Department of Cultural Affairs: Vendor Payments

Department of Cultural Affairs's five largest vendors account for 37.4% of its tracked spending. Its vendor payments rose 14.2% year over year.

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All recorded dates

$4,591,248,492total paid
82,980payments
2,988vendors
Jan 6, 2010 – Jun 30, 2025first / last payment
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Jan 6, 2010 to Jun 30, 2025 · All recorded fiscal years

Showing 5 of 37 positive suppliers in these records.

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The relationships at a glance

Total shown
$1,518,523,464.76
Payments represented
3,298
Suppliers shown
5
Largest share of agency total
20.3%

Largest displayed relationship: New York City Economic Development Corporation. Select a flow to explore its details.

Jan 6, 2010 to Jun 30, 2025 · All recorded fiscal years. Amount and payment count cover the relationships shown; shares use the full agency total.

Paying agency

Department of Cultural Affairs

$1,518,523,465to the suppliers shown

Department of Cultural Affairs
$1,518,523,465 to the suppliers shown

  1. Government payee$930,027,28020.3% of agency total
  2. $236,317,9005.1% of agency total
  3. $198,169,6144.3% of agency total
  4. $88,361,3861.9% of agency total
  5. $65,647,2851.4% of agency total

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Top vendors by total payments

Jan 6, 2010 to Jun 30, 2025 · All recorded dates

#VendorPaymentsTotal
1New York City Economic Development Corporation2,079$930,027,280
2Metropolitan Museum of Art350$236,317,900
3American Museum of Natural History370$198,169,614
4The New York Botanical Garden238$88,361,386
5The Studio Museum in Harl Em Inc.261$65,647,285
6Culture Shed Inc12$42,092,934
7New York Shakespeare Festival279$38,235,654
8C&L Contracting Corp625$38,080,991
9Rockmore Contracting Corp687$37,924,887
10Queens Botanical Garden Society (the) Inc268$33,993,707
11Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden Inc262$32,359,037
12Volmar Construction Inc439$32,072,163
13Shed Nyc Inc43$31,172,888
14Signature Theatre Company Inc.110$28,787,730
15Queens Theatre in the Park259$25,935,300
16New York Hall of Science242$24,412,895
17Ew Howell Co LLC301$21,203,227
18Awl Industries Inc573$20,310,100
19Wave Hill Incorporated211$19,530,126
20Queens Museum of Art265$19,523,776
21Hill International Inc.161$18,597,760
23N.s.p. Enterprises, Inc.108$18,341,794
25American Museum of the Moving Image252$18,208,561
26East Harlem Arts & Education Local Dev. Corp.181$17,856,030
27Jobco Incorporated304$16,764,168
29XBR Inc.190$14,971,386
31Admiral Construction LLC219$14,839,281
35E-J Electric Installation Company36$13,334,055
37Pen Enterprises, Inc.85$12,829,210
38Seventh Regiment Armory Conservancy, Inc36$12,677,696
42Caddell Drydock & Repair, Co.,77$11,133,661
43Dormitory Authority State of Ny6$10,869,000
45Neelam Construction Corp138$10,590,526
46Sharan Builders Inc92$10,527,311
47Bqe Industries Inc150$10,438,338
48S & N Builders, Inc.143$9,958,564
50Interphase Electric Corporation382$9,574,766

Recent payments

DateVendorAmountCategoryMethod
Jun 30, 2025Jobco Incorporated$728.10CONSTRUCTION-BUILDINGSCapital Contracts
Jun 30, 2025Cde Air Conditioning Co Inc$25,000.00CONSTRUCTION-BUILDINGSCapital Contracts
Jun 30, 2025American Friends of Chicken Shed Inc$8,000.00PAY TO CULTURAL INSTITUTIONSContracts
Jun 30, 2025Cde Air Conditioning Co Inc$24,249.30CONSTRUCTION-BUILDINGSCapital Contracts
Jun 30, 2025Association for Cultural Equity$8,000.00PAY TO CULTURAL INSTITUTIONSContracts
Jun 30, 2025Cde Air Conditioning Co Inc$19,850.00CONSTRUCTION-BUILDINGSCapital Contracts
Jun 30, 2025Nandinee Phookan Architect P C$34,829.79DESIGN-CONSULTANT-BUILDINGSCapital Contracts
Jun 30, 2025The School of Making Thinking Inc$14,000.00PAY TO CULTURAL INSTITUTIONSContracts
Jun 30, 2025Cde Air Conditioning Co Inc$11,149.00CONSTRUCTION-BUILDINGSCapital Contracts
Jun 30, 2025Tetra Tech Engineers Architects & Landscape Architects PC$9,793.38DESIGN-CONSULTANT-BUILDINGSCapital Contracts
Jun 30, 2025Threshold Dance Projects Inc$8,000.00PAY TO CULTURAL INSTITUTIONSContracts
Jun 30, 2025Cde Air Conditioning Co Inc$500.00CONSTRUCTION-BUILDINGSCapital Contracts
Jun 30, 2025Cde Air Conditioning Co Inc$3,506.05CONSTRUCTION-BUILDINGSCapital Contracts
Jun 30, 2025Individual payee (name withheld)$306,175.90PAYMENTS TO CULTURAL INSTITUTNContracts
Jun 30, 2025Liro Program and Construction Management Pe PC$4,032.00IOTB CONSTRUCTIONCapital Contracts
Jun 30, 2025Tetra Tech Engineers Architects & Landscape Architects PC$5,872.49DESIGN-CONSULTANT-BUILDINGSCapital Contracts
Jun 30, 2025Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet Inc$16,000.00PAY TO CULTURAL INSTITUTIONSContracts
Jun 30, 2025Cde Air Conditioning Co Inc$532.10CONSTRUCTION-BUILDINGSCapital Contracts
Jun 30, 2025Cde Air Conditioning Co Inc$10,556.50CONSTRUCTION-BUILDINGSCapital Contracts
Jun 30, 2025Urban Archive Inc$26,265.00PAY TO CULTURAL INSTITUTIONSContracts
Jun 30, 2025The Lighthouse Opera Company$14,000.00PAY TO CULTURAL INSTITUTIONSContracts
Jun 30, 2025Cde Air Conditioning Co Inc$10,343.50CONSTRUCTION-BUILDINGSCapital Contracts
Jun 30, 2025Cde Air Conditioning Co Inc$6,250.00CONSTRUCTION-BUILDINGSCapital Contracts
Jun 30, 2025Cde Air Conditioning Co Inc$13,016.45CONSTRUCTION-BUILDINGSCapital Contracts
Jun 30, 2025Arquitectonica New York PC$8,098.78DESIGN-CONSULTANT-BUILDINGSCapital Contracts

VerifiedData refreshed Sep 24, 2026 from Checkbook NYC (checkbooknyc.com): 38,060,921 payments on record, Dec 22, 2009 to Jun 30, 2025. How we verify this data