Jewish Children's Museum
City-funded organization
Jewish Children's Museum, City-funded organization. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Construction Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $8,072,000 awarded since 2007
- Paid to date
- $7,904,866
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $8,072,000 · 21 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $3,185,500 · 108 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $243,683 · Devorah Halberstam, Grant Director
- Based in
- Booklyn, NY
Holds contracts at
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
- Mayoralty 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).
- JEWISH CHILDREN'S MUSEUM-NEW BUILDING, PHASE 5 Department of Design and Construction · CT185020080008450 · ended 2011 $5,013,000
- Funds for interactive children's museum group visits. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248805792 · ended 2026 $1,050,000
- Funds for Museum visits, tours and cultural workshops. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020231400581 · ended 2022 $334,500
- Jewish Children's Museum Security Surveillance Access upgrad Department of Design and Construction · CT185020191429194 · ended 2022 $300,000
- Funds for educational cultural programs in the museum. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201410459 · ended 2020 $237,500
- Support educational and cultural programs in the museum Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238808031 · ended 2023 $230,000
- Support museum tours for public school children. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228800921 · ended 2021 $217,500
- Funds will be used for educational and cultural programs. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191420149 · ended 2019 $109,500
- Funds will be used for educational and cultural programs. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191405206 · ended 2018 $89,500
- Hate Crime Prevention Mayoralty · CT100220201422268 · ended 2020 $77,500
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2022 $150,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $130,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2022 $125,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $110,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2020 $90,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2021 $90,000
- Hate Crimes Prevention Hate Crimes Prevention · MOCJ · FY2020 $77,500
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2020 $75,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2021 $75,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2019 $65,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2018 $50,000
- Hate Crime Prevention Initiative Hate Crime Prevention Initiative · MOCJ · FY2022 $50,000
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.
- Kalman Yeger FY2020-2025 · 14 awards $199,000
- Darlene Mealy FY2022-2027 · 8 awards $140,000
- Crystal Hudson FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $120,000
- Cumbo FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Deutsch FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $38,000
- Inna Vernikov FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $37,000
- Mercedes Narcisse FY2023-2024 · 2 awards $20,000
- Ampry-Samuel FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $16,000
- Eugene FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $13,000
- Rita C. Joseph FY2022 · 1 award $6,500
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.
- Devorah Halberstam Grant Director $243,683
- Yerachmiel Benjaminson Executive Director. $77,090
- Sb Baumgarten Foundation Manager. $52,670
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +85% 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 Devorah Halberstam · 6.16% of revenue $115,385
- FY2021 Devorah Halberstam · 14.25% of revenue $250,000
- FY2022 Devorah Halberstam · 10.1% of revenue $250,000
- FY2023 Devorah Halberstam · 12.18% of revenue $250,000
- FY2024 Devorah Halberstam · 12.7% of revenue $243,683