Brooklyn Neighborhood Improvement Association
City-funded organization
Brooklyn Neighborhood Improvement Association (BNIA) is a Central Brooklyn nonprofit whose mission, per Brooklyn Community Board 8's resource listing, is to empower low- and moderate-income residents of Crown Heights, Brownsville, and surrounding areas through housing counseling, tenant and block-association organizing, transitional housing programs, and youth employment services. In NYC contracting records it holds $7.4 million in active contracts as of August 2026 (3 contracts) with the Department of Homeless Services (a renewal for the Kianga House transitional residence) and DYCD's Summer Youth Employment Program, part of $28 million awarded since 2006; 73% of that value ($20 million across 17 contracts) was won without a fresh competitive bid. Its FY2023 IRS Form 990, per ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, lists the organization in Brooklyn, NY and reports Executive Director Yayha Raji's compensation at $125,000.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $7,400,703 · 3 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $28,078,339 · 24 since 2006, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $21,380,513
- Won without a fresh bid
- 73% of contract value · $20,357,796 · 17 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $19,500 · 3 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 3 years (FY2011–FY2014); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $125,000 · Yayha Raji, Ex Dirct
- Based in
- Brooklyn, NY
Holds contracts at
- Department of Homeless Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development 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).
- Renewal + Allowance - Kianga House Department of Homeless Services · CT107120248800781 $5,473,870
- SYEP NAQ Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268807289 $1,549,218
- SYEP NAQ Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268807299 $377,615
- STAND ALONE TRANSITIONAL RESIDENCE-1504 BEDFORD AVE Department of Homeless Services · CT107120190001891 · ended 2023 $5,383,602
- TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT Department of Homeless Services · CT107120070000763 · ended 2011 $3,578,210
- SHELTER SERVICES FOR FAMILIES AT KIANGA HOUSE Department of Homeless Services · CT107120120001247 · ended 2016 $3,356,236
- SYEP Community Based Renewal Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020231401126 · ended 2026 $2,034,659
- Summer Slot Adjustment SYEP 7/1/2024 - 3/10/2026 Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238801985 · ended 2026 $1,509,220
- Summer Youth Employment Program Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020171413937 · ended 2019 $789,750
- To support Community Based SYEP Older Youth Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201403499 · ended 2022 $771,809
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Youth Youth · DYCD · FY2011 $10,000
- Youth Youth · DYCD · FY2013 $6,000
- Local HPD · FY2014 $3,500
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.
- Yayha Raji Ex Dirct $125,000
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +32% 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 Yayha Raji · 11.64% of revenue $95,000
- FY2021 Yayha Raji · 11.2% of revenue $105,574
- FY2023 Yayha Raji · 8.3% of revenue $125,000