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← AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC.

Totals

Total revenue
$59,309,760
Total expenses
$53,815,475
Contributions and grants received
$4,178,690
Grants paid
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$46,080,878
Management and general expenses
$4,943,427
Fundraising expenses
$2,791,170
Program service expenses (Part III)
$46,080,878

Program services were 85.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • CHANWANTHA SAM LIMON

    BOARD MEMBER-SECRETARY (FROM 4/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER HAGLE

    BOARD MEMBER-VICE CHAIR (FROM 4/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EDWIN FEO

    BOARD MEMBER-CHAIR OF BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK BERTRAND

    BOARD MEMBER-CHAIR DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ART LEVITT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SAMANTHA ATTWOOD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN HOPPER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID CAMERON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ESTHER SM CHUI CHAO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLOTTE GINSBURG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSH JONES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SAMUEL KING

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN OLSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK PAULLIN

    BOARD MEMBER-CHAIR FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KURT SCHULZMAN

    BOARD MEMBER-CHAIR HR & CO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN YOUNG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHLEEN ECKERT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RUSSELL T HILL

    BOARD MEMBER-CHAIR INVEST.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOUGLAS OTTO

    BOARD MEMBER-VICE CHAIR (TO 4/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL J SONDERMANN

    BOARD MEMBER-CHAIR PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS TURNEY

    BOARD MEMBER-CHAIR AUDIT COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHANIE WEAR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHANIE LESHNEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KARL PETTIJOHN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEN MCBRIDE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARCUS COOKE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDA TATUM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR PETER KAREIVA

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $519,664
    From this org
    $461,655
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,009
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $431,038
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $617
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,209
    Filer's total
    $519,664

  • CECILE FISHER

    VP OF MARKETING/CORPORATE

    Total calculated
    $281,866
    From this org
    $255,585
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,281
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $249,988
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $597
    Deferred
    $7,827
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,454
    Filer's total
    $281,866

  • TINA SARTY

    INTERIM CFO (FROM 5/2024)

    Total calculated
    $221,657
    From this org
    $213,416
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,241
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,329
    Bonus
    $1,500
    Other
    $587
    Deferred
    $7,157
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,084
    Filer's total
    $221,657

  • TROY GRANDE

    COO/CFO (UNTIL 5/2024)

    Total calculated
    $385,111
    From this org
    $358,165
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,946
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $298,007
    Bonus
    $60,000
    Other
    $158
    Deferred
    $10,545
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,401
    Filer's total
    $385,111

  • RYAN ASHTON

    VP DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $261,669
    From this org
    $227,931
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,738
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $222,322
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $609
    Deferred
    $7,897
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,841
    Filer's total
    $261,669

  • KATHRYN NIRSCHL

    VP HUMAN RESOURCE

    Total calculated
    $288,139
    From this org
    $245,095
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,044
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $239,494
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $601
    Deferred
    $4,852
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,192
    Filer's total
    $288,139

  • JOHN ROUSE

    CHIEF OF AQUARIUM OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $340,614
    From this org
    $283,770
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,844
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $278,152
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $618
    Deferred
    $10,345
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,499
    Filer's total
    $340,614

  • NESTOR URITA

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $229,915
    From this org
    $183,008
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,907
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,508
    Bonus
    $1,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,602
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,305
    Filer's total
    $229,915

  • JENNIE DEAN

    VP OF EDUCATION & CONSERVATION

    Total calculated
    $177,447
    From this org
    $163,190
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,257
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,040
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $150
    Deferred
    $6,783
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,474
    Filer's total
    $177,447

  • BRETT LONG

    VP OF ANIMAL CARE-BIRDS & MAMMALS

    Total calculated
    $183,170
    From this org
    $152,185
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,985
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,185
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,174
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,811
    Filer's total
    $183,170

  • NATE JAROS

    VP OF ANIMAL CARE-FISH & INVERTEB

    Total calculated
    $194,020
    From this org
    $147,296
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,724
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,296
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,174
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,550
    Filer's total
    $194,020

  • LANCE ADAMS

    DIR OF VETERINARY SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $194,614
    From this org
    $142,456
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,158
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,956
    Bonus
    $1,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,052
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,106
    Filer's total
    $194,614

  • DEREK BALSILLIE

    DIRECTOR OF AV & IT

    Total calculated
    $178,909
    From this org
    $144,152
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,757
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,652
    Bonus
    $1,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,052
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,705
    Filer's total
    $178,909

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
PER A CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT SIGNED BY THE ORGANIZATION, THE SEVERANCE PACKAGE PAID TO EMPLOYEES ARE NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION. INFORMATION WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE IRS UPON THEIR REQUEST.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
5 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523109349303462

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