Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation
City-funded organization
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, City-funded organization. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Construction Services
- City contracts (active)
- $1,200,000 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $14,850,315 · 46 since 2008, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $14,544,271
- Won without a fresh bid
- 58% of contract value · $8,662,815 · 34 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $3,207,750 · 198 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $695,535 · Bennett Rink, Trustee/Executive Director
- Based in
- New York, NY
Holds contracts at
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Education 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).
- Arts Education Services Department of Education · MA104020269675040 $1,200,000
- Alvin Ailey Dance Theater Renovation Department of Design and Construction · CT185020181420567 · ended 2021 $3,963,000
- ARTS EDUCATION Department of Education · MA104020099975804 · ended 2013 $2,500,000
- To provide arts education services Department of Education · MA104020209079925 · ended 2024 $2,000,000
- Arts Education Services Department of Education · MA104020149475295 · ended 2019 $1,462,500
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620191424242 · ended 2019 $260,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620181422621 · ended 2018 $220,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620201415306 · ended 2020 $210,630
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620201424230 · ended 2020 $200,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620171419022 · ended 2017 $200,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Intermediate School 195 Roberto Clemente School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2010 $20,000
- Public School 195Q Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2010 $20,000
- Public School 156Q Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2010 $20,000
- Intermedaite School 195M - Roberto Clemente Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2011 $20,000
- Public School 111Q - Jacob Blackwell Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2011 $20,000
- Public School 37Q Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2011 $20,000
- Public School 132Q Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2011 $20,000
- MS 326 (Writers Today & Leaders Tomorrow) Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2012 $20,000
- Public School 329 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2012 $20,000
- J.H.S. 226 Virgil I. Grisson Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2012 $20,000
- PS 111 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2012 $20,000
- MS 326 (Writer Today & LeadersTomorrow Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2013 $20,000
- Public School 329 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2013 $20,000
- JHS 226 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2013 $20,000
- Collaborative Arts Middle School IS 355 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2013 $20,000
- PS/IS 270 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2013 $20,000
- Public School 37 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2013 $20,000
- PS 111 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2013 $20,000
- JHS 226 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2014 $20,000
- MS 326 (Writer Today & LeadersTomorrow Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2014 $20,000
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.
- Selvena N. Brooks-Powers FY2021-2027 · 31 awards $596,250
- Cohen FY2020-2021 · 6 awards $120,000
- Julie Won FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $120,000
- Erik Bottcher FY2022-2026 · 8 awards $104,500
- Eric Dinowitz FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $100,000
- Gale A. Brewer FY2022-2027 · 8 awards $70,000
- Donovan Richards FY2020 · 3 awards $60,000
- Adams FY2020-2023 · 3 awards $60,000
- Carmen N. De La Rosa FY2022-2024 · 3 awards $60,000
- Brannan FY2024-2026 · 3 awards $60,000
- Rodriguez FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Jimmy Van Bramer FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Treyger FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Kagan FY2022-2023 · 2 awards $40,000
- Sandy Nurse FY2025-2026 · 2 awards $40,000
- Inna Vernikov FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $40,000
- Julie Menin FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $25,000
- Pierina Ana Sanchez FY2022-2023 · 2 awards $24,500
- Holden FY2023 · 1 award $20,000
- Kayla Santosuosso FY2027 · 1 award $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.
- Bennett Rink Trustee/Executive Director $695,535
- Robert Battle Trustee/Artistic Director (To 11/23) $594,519
- Pamela Robinson CFO/Treasurer $353,746
- Ines Aslan Schwed Chief External Affairs Officer $312,236
- Matthew Rushing Acting Artistic Director $267,346
- Chad J Sutton Director Of Information Technology $265,629
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +25% 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 Robert Battle · 5.07% of revenue $525,478
- FY2021 Bennett Rink · 6.11% of revenue $587,673
- FY2022 Bennett Rink · 9.76% of revenue $681,216
- FY2023 Bennett Rink · 7.59% of revenue $695,535
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 Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $168,723
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $165,551
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $105,657
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $69,235
- 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 $60,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $50,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $50,000
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $15,000
- Department of Education 84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants · Department of Education · Direct payment $11,780
- Department of Education 84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants · Department of Education · Direct payment $11,780
- Department of Education 84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants · Department of Education · Direct payment $11,780
- Department of Education 84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants · Department of Education · Direct payment $11,780
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $5,985
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $5,026
- Department of Education 84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants · Department of Education · Direct payment $3,250
- Department of State 19.040 Public Diplomacy Programs · Department of State · Grant $3,150
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $2,102
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $220
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $150