AIDS Center of Queens County
City-funded organization
AIDS Center of Queens County (ACQC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has provided HIV/AIDS medical care, case management, housing assistance, legal services, and prevention programs since 1986; its own site lists its main location as 91-30 Van Wyck Expressway in Richmond Hill-Jamaica, Queens (with additional sites in Woodside and Far Rockaway). It holds $30 million in active NYC contracts as of August 2026 with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Department of Social Services, including "HOPWA Singles - Supportive Housing" ($20 million) and "HOPWA Families - Supportive Housing" ($9 million), both tagged "RFP" on Checkbook, alongside renewals such as "HOPWA CARES funding: respond to COVID-19" tagged "Renewal (not re-bid)." Citywide, 45% of contract value awarded without a fresh competitive bid. ACQC has also received $8 million in City Council discretionary funding since FY2009 (119 awards), through programs including Ending the Epidemic and LGBTQIA+ Community Services, and its FY2024 IRS Form 990 (EIN 11-2837894) reports Executive Director Rosemary Lopez's reportable compensation at $275,832.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $29,940,652 · 3 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $55,624,367 · 29 since 2017, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $23,238,041
- Won without a fresh bid
- 46% of contract value · $25,678,714 · 24 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $8,785,697 · 124 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $275,832 · rosemary lopez, Executive Direc
- Based in
- Rego Park, NY
Holds contracts at
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
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).
- HOPWA Singles - Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620258807008 $20,425,162
- HOPWA Families - Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620258804502 $8,577,990
- Prov of Immigration Legal Support Centers - Queens CD 2 Department of Social Services · CT106920268800907 $937,500
- HOPWA CARES funding: respond to COVID-19 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620200000902 · ended 2023 $5,868,606
- Various Program Initiatives Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620258805628 · ended 2026 $2,661,094
- Permanent and supportive housing for mentally challenged Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620200000901 · ended 2023 $2,438,777
- Supportive and permanent housing for mentally challenged Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620200000903 · ended 2023 $2,435,531
- HOPWA CARES amendment respond to COVID-19 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620200000904 · ended 2023 $2,402,115
- HOPWA Permanent Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620248800110 · ended 2024 $1,621,064
- Housing Opportunities for People Living with AIDS Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620171409646 · ended 2020 $1,492,601
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care · Dhmh · FY2027 $352,640
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2023 $302,344
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2024 $302,344
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2025 $302,344
- HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care (Formerly Ending the Epidemic and HIV/AIDS Faith Community Based Initiative) HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care (Formerly Ending the Epidemic and HIV/AIDS Faith Community Based Initiative) · Dhmh · FY2026 $302,344
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2022 $242,500
- LGBT Community Services LGBT Community Services · DYCD · FY2022 $207,500
- LGBT Community Services LGBT Community Services · DYCD · FY2023 $207,500
- LGBTQIA+ Community Services LGBTQIA+ Community Services · DYCD · FY2024 $207,500
- LGBTQIA+ Community Services LGBTQIA+ Community Services · DYCD · FY2025 $207,500
- LGBTQIA+ Community Services LGBTQIA+ Community Services · DYCD · FY2026 $207,500
- LGBTQIA+ Community Services LGBTQIA+ Community Services · DYCD · FY2027 $207,500
- LGBT Community Services LGBT Community Services · DYCD · FY2020 $200,000
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2021 $194,855
- HIV Prevention - Evidence-Based Behavioral Interventions HIV Prevention - Evidence-Based Behavioral Interventions · DOHMH · FY2014 $192,000
- HIV/AIDS - End the Epidemic HIV/AIDS - End the Epidemic · DOHMH · FY2016 $192,000
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2018 $180,000
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2019 $180,000
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2020 $180,000
- LGBT Community Services LGBT Community Services · DYCD · FY2021 $170,000
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.
- rosemary lopez Executive Direc $275,832
- Mitchel Eisenberg CFO $226,846
- Dawn Douglas-Blackburne Associate. Executive.Director. $184,656
- ravindranauth looknauth Director. of finance $165,110
- laura anhalt Director B. Health $146,047
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +86% 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.
- FY2020 rosemary lopez · 3.29% of revenue $222,250
- FY2021 rosemary lopez · 3.26% of revenue $230,257
- FY2022 rosemary lopez · 5.5% of revenue $248,824
- FY2023 rosemary lopez · 4.31% of revenue $260,889
- FY2024 rosemary lopez · 4.45% of revenue $275,832
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
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Grant $757,387