THE MARITIME AQUARIUM AT NORWALK INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A500

Classification

2100

Street

10 N WATER ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE MARITIME AQUARIUM AT NORWALK FULFILLS ITS MISSION THROUGH ITS LIVE ANIMAL EXHIBITS THAT FEATURE APPROXIMATELY 7,500 ANIMALS, COMPRISED OF ABOUT 300 SPECIES, INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE ENDANGERED, THREATENED OR PROTECTED. WITH 75 EXHIBITS, INTERACTIVE AND IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES, TOUCH TANKS, AND ANIMAL FEEDINGS, GUESTS CAN BETTER APPRECIATE THE WONDERS OF THE RICH MARINE BIODIVERSITY OF THE LONG ISLAND SOUND THE GLOBAL OCEAN AND LEARN HOW TO SERVE AS STEWARDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT. COMPLEMENTING ITS EXHIBITS AND GUEST ENGAGEMENT, THE AQUARIUM CONDUCTS NUMEROUS RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION PROJECTS WITH BOTH PROFESSIONAL RESEARCHERS AND COMMUNITY SCIENTISTS TO BETTER UNDERSTANDING THE ECOLOGY OF THE LONG ISLAND SOUND AND TO RESTORE ITS ECOSYSTEM TO A HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE CONDITION. THE AQUARIUM FURTHER ENGAGES WITH GOVERNMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AS A CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL AND CONSERVATION LEADER.

  Expenses $11,077,863 · Revenue $9,011,929

• THE MARITIME AQUARIUM AT NORWALK SPECIALIZES IN EDUCATION PROGRAMMING FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH (STEM) AT ALL AGE LEVELS, FROM PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE. EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE CONDUCTED IN A WIDE VARIETY OF VENUES AND MEDIA: IN CLASSROOMS AT THE AQUARIUM; IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE THROUGH OUR TRAVELING TEACHER PROGRAM; AS PART OF AFTERSCHOOL, WEEKEND PROGRAMS AND SUMMER CAMPS; THROUGH WHOLE SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS; ONLINE VIRTUALLY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THROUGH DIGITAL PROGRAMMING; ALONG COASTAL WATERWAYS AND SHORELINES THROUGH OUTDOOR PROGRAMMING; ON THE WATERS OF LONG ISLAND SOUND. PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO IMPROVE STEM LITERACY AT ALL LEVELS USING LIVE ANIMALS AND INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES IN THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE LONG ISLAND SOUND. THE AQUARIUM HAS GROWING INVOLVEMENT IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING FOR TEACHERS SPECIFICALLY IN THE AREA OF STEM PROGRAMMING.

  Expenses $1,987,428 · Revenue $1,128,378

• THE 4D THEATER OFFERS A SENSORY-BASED MOVIE EXPERIENCE FOR GUESTS TO ENJOY AND LEARN THROUGH THE ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATIONAL FILMS THAT PLAY IN THE THEATER. FILMS COVER ALL ASPECTS OF THE NATURAL WORLD. THE 4D THEATER ALSO SERVICES AS A VERSATILE VENUE FOR LECTURES, SCREENINGS, PRESENTATIONS, DISCUSSIONS, ETC., FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR PRIVATE GROUPS.

  Expenses $115,673 · Revenue $471,145

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $20,483,968

  Expenses

  $17,173,437

  Contributions

  $9,364,957

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $16,484,562

  Expenses

  $16,070,620

  Contributions

  $5,901,569

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $16,120,847

  Expenses

  $14,326,913

  Contributions

  $5,760,877

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $18,240,112

  Expenses

  $13,247,564

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,903,050

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,308,442

  Expenses

  $9,771,927

  Assets (EOY)

  $19,089,489

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,998,320

  Expenses

  $10,537,490

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,986,448

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,220,239

  Expenses

  $12,549,173

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,770,312

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,441,286

  Expenses

  $12,906,434

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,871,999

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,441,286

  Expenses

  $12,906,434

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,871,999

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,454,887

  Expenses

  $12,233,431

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,063,762

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,085,191

  Expenses

  $11,363,815

  Assets (EOY)

  $19,592,410

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,272,679

  Expenses

  $10,751,193

  Assets (EOY)

  $19,857,371

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,877,852

  Expenses

  $10,403,938

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,989,670

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL

  $2,700,000

  2022 · KIDS FREE SUMMER MUS

• CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL

  $2,700,000

  2023 · CT SUMMER AT THE MUS

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY INC

  $150,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS INC

  $128,742

  2024 · ENDANGERED SPECIES COVID RELIEF

• AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS INC

  $98,058

  2022 · ENDANGER SPECIES COVID RELIEF

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $68,350

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $62,791

  2024 · RESTORING NORWALK SHORELINE IN LONG ISLAND SOUND

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $61,100

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $50,475

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FAIRFIELD COUNTYS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $30,000

  2024 · FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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