THE EAGLE ACADEMY FOUNDATION, INC.
Lobbying client
The Eagle Academy Foundation is the nonprofit behind the Eagle Academy network, all-boys public schools for grades 6 through 12 founded in 2004 by 100 Black Men of America to serve young men of color, with campuses run in partnership with the city Department of Education in the Bronx, Harlem, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. The Foundation has filed 15 lobbying disclosures since 2024, worth $137,500 in compensation through Patrick B. Jenkins & Associates, registered citywide seeking discretionary city funding for its education programs. It holds $4.4 million in active city contracts as of August 2026, part of $23.1 million in city contracts since 2013.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $137,500
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $4,400,000 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $23,068,167 · 48 since 2013, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $12,625,429
- Won without a fresh bid
- 73% of contract value · $16,731,500 · 18 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $10,416,000 · 62 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2014 (14 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $247,091 · Donald Ruff, President.& CEO
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Patrick B. Jenkins & Associates Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Seeking discretionary funding for education programs
- Budget - Seeking funding for education programs
- Budget - Seeking funds for educational 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).
- FY25-FY27 Award to support the Black Studies Curriculum Department of Education · CT104020268807737 $3,750,000
- Professional Development for School Leaders & Teachers Department of Education · MA104020259578420 $650,000
- Professional Development for School Leaders and Teachers. Department of Education · MA104020189876051 · ended 2024 $4,991,667
- Support services targeting needs of male students of color Department of Education · MA104020189871526 · ended 2021 $4,400,000
- FY22 Discretionary Contract - Eagle Academy Department of Education · CT104020238802687 · ended 2022 $3,250,000
- FY23 Discretionary to support K-12 Black Studies Curriculum Department of Education · CT104020238805378 · ended 2023 $2,000,000
- FY24 City Council - Education Equity Action Plan Department of Education · CT104020249457045 · ended 2024 $1,000,000
- To develop or expand quality after-school programs Department of Education · CT104020239356330 · ended 2024 $798,000
- To Develop or Expand Quality After-School Programs Department of Education · CT104020209062501 · ended 2022 $305,900
- Support after-school and academic remediation programs Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238801072 · ended 2022 $289,500
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.
- FY23 Discretionary to support K-12 Black Studies Curriculum Department of Education · FY2023 $1,662,500
- FY22 Discretionary Contract - Eagle Academy Department of Education · FY2023 $1,450,000
- FY25-FY27 Award to support the Black Studies Curriculum Department of Education · FY2026 $1,000,000
- FY24 City Council - Education Equity Action Plan Department of Education · FY2024 $787,500
- To develop or expand quality after-school programs Department of Education · FY2025 · 2 payments $598,500
- FY23 Discretionary to support K-12 Black Studies Curriculum Department of Education · FY2024 $337,500
- Support after-school and academic remediation programs Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 3 payments $274,968
- FY24 City Council - Education Equity Action Plan Department of Education · FY2025 $212,500
- To Develop or Expand Quality After-School Programs Department of Education · FY2021 · 2 payments $199,500
- Empire Grant renewal - To develop after school programs. Department of Education · FY2022 $199,500
- To develop or expand quality after-school programs Department of Education · FY2023 $199,500
- To Develop or Expand Quality After-School Programs Department of Education · FY2020 $146,300
- To support RYSE extended day programming at all five NYC Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 4 payments $127,219
- To provide after school programs Citywide. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 2 payments $90,022
- 3 BIDS-SERVICES Department of Education · FY2025 $25,000
- COMPETITIVE GRANT-SERVICES Department of Education · FY2025 $25,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · FY2025 $25,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Education Equity Action Plan Education Equity Action Plan · DOE · FY2022 $3,250,000
- Education Equity Action Plan Education Equity Action Plan · DOE · FY2023 $2,000,000
- Education Equity Action Plan Education Equity Action Plan · DOE · FY2024 $1,000,000
- Black Studies Curriculum Education Equity Action Plan · DOE · FY2025 $1,000,000
- Black Studies Curriculum Education Equity Action Plan · DOE · FY2026 $1,000,000
- Black Studies Curriculum Education Equity Action Plan · DOE · FY2027 $600,000
- Reaching Young Men through Supplemental Education (RYSE) program CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2022 $250,000
- Reaching Young Men through Supplemental Education (RYSE) program CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2023 $150,000
- Reaching Young Men through Supplemental Education (RYSE) CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $150,000
- Reaching Young Men through Supplemental Education (RYSE) CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $150,000
- Reaching Young Men through Supplemental Education (RYSE) CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $150,000
- Reaching Young Men through Supplemental Education (RYSE) CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $150,000
- Reaching Young Men through Supplemental Education (RYSE) program CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2021 $100,000
- Post-Secondary Success Initiative (PSSI) CM Feliz · DYCD · FY2023 $30,000
- Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem (05M148) CM Salaam · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DYCD · FY2025 $20,000
- Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem (05M148) CM Salaam · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DYCD · FY2026 $20,000
- Eagles Soaring Beyond - Postsecondary Success Initiative - Council District 41 CM Mealy · DYCD · FY2027 $20,000
- Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem (05M148) CM Salaam · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DYCD · FY2027 $20,000
- Local DYCD · FY2017 $15,000
- Youth Youth · DYCD · FY2018 $15,000
Funded by these council members
City Council members who steered discretionary (member-item) money to this organization, largest first (FY2020 and later, where the sponsoring member is disclosed). Sitting members link to their page.
- Yusef Salaam FY2025-2027 · 5 awards $70,000
- Darlene Mealy FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $65,000
- Kamillah Hanks FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $55,000
- Nantasha M. Williams FY2022-2026 · 5 awards $44,000
- Oswald J. Feliz FY2022-2023 · 2 awards $40,000
- Miller FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $14,000
- Rose FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Jordan FY2022 · 1 award $7,500
- Chi A. Ossé FY2022 · 1 award $5,000
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.
- Donald Ruff President.& CEO $247,091
- Kima Reed COO $146,250
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed -60% 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 David C Banks · 23.46% of revenue $263,986
- FY2021 David C Banks · 28.16% of revenue $264,796
- FY2022 Donald Ruff · 7.66% of revenue $239,096
- FY2023 Donald Ruff · 6.96% of revenue $247,091