Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless

City-funded organization

The Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless (ACE), based at 30-30 Northern Boulevard in Long Island City, is a nonprofit that, per its own site, works with New Yorkers who have histories of homelessness, incarceration, or addiction, providing job training, work experience, and long-term aftercare support through its Project Comeback and Project Stay programs (an outgrowth of neighborhood cleanup work begun in 1992 that merged into ACE in 1997). Its five active city contracts, worth $4.3 million total, include a Department of Sanitation-administered "CITY COUNCIL FUNDING - BID CONTAINERIZATION PROGRAM" contract ($3.75 million) and several Department of Design and Construction purchases of supplemental sanitation vehicles, all awarded through non-competitive, City Council discretionary (member-item) funding. Its largest contract overall, now expired, was a Department of Youth and Community Development-administered agreement, "Funds to support Cleaning and snow removal services," worth $19.7 million. It has been awarded $45 million in city contracts since 2016 and has received $41 million in City Council discretionary funding across 437 awards; 100% of the

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$4,278,577 · 5 contracts
Awarded all-time
$44,764,590 · 42 since 2016, incl. expired
Paid to date
$40,290,310
Won without a fresh bid
100% of contract value · $44,764,590 · 42 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$48,036,642 · 496 awards
Funding history
Funded 12 years (FY2009–FY2027), including each of the last 10
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$219,000 · JAMES MARTIN Jr, Executive Director

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 +27% 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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