Urban Strategies Inc

City-funded organization

Urban Strategies, Inc. is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit social service agency that owns and operates over 500 units of affordable housing, three NYC Department of Homeless Services shelters, and youth, education, and hunger-relief programs for underserved New Yorkers. It holds about $69.8 million in active city contracts as of August 2026 (2 contracts) with the Administration for Children's Services, Department of Education, Department of Homeless Services, and Department of Youth and Community Development, out of $230.8 million awarded since 2007; its most recent Form 990 lists Executive Director Pelham Bollers with FY2023 compensation of $204,616.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$69,830,857 · 3 contracts
Awarded all-time
$291,264,193 · 43 since 2007, incl. expired
Paid to date
$167,256,622
Won without a fresh bid
52% of contract value · $152,632,502 · 29 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$26,229 · 2 awards
Funding history
Funded 2 years (FY2009–FY2010); not in FY2027
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$204,616 · Pelham Bollers, Executive Director
Based in
Brooklyn, 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.

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 +137% 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.

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