82nd Street Academics

City-funded organization

82nd Street Academics is a Jackson Heights, Queens 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 20-0788352) that runs PreK, afterschool, summer, and child-care programs for students and families across Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, and Long Island City (per the org's own site and its IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer). Its one active city contract, a Department of Youth and Community Development "COMPASS Elementary NAE" afterschool award worth $6.79 million as of August 2026, was awarded as a negotiated contract (a non-competitive method). Registered city awards, mostly Department of Education UPK contracts and DYCD COMPASS/OST afterschool contracts, total $42.9 million across 35 contracts since 2010. Half of that value, $21.6 million across 27 contracts, was awarded without a fresh competitive bid. The org has also received about $1.1 million in City Council discretionary funding across 45 awards, funded every year from FY2009 through FY2026, largely for afterschool programming at the Renaissance Charter School, sponsored mainly by Council Members Krishnan, Dromm, and Moya. Its FY2024 Form 990 reports CFO Saif Baksh as the top-paid officer, at $173,818.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$6,791,079 · 2 contracts
Awarded all-time
$48,392,367 · 36 since 2010, incl. expired
Paid to date
$37,037,962
Won without a fresh bid
45% of contract value · $21,576,540 · 27 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$1,118,667 · 46 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$173,818 · Saif Baksh, CFO

Holds contracts at

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).

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 (FY2024). 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 +60% from FY2020 to FY2024. 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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