Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens Inc

City-funded organization

Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens Inc is a youth development nonprofit founded in 1955 that runs after-school and enrichment programs for children ages 6 to 18 from its Astoria, Queens clubhouse and multiple public-school sites, serving over 5,000 young people annually and describing itself as the largest youth development organization in Western Queens. It holds $13 million in active New York City contracts as of August 2026 across five awards, led by a $8.3 million Department of Youth and Community Development "COMPASS Programs in Public Schools - Elementary" award and a $2.6 million DYCD "FY27 Beacon Program NAE" award, plus a $1.9 million Department of Education community school services renewal and smaller Department for the Aging and Department of Design and Construction awards funded through Council discretionary (member-item) money. Across its full history with the city, 63% of contract value ($18.6 million across 20 contracts) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid, largely through renewals of its DYCD and DOE youth-services agreements. Its Chief Executive Officer, Costa Constantinides, is a former City Council member for District 22 who resigned his seat in April

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$13,024,012 · 5 contracts
Awarded all-time
$29,350,970 · 25 since 2015, incl. expired
Paid to date
$15,301,877
Won without a fresh bid
63% of contract value · $18,602,367 · 20 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$6,558,226 · 171 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$264,005 · Costa Constantinides, Chief Execut
Council connection
Costa Constantinides, Chief Executive Officer (FY2023 filing); former Council member
Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
15
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$90,000
Also appears as
Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens, Inc.

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 +208% 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

Resigned the Council in April 2021 to become CEO of Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens, an organization he had steered $219,000 in discretionary funding to while in office. Role and pay are from the organization's own 990 filings; the identity was confirmed in press coverage (see sources). No

Community project funding secured by (FY2024)

Members of New York's congressional delegation named as requestors of an enacted FY2024 community project for this organization, in the House Appropriations Committee's own final project tables. Each figure is the amount APPROPRIATED for that project, not money paid out to this organization to date.

What they lobbied on

subjects from their 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

Sources