Grow Brooklyn Inc
City-funded organization
Grow Brooklyn 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 · $6,044,179 awarded since 2016
- Paid to date
- $5,288,072
- Won without a fresh bid
- 89% of contract value · $5,362,415 · 6 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $125,000 · 6 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 3 years (FY2020–FY2022); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $154,333 · Samira Rajan, Board Member
Holds contracts at
- Department of Consumer Affairs City agency
- Department of Consumer & Worker Protection City agency
- Housing Preservation and 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).
- Annual Tax Season Initiative Renewal Department of Consumer & Worker Protection · CT186620238807083 · ended 2026 $4,002,415
- NYC Annual Tax Season Initiative Department of Consumer & Worker Protection · CT186620200002707 · ended 2022 $1,245,000
- NYC ANNUAL TAX SEASON - GROW BROOKLYN Department of Consumer Affairs · CT186620171420945 · ended 2019 $681,764
- For provision of housing and tenant support services. Housing Preservation and Development · CT180620258807545 · ended 2022 $100,000
- Provision of Housing Related Services Housing Preservation and Development · CT180620228807606 · ended 2022 $5,000
- Funds will be used to support counseling and Housing Preservation and Development · CT180620228805778 · ended 2021 $5,000
- Provides Housing Related Services Housing Preservation and Development · CT180620201410818 · ended 2020 $5,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Foreclosure Prevention Programs Foreclosure Prevention Programs · HPD · FY2022 $100,000
- Local CM Ampry-Samuel · HPD · FY2020 $5,000
- Local CM Deutsch · DYCD · FY2020 $5,000
- Local CM Ampry-Samuel · HPD · FY2021 $5,000
- Local CM Deutsch · DYCD · FY2021 $5,000
- Council District 41 CM Mealy · HPD · FY2022 $5,000
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.
- Ampry-Samuel FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Deutsch FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Darlene Mealy FY2022 · 1 award $5,000
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.
- Samira Rajan Board Member $154,333
- Charles Harris Director of Legal $103,669
- Makeela Brathwaite Executive Director. $91,972
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +191% 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 Makeela Brathwaite · 6.01% of revenue $67,802
- FY2021 Makeela Brathwaite · 5.13% of revenue $67,802
- FY2022 Makeela Brathwaite · 5.62% of revenue $85,172
- FY2023 Charles Harris · 13.17% of revenue $103,669
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 the Treasury 21.009 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program · Internal Revenue Service · Grant $152,100
- Department of the Treasury 21.009 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program · Internal Revenue Service · Grant $103,804