QSAC, Inc.

City-funded organization

QSAC, Inc. (Quality Services for the Autism Community) is a New York City and Long Island nonprofit, founded in 1978, that provides applied-behavior-analysis-based services to children and adults with autism, including early intervention, preschool, school, after-school, in-home, and adult supportive-living and skill-development programs, per its own site. In New York City it holds contracts with the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; a historic $15,000,000 "PRE-K CHILDREN WITH DISABILITY." contract with DOE (ended 2012) was awarded under a government/legal mandate, and its recurring "4410-Enhancement" contracts were awarded as renewals or negotiated non-competitive awards. Since 2007 the city has awarded QSAC $31,664,741 across 67 contracts, 99% of contract value awarded without a fresh competitive bid, and City Council members have steered $3,439,443 in discretionary "Autism Awareness" and related funding to it across 168 awards since FY2009. Its most recent IRS Form 990 (FY2023) reports President and COO Cory Polshansky, its highest-paid officer, at $407,085 and CEO Lisa Veglia at $396,516 in reportable compensation.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$126,240 · 2 contracts
Awarded all-time
$31,664,741 · 67 since 2007, incl. expired
Paid to date
$13,209,726
Won without a fresh bid
99% of contract value · $31,399,741 · 52 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$3,439,443 · 168 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2015 (13 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$407,085 · Cory Polshansky, President And COO
Based in
New York, NY

Holds contracts at

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).

Discretionary funding received

City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.

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.

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.

Officer pay over time

Total officer pay changed +7% 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.

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

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