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← NATIONAL AQUARIUM INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NATIONAL AQUARIUM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$55,641,673
Total expenses
$54,083,927
Contributions and grants received
$16,175,128
Grants paid
$39,080
Program service revenue
$34,859,573
Investment income
$1,049,783
Other revenue
$3,557,189
Total assets, end of year
$108,867,004
Total liabilities, end of year
$44,435,304
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$64,431,700
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$38,831,953
Management and general expenses
$9,303,778
Fundraising expenses
$5,948,196
Program service expenses (Part III)
$38,831,953

Program services were 71.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • VICTOR ABIAMIRI

    DIRECTOR (BEG 9/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADAM BORDEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEITH CAMPBELL

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 3/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TODD CHESTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DAVID CHURCHILL

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 3/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • CELINE COUSTEAU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOE CRUMBLING

    TREASURER (THROUGH 3/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • DAVID DARDIS

    DIRECTOR (BEG 3/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • COLLEEN DILENSCHNEIDER

    CHAIR ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JACK DWYER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTOPHER GRIFFITH

    TREASURER (BEG 12/2023)/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MOHANNAD JISHI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • KATHRYN MATTHEWS

    DIRECTOR (BEG 9/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAGGIE MCINTOSH

    DIRECTOR (BEG 3/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROY PRATHER III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER REYNOLDS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • ENRIC SALA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHARI SANT

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • RON SPARKS

    TREASURER (4/2023-12/2023)/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • CHUCK TILDON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TED WIESE

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JAYSON WILLIAMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARC WYATT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VIRGINIA Y NEWTON

    SVP/COFO

    Total calculated
    $386,559
    From this org
    $355,404
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,155
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $354,690
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $714
    Deferred
    $11,438
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,717
    Filer's total
    $386,559

  • JOHN C RACANELLI

    PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $622,884
    From this org
    $509,633
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $113,251
    Hours/week
    34 + 6 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $506,923
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,710
    Deferred
    $67,264
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,987
    Filer's total
    $622,884

  • JENNIFER DRIBAN

    SVP/CHIEF MISSION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $308,540
    From this org
    $266,378
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,162
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $266,228
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $150
    Deferred
    $8,030
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,132
    Filer's total
    $308,540

  • SCOTT MELTON

    SVP/CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $283,561
    From this org
    $270,285
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,276
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $270,119
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $166
    Deferred
    $9,543
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,733
    Filer's total
    $283,561

  • STEPHANIE ALLARD

    SVP/CHIEF ANIMAL WELFARE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $231,959
    From this org
    $212,602
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,357
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,365
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $237
    Deferred
    $7,538
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,819
    Filer's total
    $231,959

  • MARGOT AMELIA

    SVP/CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $304,672
    From this org
    $284,087
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,585
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $281,977
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,110
    Deferred
    $6,235
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,350
    Filer's total
    $304,672

  • LAURA BANKEY

    VP OF CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $158,988
    From this org
    $135,479
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,509
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,103
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $376
    Deferred
    $4,976
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,533
    Filer's total
    $158,988

  • JACQUELINE BERSHAD

    VP OF PLANNING AND DESIGN

    Total calculated
    $206,421
    From this org
    $168,576
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,845
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,576
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,476
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,369
    Filer's total
    $206,421

  • SEAN BEATTIE

    VP OF PHILANTHROPY

    Total calculated
    $161,955
    From this org
    $146,239
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,716
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,997
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $242
    Deferred
    $5,186
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,530
    Filer's total
    $161,955

  • SAMUEL TAWIAH

    VP OF OPERATIONS AND IT

    Total calculated
    $230,064
    From this org
    $192,192
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,872
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,549
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $643
    Deferred
    $7,052
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,820
    Filer's total
    $230,064

  • ALISON DINGER

    VP OF HR AND ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $189,640
    From this org
    $157,737
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,903
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,567
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $170
    Deferred
    $4,403
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,500
    Filer's total
    $189,640

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, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — 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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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 4B
THE PRESIDENT AND CEO, JOHN RACANELLI PARTICIPATES IN A 457(F) NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN. DURING THE TAX YEAR, $55,800 WAS SET ASIDE AS A CONTRIBUTION TO HIS SECTION 457(F) ACCOUNT.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • ACRC LENDER LLC

    LEVERAGED LENDER IN NMTC TRANSACTION · MD · income $0 · assets $14,207,138

    Directly controlled by NATIONAL AQUARIUM INC

  • NANI LLC

    REAL ESTATE HOLDING · MD · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by NATIONAL AQUARIUM INC

  • 2328 CEDLEY STREET LLC

    REAL ESTATE HOLDING · MD · income $0 · assets $80,000

    Directly controlled by NATIONAL AQUARIUM INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
19 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402649349300410

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