Bengali Information and Employment Services (BIES)
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 835174285RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($142,336) as filed with the CRA.
Bengali Information and Employment Services (BIES) is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $146K in revenue and $142K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from government, 34% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $42K.
Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 86% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
During this fiscal year we engaged 35 youths in artwork in February 2024 to celebrate International Mother Language Day and helped them learn about history culture cooperation collaboration empathy and emotional regulation. Our Youth Council was also revived and workable during summer time where again 15 Youths were recruited and made active for community development. They created and promoted two audio videos highlighting BIES’s programs and services and building awareness among and helped reach out the community. In this fiscal year a total of 280 newcomers have been provided empl…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $146K | $142K | — | $2,160 | — | $7,066 |
| 2023 | $126K | $157K | $137K | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $42K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$93K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alamgir Kabir (president); Zakia Sultana (director); Mahatab Uddin (director); Nizam Uddin (treasurer); Nilanjana Datta (director); Syed Fakhruddin (director); Aubony Fairooz (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bengali Information and Employment Services (BIES)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 835174285RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.