STINAPA - OUR INCOME

The Foundation gets its income from admission fees to the parks, users of commercial and private moorings (including yacht moorings in the bay off Kralendijk), donations, and grants, including a government grant for the salary of the Education Coordinator.

• Fees to the parks
  All users of the Bonaire National Marine Park (BNMP) pay the Nature Fee.
  For SCUBA divers, the Nature Fee is $25 for a year pass, or $10 for a day pass.  The Nature Fee is $10. per year for the use of the BNMP for any other activity than SCUBA diving.  Those can vary from swimming to snorkeling, windsurfing, boating, kayaking etc.  The fee can be purchased at any dive school, activity desk of the hotels, from the Rangers of the BNMP or at the headquarters of STINAPA at Barcadera.
  Included in the Nature Fee is entry to both the BNMP and Washington Slagbaai National Park (WSNP).
  Children younger than 12 years and residents of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba are exempt from paying the Nature Fee.  Also exempt are the crews of commercial vessels and passengers of cruise ships.  Passengers of cruise ships will be charged a head tax starting in 2007.
  For those who have not paid the Nature Fee, the admission to WSNP is $10.; residents of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba pay Nafl. 10 ($ 5.71) and Nafl. 1 ($ 0.57) for children under twelve.

• By contract with the BNMP, Harbour Village Marina manages the moorings in the bay off Kralendijk.  These are available, at $10. per night, to visiting yachts no more than 18 meters.  Harbour Village Marina retains 35% of the collected fees to manage the use of the moorings, maintain the moorings and administer the fee collection.

• Private and commercial moorings
  Private or commercial moorings require a permit and cost fl. 500 per year per mooring.  The moorings may be used to tie off boats, or for swim lines, floats, swim platforms, etc.  Boats 12 feet or shorter with a maximum 25 hp engine, which are registered with the Harbormaster as fishing boats, are exempt from the yearly fee.  

• Grants and donations
  As one can read in our annual reports, we receive grants for projects from several institutions.  We also receive donations from individuals who appreciate our work and wish to help us protect and conserve Bonaire’s natural environment.

• Grant from the government
  We have an understanding with the government that they subsidize the salary of the Education Coordinator.  Education is one of the primary tasks of the government, but they were not providing education on nature and environmental issues in school.  We took this task on, and apply every year for the funds.

Download our past financial reports and annual reports to get more insight into our income and how it is used.