Black Spectrum Theater Company Inc

City-funded organization

Black Spectrum Theatre Co Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Jamaica, Queens (Roy Wilkins Park), per its IRS filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, with reported revenue of $2,531,889 for the fiscal year ending May 2025. Its own website, based at 177-01 Baisley Boulevard and founded in 1970, describes a theater company for Black stories that also runs youth programs including a Summer Arts Camp and Children's Theatre Workshop. Nearly all of its NYC contract record is with the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) for after-school programming under DYCD's COMPASS program, not for its theater work. Checkbook NYC shows one active contract, "COMPASS Program NAE," worth $3.3 million and tagged "Negotiated contract," part of 25 registered DYCD contracts since 2009 totaling $19.1 million awarded all-time and $16.3 million paid to date. Three "OST Middle School Expansion" contracts from the 2010s, together worth over $3.4 million, were awarded by RFP, while several "COMPASS middle school services" and prior "COMPASS Program" contracts are tagged "Negotiated contract" or "Renewal (not re-bid)." Checkbook NYC's own award-method tags show 82% of the organization's contract

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$3,308,806 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$19,135,946 · 25 since 2009, incl. expired
Paid to date
$16,308,152
Won without a fresh bid
82% of contract value · $15,601,262 · 19 contracts
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$223,003 · Carl Clay, President

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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).

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 -36% 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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