United Activities Unlimited, Inc.

City-funded organization

United Activities Unlimited, Inc. is a Staten Island nonprofit, incorporated in 1977, that runs afterschool, Beacon/Cornerstone community center, workforce development, prevention, and family/fatherhood programs for youth and families. It holds $100 million in active NYC contracts as of August 2026 (99 contracts, $181.4 million awarded since 2012, 80% without a fresh bid) with the Department of Youth and Community Development and Administration for Children's Services, plus $2.9 million in City Council discretionary awards since FY2009; its Executive Director, Steven Matteo, is a former City Council member (District 50) who sponsored discretionary funding to the organization while in office before joining it as Executive Director in 2022, and it continues to receive Council discretionary money from Staten Island members and the Speaker.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$100,005,893 · 20 contracts
Awarded all-time
$232,572,532 · 103 since 2012, incl. expired
Paid to date
$138,287,509
Won without a fresh bid
66% of contract value · $153,530,424 · 81 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$3,087,214 · 87 awards
Funding history
Funded 18 years (FY2009–FY2027), including each of the last 6
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$383,018 · Steve Matteo, Executive Director
Council connection
Steven Matteo, Executive Director (FY2023 filing); former Council member

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 +51% 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.

Council connections

Left the Council at the end of 2021 and became Executive Director of United Activities Unlimited, a Staten Island nonprofit he had sponsored discretionary funding for while in office. The organization continues to receive discretionary money from Staten Island members and the Speaker. Role and pay

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