU GOLF LTEE have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 2 organizations giving C$8,616 in grants to GULF AQUARIUM AND MARINE STATION COOPERATIVE LTD. COOPERATIVE DE RECHERCHE MARINE ET AQUARIUM DU GOLF LTEE.
- Who is the largest funder of GULF AQUARIUM AND MARINE STATION COOPERATIVE LTD. COOPERATIVE DE RECHERCHE MARINE ET AQUARIUM DU GOLF LTEE?
- TD FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$8,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GULF AQUARIUM AND MARINE STATION COOPERATIVE LTD. COOPERATIVE DE RECHERCHE MARINE ET AQUARIUM DU GOLF LTEE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nova Scotia.
These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register