The Bushwick Starr, Inc.
City-funded organization
The Bushwick Starr, Inc., 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)
- $2,549,000 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $2,569,500 · 5 since 2011, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $2,217,078
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $2,569,500 · 5 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $909,413 · 62 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2012 (16 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $82,073 · Noel Allain, Artistic Director
Holds contracts at
- Department of Design and Construction 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).
- PV01WSTAR Renovation of Bushwick Starr Performing Art Center Department of Design and Construction · CT185020261407457 $2,549,000
- To support an annual eco-playwriting program and green Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020151406347 · ended 2014 $8,500
- Funds to support the Big Green Theater -animal playwrite pgm Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020161416898 · ended 2015 $5,000
- Funds will be use for environmental edcuation. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020131422435 · ended 2013 $3,500
- Educational Support & leadership Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020121426612 · ended 2012 $3,500
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- PS 123 Suydam Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2014 $20,000
- P.S. 075 Mayda Cortiella Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- PS 305 Learners and Leaders Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2016 $20,000
- Public School 239 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- IS 77Q Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2018 $20,000
- IS 77K Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2019 $20,000
- PS 106k Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2019 $20,000
- PS 239K Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2019 $20,000
- PS 75 K Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2019 $20,000
- Intermediate School 077K (75K077) CM Reynoso · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2020 $20,000
- Public School 075K (32K075) CM Reynoso · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2020 $20,000
- Public School 106K (32K106) CM D. Diaz · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2020 $20,000
- Public School 196K (14K196) CM Reynoso · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2020 $20,000
- Intermediate School 077Q (24Q077) CM Reynoso · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2021 $20,000
- Public School 018 Edward Bush (14K018) CM Reynoso · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2021 $20,000
- Public School 075K (32K075) CM Reynoso · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2021 $20,000
- Public School 106K (32K106) CM D. Diaz · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2021 $20,000
- Intermediate School 077Q (24Q077) CM Gutierrez · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2022 $20,000
- Public School 018K Edward Bush (14K018) CM Gutierrez · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2022 $20,000
- Public School 075K Mayda Cortiella (32K075) CM Gutierrez · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2022 $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.
- Sandy Nurse FY2022-2027 · 17 awards $264,500
- Jennifer Gutiérrez FY2022-2026 · 11 awards $199,500
- Antonio Reynoso FY2020-2021 · 7 awards $135,000
- D. Diaz FY2020-2021 · 3 awards $55,000
- Stephen Levin FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $6,000
- Lincoln Restler FY2022 · 1 award $3,000
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.
- Noel Allain Artistic Director $82,073
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +15% 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.
- FY2020 Noel Allain · 2.16% of revenue $71,283
- FY2021 Noel Allain · 2.99% of revenue $73,147
- FY2022 Noel Allain · 4.08% of revenue $73,181
- FY2023 Noel Allain · 2.65% of revenue $82,110
- FY2024 Noel Allain · 4.51% of revenue $82,073
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
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $20,000