Making Books Sing, Inc.
City-funded organization
Making Books Sing, Inc., City-funded organization. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Professional Services
- City contracts (active)
- $360,000 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $3,066,500 · 20 since 2008, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $2,272,408
- Won without a fresh bid
- 16% of contract value · $486,500 · 11 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,408,500 · 103 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 18 years (FY2009–FY2027), including each of the last 17
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $139,968 · Cathy Hung, Executive Director.
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education 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).
- Arts Education Services Department of Education · MA104020259577641 $360,000
- ARTS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES Department of Education · MA104020099975833 · ended 2013 $1,250,000
- Arts Education Services Department of Education · MA104020209078785 · ended 2024 $600,000
- Arts Education Services Department of Education · MA104020149473987 · ended 2018 $580,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020203028631 · ended 2020 $25,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020193098239 · ended 2019 $25,000
- 3 BIDS-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020193084306 · ended 2019 $25,000
- COMPETITIVE GRANT-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020193059682 · ended 2019 $25,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020193059525 · ended 2019 $25,000
- FMS INTEGRATION Department of Education · CT104020183095189 · ended 2019 $25,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2024 $70,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2025 $70,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2026 $70,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2027 $70,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2023 $65,000
- PS 177Q Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2012 $20,000
- Public School 110 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2013 $20,000
- PS 214Q Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2013 $20,000
- PS 120Q Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2014 $20,000
- PS 161 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- P.S. 116 Mary Lindley Murray Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- PS 120Q Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- P.S. 116 Mary Lindley Murray Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2016 $20,000
- Public School 161 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2016 $20,000
- P.S. 116 Mary Lindley Murray Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- Public School 161 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- Public School 24Q Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- P.S. 161 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2018 $20,000
- Public School 134Q Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2018 $20,000
- PS 134Q Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2019 $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.
- Adams FY2020-2025 · 10 awards $200,000
- Sandra Ung FY2022-2025 · 8 awards $100,000
- James F. Gennaro FY2025-2027 · 3 awards $60,000
- Koo FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $50,000
- Miller FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Nantasha M. Williams FY2024-2027 · 4 awards $40,000
- Lynn C. Schulman FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $30,000
- Rose FY2020 · 1 award $20,000
- Yusef Salaam FY2025 · 2 awards $15,000
- Koslowitz FY2020 · 1 award $2,500
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.
- Cathy Hung Executive Director. $139,968
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +33% 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 Andrew Frank · 8.89% of revenue $105,398
- FY2021 Andrew Frank · 8.68% of revenue $123,830
- FY2022 Melanie Weinraub · 1.44% of revenue $25,913
- FY2023 Cathy Hung · 5.46% of revenue $115,029
- FY2024 Cathy Hung · 8.49% of revenue $139,968