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Betsy Cadwallader, J & Tim, and Jess & Andy Peet, are generously matching dollar for dollar up to $25,000 through December 2, 2025.

Elevate your impact this Giving Tuesday.

Share the love this Giving Tuesday!

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By donating $100 or more, now through December 31, 2025, you are eligible to receive one (1) free thank you gift: a limited-edition, spotted eagle ray sticker. Stickers are mailed to donor's preferred mailing address quarterly.

Now through Giving Tuesday on December 2, make a tax-deductible donation to the Seattle Aquarium.

Your gift supports the work of the Seattle Aquarium at our expanded campus and inspires bold action to protect our shared marine environment.

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Donate $100+ and get an exclusive spotted eagle ray sticker as a thank you gift!

Make any donation of $100 or more to receive a special thank you gift: a limited-edition sticker of a spotted eagle ray––just like those featured in our new Ocean Pavilion!

If you make a gift of $350 or more, you will receive the commemorative sticker AND join our Friends of the Aquarium donor circle. This includes all Family Plus Membership benefits so you can have unlimited access to the Aquarium and the new Ocean Pavilion for an entire year, plus other member-exclusive perks.

A Pacific Northwest marine ecosystem featuring kelp at the surface of calm ocean water with land masses in the near distance.

Make an impact - Marine ecosystems!

Help protect the ecosystems that marine life call home, like coral reefs, seagrass beds, kelp forests and mangroves.
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Members of the Seattle Aquarium conservation research team on a boat conducting kelp research using a remotely operated vehicle.

Make an impact - Conservation and research

Support the efforts of our research team to study and encourage the conservation of earth's one world ocean. Make a donation at this level to receive a limited-edition, commemorative sticker!
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A Seattle Aquarium beach volunteer standing next to a young child as they both look at marine life located within rocks along the beach.

Make an impact - Gear for our amazing volunteers and staff

Keep our incredible volunteers and staff warm and dry by providing them with rain and protective gear when they are out leading Beach Naturalist walks, Cedar River Salmon Journey and other community programs.
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An adult sea otter floating in the water in its habitat at the Seattle Aquarium, lifting itself out of the water to look forward.

Make an impact - Animal care

Animal wellbeing is at the core of the Seattle Aquarium's conservation mission. Support the top-notch care given to all animals at the Aquarium, like the northern sea otters: Mishka and Sekiu. Join our Friends of the Aquarium donor circle at this level! Benefits include a Family Plus Membership.
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An Indo-Pacific leopard shark resting swimming inside a large tropical habitat among other tropical fish at the Seattle Aquarium's Ocean Pavilion.

Make an impact - Species recovery

Support the Seattle Aquarium's local and global species recovery efforts to help recover endangered species like the Indo-Pacific leopard shark and pinto abalone. Donors at this level will receive special benefits including an invitation to a behind-the-scenes experience in 2026.
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Two young children touching a replica lobster as a Seattle Aquarium education staff member talks to them.

Make an impact - Engagement and education

Provide support and access for our educational programs such as our on-site classes, public programming, and educator outreach to inspire curiosity and empathy in learners of all ages. Donors at this level will receive a personal behind-the-scenes tour with up to seven guests.
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A young child looks through a window in at a large bowmouth guitarfish swimming by inside the Ocean Pavilion's Reef habitat.
Guests visiting the Seattle Aquarium's Ocean Pavilion looking through a viewing window into The Reef habitat inside the Ocean Pavilion.

THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM'S OCEAN PAVILION

The centerpiece of Seattle’s revitalized waterfront, the Ocean Pavilion demonstrates our region’s commitment to global conservation to millions of people—from locals to visitors from all over the world. This expansion of the Seattle Aquarium brings free experiences to the estimated 15 million people who will visit our city’s waterfront each year. A viewing window provides a look into the Ocean Pavilion’s largest habitat, The Reef. Public spaces on and around the building feature installations by local Indigenous artists. The public rooftop, featuring unparalleled views out to the Salish Sea, helps create a long-awaited, accessible connection between downtown’s Pike Place Market and the waterfront. And just outside the Ocean Pavilion’s front doors is the city’s new, 20-acre Waterfront Park, perfect for strolling and exploring.

Three children sitting on the floor in front of a large window looking into The Reef habitat. One child is pointing up at a leopard shark swimming by.

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