Department of Cultural Affairs
City agency
Department of Cultural Affairs: active city contracts ($26,928,738 · 25 contracts), vendors (353), and how contracts were awarded, from Checkbook NYC.
- Active contracts
- $26,928,738 · 25 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $349,865,261 · 1,714 contracts, incl. expired
- Vendors
- 353
- Awarded without a fresh bid
- 93% of contract value · $326,329,137 · 1,520 contracts
Largest contracts
Registered city contracts at this agency, by contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. The tag on each row is how it was awarded; “no-bid” marks non-competitive methods (sole source, emergency, negotiated, renewal, intergovernmental). Checkbook NYC
- Change in Ownership CT112620231402056 $8,126,546
- 20 Lafayette Common Charges FY25-44 CT112620251411399 $3,679,147
- Discretionary Purchase of Electric Shuttles for WCS CT112620251401366 $2,199,000
- Discretionary purchase of trams and front loader for NYBG CT112620268802623 $2,153,000
- Purchase of theatrical lighting systems for 8 cultural orgs CT112620268803476 $1,297,125
- Audiovisual Systems for 9 Cultural Organizations CT112620268802981 $1,258,588
- Audiovisual EQ systems for PSNY, AMNH, and Town Hall CT112620268808905 $1,196,908
- Pianos, AV System & Initial Outfitting for NYSF CT112620231400842 $1,047,492
- Purchase of Piano, an AV System and Initial Outfitting CT112620231418031 $914,307
- Purchase of (5) equipment systems for Playwrights Horizons CT112620268803795 $901,048
- Discretionary Purchase of Lighting & Audio Systems at New 42 CT112620241417626 $723,612
- Purchase of vehicles and equipment at Brooklyn Botanic Gard CT112620240002116 $621,818
- Jazz at Lincon Center Live Streaming Equipment System CT112620241401352 $580,927
- Pianos for Jazz Gallery and Mind-Builders Creative Arts CT112620268808190 $563,732
- Moving Services for Materials for the Arts FY23-25 CT112620238800948 $436,000
How contracts were awarded
Every registered contract at this agency grouped by procurement method, largest dollars first. “No-bid” marks non-competitive methods (PPB Rules; the Comptroller/MOCS competitive-vs-non-competitive split). Expand a method to see its current contracts, largest first: running now, then any registered
- Grant $262,403,179 · 1,354 awarded
- Discretionary (member-item) $21,929,135 · 52 awarded
- Negotiated (real-property/other) $18,153,504 · 5 awarded
- M/WBE small purchase $14,189,195 · 47 awarded
- Renewal (not re-bid) $8,831,454 · 54 awarded
- Assignment $8,126,546 · 1 awarded
- Small purchase $6,871,841 · 141 awarded
- Sole source $3,525,781 · 10 awarded
- RFP $1,818,300 · 2 awarded
- Intergovernmental $1,545,964 · 26 awarded
- Negotiated contract $1,025,225 · 8 awarded
- Multiple award $656,788 · 4 awarded
- Government-to-government $364,000 · 1 awarded
- Government/legal mandate $298,183 · 6 awarded
- Subscription/membership $103,125 · 2 awarded
- Buy-against $23,040 · 1 awarded
Payments to tracked organizations
City payments from this agency to organizations the site tracks (fiscal-sponsor pass-throughs and matched vendors), totaled per organization — a curated subset, not the agency's full spending (most of which is payroll and untracked vendors; see Largest contracts). FY2020 and later, plus
- THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARL EM INC. 7 payments · FY2020–FY2026 $39,519,452
- THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY 7 payments · FY2020–FY2026 $36,542,204
- NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 3 payments · FY2024–FY2026 $31,253,710
- METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART 3 payments · FY2024–FY2026 $14,042,041
- THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 7 payments · FY2020–FY2026 $13,337,004
- THE FRICK COLLECTION 2 payments · FY2026–FY2027 $5,791,367
- BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 6 payments · FY2020–FY2026 $5,712,759
- AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 3 payments · FY2021–FY2026 $5,341,151
- BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART 4 payments · FY2020–FY2025 $4,900,337
- A QUEST CORPORATION 4 payments · FY2020–FY2023 $3,284,369
- ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC 10 payments · FY2020–FY2026 $2,990,563
- LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL INC 4 payments · FY2020–FY2024 $2,965,935
- MIDORI FOUNDATION INC 3 payments · FY2020–FY2022 $1,876,135
- THE NEW 42ND STREET INC 7 payments · FY2020–FY2026 $1,641,183
- CARNEGIE HALL CORP FY2025 $1,425,000