Girl Be Heard Institute
City-funded organization
Girl Be Heard Institute, City-funded organization. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Standardized Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $1,705,121 awarded since 2014
- Paid to date
- $1,702,747
- Won without a fresh bid
- 99% of contract value · $1,695,652 · 12 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $3,048,277 · 178 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2014 (14 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $153,449 · Cynthia Renta, Executive Director
Holds contracts at
- Department of Cultural Affairs 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).
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620201424428 · ended 2020 $200,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620191420512 · ended 2019 $200,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620181419508 · ended 2018 $200,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620171419292 · ended 2017 $200,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620161414747 · ended 2016 $200,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620191414183 · ended 2019 $150,852
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620201416838 · ended 2020 $143,700
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620211423404 · ended 2021 $140,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620151427423 · ended 2015 $120,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620181419373 · ended 2018 $111,600
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2019 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2020 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2017 $75,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2018 $75,000
- Local DCLA · FY2015 $50,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2016 $50,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2021 $50,000
- Cultural Immigrant Initiative Cultural Immigrant Initiative · DCLA · FY2019 $25,000
- Tremont United Methodist Church CM Torres · Cultural Immigrant Initiative · DCLA · FY2020 $25,000
- Tremont United Methodist Church CM Feliz · Cultural Immigrant Initiative · DCLA · FY2021 $25,000
- Brooklyn Preparatory High School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- Public School 79M Horan School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- Humanities Preparatory Academy Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- New Design Middle School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- Dr. Susan McKinney Secondary School (13K, 265) Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- IS 240 Andries Hudde Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- Humanities Preparatory Academy Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2016 $20,000
- Brooklyn Preparatory High School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2016 $20,000
- P.S. 75 Horan School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2016 $20,000
- MS 118 William W. Niles Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2016 $20,000
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.
- Farah N. Louis FY2020-2027 · 22 awards $349,000
- Lincoln Restler FY2022-2027 · 11 awards $120,500
- Alexa Avilés FY2021-2026 · 6 awards $120,000
- Crystal Hudson FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $120,000
- Stephen Levin FY2020-2021 · 8 awards $111,000
- Erik Bottcher FY2022-2026 · 5 awards $100,000
- Ritchie Torres FY2020 · 3 awards $65,000
- Jennifer Gutiérrez FY2025-2027 · 3 awards $60,000
- Althea V. Stevens FY2022-2023 · 3 awards $45,000
- Cumbo FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Johnson FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Jordan FY2022-2023 · 2 awards $40,000
- Vanessa Gibson FY2020-2021 · 3 awards $30,000
- Perkins FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $25,000
- Oswald J. Feliz FY2021 · 1 award $25,000
- Yusef Salaam FY2024-2025 · 2 awards $25,000
- Menchaca FY2020 · 1 award $20,000
- Amanda C. Farías FY2024 · 1 award $20,000
- Carl Wilson FY2027 · 1 award $20,000
- Lander FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2024). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Cynthia Renta Executive Director $153,449
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +20% from FY2020 to FY2024. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Chiwoniso Kaitano · 9.02% of revenue $127,826
- FY2021 Chiwoniso Kaitano · 13.94% of revenue $115,852
- FY2022 Chiwoniso Kaitano · 22.05% of revenue $121,211
- FY2023 Nella Mupier · 27.43% of revenue $134,683
- FY2024 Cynthia Renta · 25.14% of revenue $153,449
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 State 19.040 Public Diplomacy Programs · Department of State · Grant $20,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $15,000