BRIC Arts Media Bklyn, Inc.
Lobbying client
BRIC is a Brooklyn nonprofit arts and media organization based in Downtown Brooklyn, known for BRIC House, the free Celebrate Brooklyn! summer concert series in Prospect Park, BRIC TV, and the Brooklyn Free Speech public-access channel. In September 2025 it became the first media organization admitted to the city's Cultural Institutions Group, which gives member organizations on city-owned property operating subsidies and capital funding. It has filed 14 lobbying disclosures since 2024, paying two firms, CoMadre Communications and Oaktree Solutions, $205,500 to lobby the Council on budget and funding for its arts programs, and holds $540,000 in active city contracts as of August 2026, part of $9.4 million in city contracts since 2009.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 14
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $205,500
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Standardized Services
- City contracts (active)
- $540,000 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $9,409,216 · 61 since 2009, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $8,814,148
- Won without a fresh bid
- 76% of contract value · $7,119,992 · 44 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,176,705 · 117 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 9 years (FY2010–FY2018); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $342,219 · Wesley Jackson, President
Represented by lobbyist firms
- CoMadre Communications LLC Lobbyist firm
- Oaktree Solutions Ltd. Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
- Department of Education City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
- Department of Small Business Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Funding Opportunities to Advance the Arts
- Budget - funding for programs
- Budget - securing funding for programs
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- Arts Education Services Department of Education · MA104020269676450 $540,000
- Arts Education Services Department of Education · MA104020109075271 · ended 2014 $875,000
- Arts Education Services Department of Education · MA104020169672051 · ended 2020 $600,000
- Arts Education Services Department of Education · MA104020229278660 · ended 2026 $500,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620201420614 · ended 2020 $431,060
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620211421272 · ended 2021 $407,750
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620191414182 · ended 2019 $381,970
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620171422052 · ended 2017 $354,175
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620181414240 · ended 2018 $339,500
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620161410222 · ended 2016 $298,500
Largest payments, by purpose
The organization's largest individual city payments (roughly $25,000 and up), grouped by purpose, to show what recent money was for. This is NOT a total — smaller payments aren't listed; see “Paid to date” above for the complete amount paid against its contracts. Fiscal years 2020 and later.
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2020 · 5 payments $627,244
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2022 · 5 payments $424,521
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2021 · 4 payments $342,724
- To fund computer based programs and technical skills. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 $80,749
- To support youth based programs for 35 and 51 council distri Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 $65,000
- FY24 NDD - CAPACITY BUILDING - BRIC ARTS MEDIA Department of Small Business Services · FY2025 $38,740
- FY23 NDD - CAPACITY BUILDING - BRIC ARTS MEDIA Department of Small Business Services · FY2024 $35,749
- FY21NDD- COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION - BRIC ARTS MEDIA Department of Small Business Services · FY2022 $32,906
- NDD - BRIC ARTS MEDIA FY20 CDBG Department of Small Business Services · FY2021 $32,377
- COMMERCIAL REVITILIZATION PROJECT FOR NYC Department of Small Business Services · FY2023 $32,137
- Implementing commercial revitalization across NYC Department of Small Business Services · FY2026 $27,571
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Anti-Gun Violence - Art a Catalyst for Change Anti-Gun Violence - Art a Catalyst for Change · DCLA · FY2016 $36,000
- Art a Catalyst for Change Art a Catalyst for Change · DCLA · FY2018 $35,000
- Local DCA · FY2010 $25,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2016 $25,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2018 $25,000
- Public School 119K Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2011 $20,000
- Local DCA · FY2011 $20,000
- Secondary School of Journalism Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2013 $20,000
- Brooklyn Law and Technology Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- Park Slope Collegiate Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- High School for Law Technology Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2016 $20,000
- Secondary School for Law Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2016 $20,000
- P.S. 306 Ethan Allen School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2016 $20,000
- Park Slope Collegiate Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2016 $20,000
- New Lots Library NYC Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2016 $20,000
- Public School 59K Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- PS 243 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- Public School 306K Ethan Allen School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2017 $20,000
- Park Slope Collegiate Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2023). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Wesley Jackson President $342,219
- Erum Jaffer COO $228,500
- Anthony Riddle SVP, Community Media (Left11/23) $192,164
- Kuye Youngblood General Manager, Bric Tv $154,222
- James Michael Nichols Senior Director, Mktg & Comm $143,785
- Jennifer Gerow Chief Curator (Left 11/23) $137,471
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed -16% from FY2020 to FY2023. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Kristina Newman-Scott · 13.99% of revenue $304,784
- FY2021 Kristina Newman-Scott · 8.11% of revenue $337,876
- FY2022 Kristina Newman-Scott · 12.27% of revenue $298,549
- FY2023 Wesley Jackson · 10.82% of revenue $342,219
Federal awards
Federal awards made directly to this organization in fiscal years 2023 through 2026. Each amount is what the federal government has OBLIGATED on that award as recorded on USAspending.gov as of 2026-08-31 — money committed, not money paid out. These are prime awards only: federal money this
- Institute of Museum and Library Services 45.301 Museums for America · Institute of Museum and Library Services · Grant $200,001
- Institute of Museum and Library Services 45.301 Museums for America · Institute of Museum and Library Services · Grant $200,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $65,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $60,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $40,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $30,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $25,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $20,000