Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC)
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 849029863RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,048,762) as filed with the CRA.
Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC) is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. 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 $3.1M in revenue and $3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $308K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Triec is a multi-stakeholder council that unites leaders to develop and advocate for solutions to enhance the integration of immigrants into the toronto region's labor market. Its programs include the triec mentoring partnership learning initiatives professional immigrant networks career advancement for immigrant professionals public awareness initiatives and fostering relationships with stakeholders and employers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.1M | $3M | $2.7M | — | — | $953K |
| 2023 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $2.9M | — | — | $885K |
| 2022 | $3M | $2.8M | $2.5M | — | — | $808K |
| 2021 | $3M | $2.8M | $2.4M | — | — | $619K |
| 2020 | $3M | $2.9M | $2.2M | — | — | $502K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $308K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Vincent Lee (chair); Michael Huynh (vice chair); Pauline Kay (treasurer); Michael Partab (director); LI Zhang (board director); Keith Johnson (board director); Jenny O'Donnell (director); Caroline Gayle (director); Salman Khan (board director); Diane Gumbs (director); Alice Young (board of governance).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 849029863RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.