Diaspora Community Services, Inc.

City-funded organization

Diaspora Community Services, Inc. is a Brooklyn nonprofit, headquartered on East New York Avenue in Crown Heights per its own site, founded in 1981 to provide shelter, case management, and health programs for homeless and at-risk New Yorkers, including a runaway and homeless youth transitional living program. It holds $36.1 million in active NYC contracts as of August 2026 and has been awarded $44 million across 31 registered contracts since 2010 ($28 million paid to date), funded through the Departments of Youth and Community Development, Social Services, Homeless Services, and Health and Mental Hygiene. Its two largest contracts, a combined $28 million for Department of Homeless Services shelter operations at the Atlantic and Hamilton sites, were both awarded as emergency, non-competitive contracts. Per the site's own metric, 96% of the organization's contract dollar value ($43 million) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid. It has also received $2.9 million in City Council discretionary funding across 70 awards, funded every year since FY2009, and its CEO Carine Jocelyn was paid $213,011 in FY2023 per the organization's IRS Form 990.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$36,075,147 · 4 contracts
Awarded all-time
$77,125,580 · 32 since 2010, incl. expired
Paid to date
$32,986,778
Won without a fresh bid
55% of contract value · $42,585,773 · 29 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$3,275,105 · 75 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$213,011 · Carine Jocelyn, CEO
Based in
Brooklyn, NY

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 +133% 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.

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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