Chhaya Community Development Corporation
City-funded organization
Chhaya Community Development Corporation, City-funded organization. Connections, filings, and records traced to the public record.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $1,338,450 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $9,894,672 · 60 since 2010, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $6,365,428
- Won without a fresh bid
- 86% of contract value · $8,547,955 · 44 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $5,107,789 · 141 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $273,640 · Annetta Seecharran, Executive Director
- Based in
- Jackson Heights, NY
Holds contracts at
- Department of Consumer & Worker Protection City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
- Housing Preservation and 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).
- Chhaya Financial Empowerment Center Renewal #2 Department of Consumer & Worker Protection · CT186620278801219 $1,225,950
- Prov of Legal Services to Immigrants on a Range of Matters Department of Social Services · CT106920268801667 $112,500
- For provision of housing and tenant support services. Housing Preservation and Development · CT180620268806826 · ended 2026 $2,184,562
- Chhaya FEC Renewal + Blueprint Department of Consumer & Worker Protection · CT186620248803270 · ended 2026 $1,209,779
- For provision of housing and tenant support services. Housing Preservation and Development · CT180620258803291 · ended 2023 $582,550
- Provision of Housing Related Services Housing Preservation and Development · CT180620238802918 · ended 2022 $454,800
- Chhaya ATSI Renewal Department of Consumer & Worker Protection · CT186620238804556 · ended 2026 $382,625
- Financial Empowerment Center FY20 Department of Consumer & Worker Protection · CT186620201413532 · ended 2022 $357,546
- FY-20 Annual Tax Season Initative Department of Consumer & Worker Protection · CT186620201410503 · ended 2022 $340,000
- Support Services for Housing Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020161400543 · ended 2018 $302,876
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Stabilizing NYC Stabilizing NYC · HPD · FY2023 $175,950
- Stabilizing NYC Stabilizing NYC · HPD · FY2024 $160,000
- Stabilizing NYC Stabilizing NYC · HPD · FY2025 $160,000
- Stabilizing NYC Stabilizing NYC · HPD · FY2026 $160,000
- Stabilizing NYC Stabilizing NYC · HPD · FY2027 $160,000
- Foreclosure Prevention Programs Foreclosure Prevention Programs · HPD · FY2022 $145,000
- Foreclosure Prevention Programs Foreclosure Prevention Programs · HPD · FY2023 $145,000
- Foreclosure Prevention Programs Foreclosure Prevention Programs · HPD · FY2024 $145,000
- Foreclosure Prevention Programs Foreclosure Prevention Programs · HPD · FY2025 $145,000
- Foreclosure Prevention Programs Foreclosure Prevention Programs · HPD · FY2026 $145,000
- Stabilizing NYC Stabilizing NYC · HPD · FY2019 $122,000
- Stabilizing NYC Stabilizing NYC · HPD · FY2020 $122,000
- Stabilizing NYC Stabilizing NYC · HPD · FY2018 $111,000
- Stabilizing NYC Stabilizing NYC · HPD · FY2021 $103,700
- Stabilizing NYC Stabilizing NYC · HPD · FY2022 $103,700
- Housing Stability Program Speaker's Initiative · HPD · FY2022 $100,000
- Housing Stability Program CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · HPD · FY2023 $100,000
- Community Land Trust Community Land Trust · HPD · FY2023 $98,250
- Community Land Trust Community Land Trust · HPD · FY2024 $98,250
- Community Land Trust Community Land Trust · HPD · FY2025 $98,250
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.
- Adams FY2020-2025 · 6 awards $46,000
- James F. Gennaro FY2021-2027 · 7 awards $35,000
- Dromm FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $29,250
- Ty Hankerson FY2027 · 1 award $15,000
- Julie Won FY2022-2023 · 3 awards $12,500
- Lynn C. Schulman FY2027 · 1 award $10,000
- Jimmy Van Bramer FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $8,000
- Lander FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $7,000
- Shahana K. Hanif FY2022-2023 · 2 awards $7,000
- Lancman FY2020 · 1 award $5,000
- Linda Lee FY2022-2023 · 2 awards $4,000
- Grodenchik FY2021 · 1 award $2,000
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.
- Annetta Seecharran Executive Director $273,640
- Theresa Thanjan Director Of Administration $136,573
- Sadia Rahman Deputy Director Of Policy $134,851
- Karen Kaminsky Development Director $66,946
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +259% 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 Annetta Seecharran · 8.64% of revenue $170,683
- FY2021 Annetta Seecharran · 6.78% of revenue $174,075
- FY2022 Annetta Seecharran · 14.21% of revenue $183,794
- FY2023 Annetta Seecharran · 12.31% of revenue $200,629
- FY2024 Annetta Seecharran · 9.94% of revenue $273,640
Community project funding secured by (FY2024)
Members of New York's congressional delegation named as requestors of an enacted FY2024 community project for this organization, in the House Appropriations Committee's own final project tables. Each figure is the amount APPROPRIATED for that project, not money paid out to this organization to date.
- Gregory W. Meeks Richmond Hill Multipurpose Community Center · NY · Transportation, Housing and Urban Development $1,466,279
- Grace Meng Chhaya Community Center Revitalization (Queens, New York, New York) · NY · Transportation, Housing and Urban Development $1,000,000
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
- Department of Housing and Urban Development 14.251 Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants · Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Grant $2,000,000
- Department of Housing and Urban Development 14.251 Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants · Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Grant $1,000,000
- Small Business Administration 59.059 Congressional Grants · Small Business Administration · Grant $150,000
- Department of the Treasury 21.009 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program · Internal Revenue Service · Grant $0