I Challenge Myself Inc.
City-funded organization
I Challenge Myself 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 (active)
- $6,353,100 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $6,896,637 · 14 since 2012, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $690,877
- Won without a fresh bid
- 4% of contract value · $267,677 · 10 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $22,000 · 5 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 4 years (FY2014–FY2019); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $122,500 · Quentin Ball, Executive Director
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- 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).
- COMPASS Programs in Public Schools - Middle Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278801444 $6,353,100
- Providing youth development through endurance bicycling Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201404341 · ended 2023 $180,600
- School Wellness Services - Component 1 Department of Education · MA104020199979846 · ended 2024 $142,500
- To focus on youth development through endurance bicycling. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020171411131 · ended 2019 $108,360
- 210010B COMPASS Explore Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020240000121 · ended 2024 $46,077
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020173070947 · ended 2017 $25,000
- Cycling smarts Program Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620151403422 · ended 2014 $7,000
- To support Cycling Smart programming and bike tour. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191419307 · ended 2019 $7,000
- (ICM) IS WORKING TO RE-ENERGIZE AND RE-IMAGINE PHYSICAL ED. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620161426266 · ended 2016 $5,000
- Purchase of Bike Tune-ups Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620131422351 · ended 2013 $5,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local DYCD · FY2014 $5,000
- College Bike Tour DYCD · FY2017 $5,000
- Local DYCD · FY2018 $5,000
- College Bike Tour DYCD · FY2019 $3,500
- Cycling Smarts DYCD · FY2019 $3,500
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.
- Quentin Ball Executive Director $122,500
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +60% 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 Ana Reyes · 11.51% of revenue $76,489
- FY2021 Ana Reyes · 12.39% of revenue $73,127
- FY2022 Ana Reyes · 13.3% of revenue $84,310
- FY2023 Quentin Ball · 25.79% of revenue $120,000
- FY2024 Quentin Ball · 24.42% of revenue $122,500
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 Health and Human Services 93.137 Community Programs to Improve Minority Health · Office of Assistant Secretary for Health · Grant $800,000