Flatbush Development Corporation

City-funded organization

Flatbush Development Corporation is a Brooklyn-based 501(c)(3) community development corporation that, per its own site, runs youth after-school and summer programs, housing preservation and tenant assistance, and small business support in the Flatbush neighborhood. The NYC Department of Youth and Community Development and Department of Housing Preservation and Development have funded it every year since FY2009, including active contracts such as "FY27 Cornerstone Community Centers NAE" ($4,583,794) and the RFP-awarded "Partners in Preservation - CENTRAL BROOKLYN" ($4,531,250), plus discretionary funding from council members including Farah N. Louis and Rita C. Joseph. The city has awarded it $53 million all time, with 76% of contract value awarded without a fresh competitive bid, and its executive director, Robin Redmond, was paid $158,217 in FY2023.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$16,547,633 · 4 contracts
Awarded all-time
$56,355,818 · 86 since 2008, incl. expired
Paid to date
$38,211,660
Won without a fresh bid
72% of contract value · $40,409,262 · 76 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$4,025,524 · 132 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$158,217 · Robin Redmond, Executive Director
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 +111% 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.

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.

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

Sources