Communities Resist, Inc.

City-funded organization

Communities Resist, Inc., City-funded organization. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $6,717,550 awarded since 2019
Paid to date
$4,973,805
Won without a fresh bid
100% of contract value · $6,717,550 · 6 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$2,527,480 · 39 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2023 (5 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$175,049 · Adam Ross Meyers, Director of Litigation
Based in
Brooklyn, NY
Council connection
Shekar Krishnan, Co-founder & Chief Program Officer until 2021; now a Council member

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 (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 +38% 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.

Council connections

Co-founded the housing legal services nonprofit Communities Resist and served as its Chief Program Officer before his 2021 election. The organization receives discretionary funding from other members; none is from his line. Role and pay are from the organization's own 990 filings; the identity was

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

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