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Urban Alchemy

Vendor code V00000978689 · investigation view
Total paid (in snapshot)
$6,707,030
16 checks across 2 fund types
Cadence
Feb 7, 2025 → Dec 29, 2025
≈ a check every 22 days (the “drip”)
Traceable to a contract/agreement
$6,707,030
Direct / untraceable
$0 (0%)

Formal procurement records

No currently-active master agreement in the city’s Active Contracts dataset names this vendor. That’s common and doesn’t mean the money is untracked — large payments are often made via delivery orders under a master agreement that has since expired (the city only publishes active ones), by a joint-venture / related legal entity different from the contracting firm, or they’re a transfer, debt-service, grant, or direct disbursement with no procurement contract at all. To chase the scope, search Austin Finance Online Contracts and the Council records for “Urban Alchemy” using the links below.

How the City books these payments

The City department & division that cut these checks — this is why one vendor can show up under several programs and funds (each program on the Overview is a department).

DepartmentDivisionAmount · checks
Homeless Strategy OfficeSocial Service Grants - HSO$3,726,113 · 8
Austin Public HealthSocial Services Contracts$2,422,655 · 4
Austin Public HealthHomelessness$558,263 · 4

Verify at the source

Every check to this vendor (raw checkbook feed) →
City checkbook dataset (8c6z-qnmj) →
Austin Finance Online — search solicitations / contracts →
Search City Council records for “Urban Alchemy” →

Reading the source-doc column below: a CT number is a contract (it links straight to the contract record). A DO (delivery order) is an internal payment reference against a master agreement — those numbers are not searchable in the solicitations portal, so to find the scope, search Austin Finance Online by vendor name (“Urban Alchemy”) under Contracts, or use the Council-records search above.

General Fund$6,148,767 · 12 checks

DateAmountFund / purposeSource doc
Dec 29, 2025$194,171General FundFamily and Social ServicesHomeless Strategy Office › Social Service Grants - HSODO 25010705046
Dec 16, 2025$464,131General FundFamily and Social ServicesHomeless Strategy Office › Social Service Grants - HSODO 25061210866
Sep 26, 2025$551,456General FundFamily and Social ServicesHomeless Strategy Office › Social Service Grants - HSODO 25061210866
Sep 10, 2025$555,523General FundFamily and Social ServicesHomeless Strategy Office › Social Service Grants - HSODO 25061210866
Aug 19, 2025$609,807General FundFamily and Social ServicesHomeless Strategy Office › Social Service Grants - HSODO 25061210866
Aug 7, 2025$599,023General FundFamily and Social ServicesHomeless Strategy Office › Social Service Grants - HSODO 25061210866
Jun 30, 2025$555,658General FundFamily and Social ServicesHomeless Strategy Office › Social Service Grants - HSODO 25061210866
Jun 27, 2025$196,343General FundFamily and Social ServicesHomeless Strategy Office › Social Service Grants - HSODO 25061210866
Jun 27, 2025$375,404General FundFamily and Social ServicesAustin Public Health › Social Services ContractsDO 24020806139
Apr 11, 2025$592,864General FundFamily and Social ServicesAustin Public Health › Social Services ContractsDO 24020806139
Mar 11, 2025$739,735General FundFamily and Social ServicesAustin Public Health › Social Services ContractsDO 24020806139
Feb 7, 2025$714,652General FundFamily and Social ServicesAustin Public Health › Social Services ContractsDO 24020806139

Grants (federal/state)$558,263 · 4 checks

DateAmountFund / purposeSource doc
Nov 19, 2025$119,328ARP-Coronavirus State & Local Fiscal Recovery FundFamily and Social ServicesAustin Public Health › HomelessnessDO 24121704553
Sep 24, 2025$106,627ARP-Coronavirus State & Local Fiscal Recovery FundFamily and Social ServicesAustin Public Health › HomelessnessDO 24121704553
Jun 17, 2025$113,915ARP-Coronavirus State & Local Fiscal Recovery FundFamily and Social ServicesAustin Public Health › HomelessnessDO 24121704553
Feb 25, 2025$218,393ARP-Coronavirus State & Local Fiscal Recovery FundFamily and Social ServicesAustin Public Health › HomelessnessDO 22111702593

Scope: checks in the current snapshot (2026-07-28) at or above the snapshot’s minimum size. For this vendor’s complete payment history, use the raw checkbook feed linked above.