Black Veterans for Social Justice

City-funded organization

Black Veterans for Social Justice (BVSJ) was founded in Brooklyn in 1979 by veterans of WWII through Vietnam and now serves all veterans and their families regardless of race or discharge status, operating nine homeless shelters, managing over 1,200 units of housing, and providing employment, food assistance, and mental health services across NYC; it holds $186.8 million in active contracts as of August 2026 with DHS, DOHMH, DSS, and DYCD, and has received $6.4 million in discretionary council funding since 2009.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$186,798,586 · 6 contracts
Awarded all-time
$889,045,374 · 50 since 2006, incl. expired
Paid to date
$501,232,087
Won without a fresh bid
54% of contract value · $484,341,006 · 41 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$6,445,577 · 90 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$231,867 · Wendy Mcclinton, Chief Executive Officer
Based in
Brooklyn, NY

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 (FY2023). 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 +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.

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

Sources