Trillium Gift of Life Network
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 868380510RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($50,726,305) as filed with the CRA.
Trillium Gift of Life Network is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. 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, 2021, it reported $50M in revenue and $50.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $472.
Compared with 488 health 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 $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 190 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Coordinate and support hospital other clinical and professional activities related to organ & tissue donation & transplantation in the province of ontario; create and maintain technology systems and mechanisms to ensure fair allocation of organs and tissue; establish and maintain streamlined integrated system for management of organ and tissue procurement; collect analyze and publish data relating to organ and tissue donation and use of information to improve performance; develop and implement public and professional awareness and education programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $50M | $50.7M | $46.7M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $58.5M | $58.1M | $53.2M | — | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $472 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions190
- Total compensation, all staff$27.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2021)
James Aspin (director); Garry Foster (director); William Hatanaka (chair); Shelly Jamieson (director); Jacqueline Moss (director); Paul Tsaparis (director); Anju Kumar (director); Andrea Barrack (director); Adalsteinn Brown (director); Mary Allan (director); Alexander Barron (director); Jean-Robert Bernier (director).
As listed on its 2021 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Trillium Gift of Life Network’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868380510RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.