Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
City-funded organization
Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation is a Brooklyn community development nonprofit, founded in 1983, serving East New York, Cypress Hills, City Line, Starrett City, and Spring Creek with youth programs, job training/adult education, and housing counseling. It holds $51.3 million in active NYC contracts as of August 2026 with the Department of Education and Department of Youth and Community Development (Beacon, Cornerstone, COMPASS, and Community School programs; 75% of its $171.7 million lifetime contract value awarded without a competitive bid), plus $8.0 million in City Council discretionary funding since FY2009.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $51,338,528 · 21 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $185,615,819 · 193 since 2007, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $125,041,637
- Won without a fresh bid
- 69% of contract value · $128,314,175 · 152 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $8,375,482 · 127 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $219,421 · Emily N Van Ingen, Deputy Director
- HPD housing capital financed
- $6,500,000 · via 990 Schedule R
- Based in
- Brooklyn, NY
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education 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).
- COMPASS programs in public schools - Middle Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278801698 $13,935,393
- Train and Earn RFP Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258806207 $10,952,550
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800327 $3,445,745
- FY27 Beacon ACS NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278800729 $2,638,035
- FY27 Beacon Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278800765 $2,588,040
- FY25 Renewal of Community School Services - R1191 Department of Education · CT104020258804304 $1,985,546
- FY26 CRED NAQ Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268804192 $1,982,625
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800390 $1,979,481
- FY25 Renewal of Community School Services - R1191 Department of Education · CT104020258804098 $1,945,500
- Student Support Services Department of Education · MA104020249477335 $1,632,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- P.S. 065 OST · DYCD · FY2013 $400,000
- P.S. 65 LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE Out of School Time Restoration · DYCD · FY2014 $400,000
- YouthBuild Project Initiative YouthBuild Project Initiative · DYCD · FY2021 $307,000
- YouthBuild Project Initiative YouthBuild Project Initiative · DYCD · FY2022 $305,000
- YouthBuild Project Initiative YouthBuild Project Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $305,000
- Intermediate School 171 - Abraham Lincoln School OST · DYCD · FY2013 $182,000
- I.S. 171 ABRAHAM LINCOLN SCHOOL Out of School Time Restoration · DYCD · FY2014 $182,000
- YouthBuild Project Initiative YouthBuild Project Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $150,000
- YouthBuild Project Initiative YouthBuild Project Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $150,000
- Access to Food and Nutritional Education Access to Food and Nutritional Education · DYCD · FY2020 $145,000
- Access to Food and Nutritional Education Access to Food and Nutritional Education · DYCD · FY2021 $145,000
- Access to Healthy Food and Nutritional Education Access to Healthy Food and Nutritional Education · DYCD · FY2022 $145,000
- Access to Healthy Food and Nutritional Education Access to Healthy Food and Nutritional Education · DYCD · FY2023 $145,000
- Access to Healthy Food and Nutritional Education Access to Healthy Food and Nutritional Education · DYCD · FY2024 $145,000
- Access to Healthy Food and Nutritional Education Access to Healthy Food and Nutritional Education · DYCD · FY2025 $145,000
- Access to Healthy Food and Nutritional Education Access to Healthy Food and Nutritional Education · DYCD · FY2026 $145,000
- Access to Healthy Food and Nutritional Education Access to Healthy Food and Nutritional Education · DYCD · FY2027 $145,000
- Communities for Healthy Food Communities for Healthy Food · DYCD · FY2016 $125,000
- Access to Food and Nutritional Education Access to Food and Nutritional Education · DYCD · FY2017 $125,000
- Access to Food and Nutritional Education Access to Food and Nutritional Education · DYCD · FY2018 $125,000
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 · 23 awards $482,500
- Chris Banks FY2024-2027 · 13 awards $300,000
- D. Diaz FY2020-2021 · 3 awards $120,000
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.
- Emily N Van Ingen Deputy Director $219,421
- Michelle Neugebauer Executive Director $210,554
- Gaudi Polanco-Mendoza Chief Financial Officer $155,401
- Joseph Brown III Chief Human Resource Officer/Director. Of Facilities $143,287
- Tania Rivera Director Of Planning And Development $136,169
- Erica Oquendo Division Director Of Yfs $129,904
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +16% 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.
- FY2020 Michelle Neugebauer · 5.99% of revenue $211,550
- FY2021 Michelle Neugebauer · 4.27% of revenue $208,548
- FY2022 Emily N Van Ingen · 4.89% of revenue $214,025
- FY2023 Emily N Van Ingen · 3.83% of revenue $219,421
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 Labor 17.274 YouthBuild · Employment and Training Administration · Grant $1,500,000
- Department of Education 84.044 TRIO Talent Search · Department of Education · Grant $1,420,160
- Department of Education 84.044 TRIO Talent Search · Department of Education · Grant $1,297,618
- Department of Agriculture 10.935 Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Grants Program (UAIP) · Natural Resources Conservation Service · Grant $290,337