Vendor · #2579 by total payments to the State of Delaware

Black Star Security INC

Black Star Security INC has been paid $1.1 million by the State of Delaware since FY2018, primarily through Dept of Education's Thomas A Edison Charter School division.

-12% vs FY25Recent payments
$1.1M
total payments · FY18–FY26
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Jul 14, 2017First payment
Jun 25, 2026Last payment
528Payments
0Documents
4Programs
3Agencies

Relationships

Programs

ProgramAgencyAmountYears
Thomas A Edison Charter School Dept of Education $1,109,022 FY18–FY26
New Castle County Elections Dept of Elections $4,333 FY18–FY26
State Election Commissioner Dept of Elections $1,140 FY18–FY26
Delaware Economic Development Dept of State $200 FY18–FY26

Money

Where it goes
By category
Security
$898K
Other Professional Service
$217K
Grants
$200
Which pot of money
Thomas A Edison General
$755K
General Fund
$3K
By fiscal year
FY18$99K
FY19$107K
FY20$87K
FY21$63K
FY22$116K
FY23$112K
FY24$164K
FY25$195K
FY26$171K
State credit-card purchases $10K · 3 years
Fiscal yearAmountTransactions
FY18$4,6823
FY19$4,0953
FY20$1,2901
Who swipes, and for what
DepartmentCategoryAmountTransactions
Thomas A Edison Charter SchoolDetectve-Protectve Agncy... $10,0677

Source: state employee credit-card dataset, matched by merchant name. FY2025 is missing from the state portal.

How the spending is booked 2 account lines
AccountAmountLine items
Security$755,370316
Other Professional Service$3,2334

Fund and account lines come from the expenditure-detail dataset (source ↗), which itemizes payments at a finer grain than the checkbook.

Yearly totals — full table 9 fiscal years
Fiscal yearTotalChecks
FY18$98,73447
FY19$107,25554
FY20$87,12549
FY21$62,97858
FY22$115,96054
FY23$112,49755
FY24$163,70669
FY25$195,30785
FY26$171,13457
Browse every payment 528 checks →
Recent payments latest 15 checks
DateDepartmentCategoryAmount
Jun 25, 2026 Dept of EducationSecurity $2,747
Jun 24, 2026 Dept of EducationSecurity $2,430
Jun 15, 2026 Dept of EducationSecurity $2,336
Jun 9, 2026 Dept of EducationSecurity $3,078
Jun 3, 2026 Dept of EducationSecurity $3,551
Jun 1, 2026 Dept of EducationSecurity $3,726
May 18, 2026 Dept of EducationSecurity $3,969
May 18, 2026 Dept of EducationSecurity $115
May 12, 2026 Dept of EducationSecurity $3,861
May 5, 2026 Dept of EducationSecurity $3,625
Apr 29, 2026 Dept of EducationSecurity $4,032
Apr 20, 2026 Dept of EducationSecurity $3,814
Apr 13, 2026 Dept of EducationSecurity $1,971
Apr 13, 2026 Dept of EducationSecurity $3,424
Mar 31, 2026 Dept of EducationSecurity $4,280

Source: State of Delaware checkbook · synced 2026-07-25. Open source dataset ↗

Source datasets

State checkbook (payments) · synced 2026-07-25 data.delaware.gov/d/5s6n-7hpx ↗