Church Avenue Merchants Block Association (CAMBA)

City-funded organization

CAMBA (Church Avenue Merchants Block Association) is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit, founded in 1977 as a Flatbush merchant association, that now provides housing, shelter, legal, healthcare, and youth and family services to tens of thousands of New Yorkers each year across roughly 160 program sites in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens. It received $3 million in New York City Council discretionary funding across 58 awards, funded in 7 fiscal years from FY2009 through FY2015 and not funded in FY2026, for programs including "Legal Services for the Working Poor" and an "Adult Rental Assistance Program." Per its IRS Form 990 (FY2023, EIN 112480339), then President/CEO Joanne Oplustil received $689,020 in reportable compensation, and CAMBA's 990 Schedule R links it to $90 million in HPD affordable-housing capital financing.

Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$3,189,238 · 58 awards
Funding history
Funded 7 years (FY2009–FY2015); not in FY2027
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$689,020 · Joanne Oplustil, President / CEO, Thru May 2024
HPD housing capital financed
$89,811,596 · via 990 Schedule R
Based in
Brooklyn, NY

Discretionary funding received

City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.

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 -15% 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.

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