CivicGraph — Accountability Brief
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE
ABN 78961616230 • charity • Generated 2026-05-10
Executive Summary
- •Reported a $14.9M surplus in 2023 — financially healthy.
- •Receives $13.2M in tracked government funding and contracts.
- •Clean political record — no political donations on file.
Entity Type
charity
State
QLD
SEIFA DecileSocio-Economic Indexes for Areas — decile 1 is most disadvantaged, 10 is least
6
Community Ctrl
No
Remoteness
Outer Regional Australia
LGA
Townsville
Size: Large • Purposes: Education, Environment
Financial Summary
Latest Revenue
$115.5M
Latest Expenses
$100.6M
Total Assets
$268.6M
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Surplus | Gov Rev | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $115.5M | $100.6M | $268.6M | $14.9M | $62.9M | 297 |
| 2022 | $79.7M | $85.6M | $227.8M | $-5,611,000 | $45.5M | 249 |
| 2021 | $66.7M | $71.5M | $219.0M | $-4,603,900 | $45.2M | 231 |
| 2020 | $61.7M | $69.7M | $194.9M | $-7,987,000 | $44.8M | 229 |
Government Funding
No government funding records found — clean record in tracked datasets.
Government Contracts
Total Value
$13.2M
Contracts
20
| Title | Value | Buyer | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| REF11087 | $10.0M | Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | 17 Mar 2026 |
| CON000588 | $487K | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | 19 June 2025 |
| 2304 | $517K | CSIRO | 14 Dec 2024 |
| 4600020204 | $44K | Bureau of Meteorology | 30 June 2022 |
| 4600031844 | $22K | Department of Defence | 5 May 2022 |
| 4600034690 | $55K | Department of Defence | 3 Apr 2022 |
| 4501150068 | $80K | Department of Defence | 20 Mar 2022 |
| GENERAL-GEN000459-0 | $16K | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | 3 Mar 2021 |
| GENERAL-GEN000451-0 | $18K | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | 20 Feb 2020 |
| Darwin - Consultancy - Developing dugong aerial survey correction factors for improved population abundance estimates | $30K | NT Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Flora and Fauna | 6 June 2019 |
Political Connections
No political donation records — clean political record.
Evidence Alignment (ALMAAustralian Living Map of Alternatives — JusticeHub's evidence database of what works)
No evidence-backed programs (ALMA) linked yet — this entity may operate programs not yet catalogued in the Australian Living Map of Alternatives.
Geographic Context
Locality
Townsville City - North Ward
Remoteness
Outer Regional Australia
Local Ecosystem
770 orgs
Integrity Assessment
✓ABN registered
✓ACNC financials available
✗Evidence-backed programs (ALMA)
✗Government funding received
✓Government contracts held
✓No political donations
✓No donations + contracts overlap
✗Serves disadvantaged area
Data Sources & Citation
- • CivicGraph Entity Graph — 143K organisations, ABN-verified
- • ACNC Annual Information Statement — Charity financials
- • ACNC Charity Register — Charity details and purposes
- • Justice Funding Database — Federal & state funding records
- • AusTender — Federal procurement contracts
- • AEC/State ECQs — Political donation disclosures
- • Australian Living Map of Alternatives (ALMA) — JusticeHub evidence database
- • SEIFA 2021 — ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas
CivicGraph Due Diligence Pack: AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE (ABN 78961616230). Generated 2026-05-10. Data sources: CivicGraph Entity Graph, ACNC, AusTender, AEC, ALMA.
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