Casita Maria, Inc.

City-funded organization

Casita Maria, Inc. is a South Bronx arts, culture, and education organization founded in East Harlem in 1934, now operating from a Hunts Point/Longwood facility on Simpson Street (per its own site, casitamaria.org), providing afterschool arts and educational programming to youth and families. Its city contracts, $16.7 million active across 4 agreements, are mostly Department of Youth and Community Development COMPASS afterschool awards, including a $10.7 million contract at a Bronx elementary school won via RFP; the group has been awarded $38.4 million by the city since 2006, of which 57% of that value ($22.1 million) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid, with $22.6 million paid to date. It has also drawn $3.6 million in City Council discretionary funding since FY2009, and its Executive Director, Felix Urrutia, was paid $163,528 in FY2024 according to the organization's IRS Form 990.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$16,730,246 · 4 contracts
Awarded all-time
$41,598,833 · 50 since 2006, incl. expired
Paid to date
$22,754,779
Won without a fresh bid
53% of contract value · $22,084,032 · 39 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$3,757,330 · 67 awards
Funding history
Funded 18 years (FY2009–FY2027), including each of the last 17
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$163,528 · Felix Urrutia, 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 +72% 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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