Girls Write Now, Inc.
City-funded organization
Girls Write Now, 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 · $1,472,800 awarded since 2014
- Paid to date
- $1,285,896
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $1,472,800 · 10 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,504,800 · 13 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2015 (13 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $175,000 · Maya Nussbaum, Executive Director
Holds contracts at
- 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).
- Support (STARS) Initiative offers of afterschool programming Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258803780 · ended 2026 $480,000
- The Sports Training and Role models for Success Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248802500 · ended 2023 $128,000
- The Sports Training / Role model for Success (STARS) program Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238801864 · ended 2022 $128,000
- Provides mentoring programs to HS girls. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201409954 · ended 2020 $128,000
- The Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228801514 · ended 2021 $108,800
- Funding to support HS girls after-school wellness programs Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191409841 · ended 2019 $100,000
- To support afterschool programming for school aged girls Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020181417868 · ended 2018 $100,000
- afterschool programming promoting physical activity Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020181405192 · ended 2017 $100,000
- To provide a restoration of $1 million from Fiscal 2015. The Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020161426090 · ended 2016 $100,000
- Fund middle school and high school girls acedemic enrichment Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020161406392 · ended 2015 $100,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative · DYCD · FY2020 $128,000
- Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative · DYCD · FY2022 $128,000
- Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $128,000
- Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $128,000
- Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $128,000
- Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $128,000
- Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $128,000
- Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative · DYCD · FY2021 $108,800
- Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative · DYCD · FY2015 $100,000
- Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative · DYCD · FY2016 $100,000
- Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative · DYCD · FY2017 $100,000
- Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative · DYCD · FY2018 $100,000
- Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative Sports Training and Rolemodels for Success (STARS) Initiative · DYCD · FY2019 $100,000
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.
- Maya Nussbaum Executive Director $175,000
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +24% 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 Maya Nussbaum · 11.15% of revenue $141,320
- FY2021 Maya Nussbaum · 8.02% of revenue $155,384
- FY2022 Maya Nussbaum · 7.93% of revenue $175,000
- FY2023 Maya Nussbaum · 7.23% of revenue $175,000
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
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $25,000