Room to Grow National, Inc.
City-funded organization
Room to Grow National, 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 · $1,051,582 awarded since 2018
- Paid to date
- $557,507
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $1,051,582 · 6 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,196,832 · 15 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2019 (9 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $248,951 · Akilah King, CEO
Holds contracts at
- 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).
- To support the Room to Grow program Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268807709 · ended 2026 $711,750
- Support parenting education material Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258804612 · ended 2023 $169,000
- Support parenting education material. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258802879 · ended 2022 $71,111
- Fund will support parenting education. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228801064 · ended 2021 $71,110
- Funds to support babies and family living in poverty. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201419053 · ended 2020 $21,111
- To fund educational support for babies and families Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191416465 · ended 2019 $7,500
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2024 $200,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2025 $200,000
- Healthy Beginnings (Formerly Child Health and Wellness and Maternal and Child Health Services) Healthy Beginnings (Formerly Child Health and Wellness and Maternal and Child Health Services) · DYCD · FY2026 $200,000
- Healthy Beginnings Healthy Beginnings · Dhmh · FY2027 $200,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $150,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2021 $50,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2022 $50,000
- Family Support CM Manhattan Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DYCD · FY2020 $21,111
- Family Support CM Manhattan Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DYCD · FY2022 $21,111
- Family Support CM Manhattan Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DYCD · FY2021 $21,110
- Boroughwide Needs Initiative CM Manhattan Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $19,000
- Room to Grow CM Manhattan Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $19,000
- Boroughwide Needs Initiative CM Manhattan Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $19,000
- Boroughwide Needs Initiative CM Manhattan Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $19,000
- Youth Youth · DYCD · FY2019 $7,500
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.
- Akilah King CEO $248,951
- Erin Hill Chief External Engagement Officer $165,736
- Sandra P Medeiros Executive Director - New York $160,145
- April Beakley Director, National Operati $140,149
- Oneda Horne Executive Director - Boston $134,190
- Joanna Groccia Director, Program Operatio $132,852
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +29% 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 Allyson Crawford · 18.85% of revenue $230,288
- FY2021 Akilah King · 13.14% of revenue $204,947
- FY2022 Akilah King · 20.85% of revenue $209,819
- FY2023 Akilah King · 7.21% of revenue $248,951