Mindbuilders Creative Arts, Inc.

Lobbying client

Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center is a Northeast Bronx nonprofit founded in 1978 that offers low-cost and free arts instruction, including dance, music, theater and martial arts, plus a free full-day pre-kindergarten program, to several hundred students a year. It has filed 15 lobbying disclosures since 2024, registering citywide and lobbying all 51 council members through Hollis Public Affairs and The Wright Group NY on city budget funding for its programs, and has received $5,429,142 in city contracts since 2010, though none are currently active as of August 2026.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
15
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$38,000
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $5,429,142 awarded since 2010
Paid to date
$5,347,161
Won without a fresh bid
71% of contract value · $3,843,142 · 21 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$3,429,177 · 73 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2017 (11 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$119,558 · Natasha Richards, Aed Of Finance And Operations

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What they lobbied on

subjects from their filings

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).

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.

Discretionary funding received

City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.

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.

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.

Officer pay over time

Total officer pay changed +269% 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.

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