United Community Schools, Inc.
Lobbying client
A nonprofit created by the United Federation of Teachers that runs the largest network of community schools in New York City, pairing schools with outside partners like health providers and food banks to address students' needs beyond the classroom. It has filed 15 disclosures since 2024, registered citywide across all 51 council districts on the city's FY25 through FY27 expense budgets, and currently holds active city contracts worth about $18.5 million.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbyist firm(s)
- In-house
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $18,641,204 · 5 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $60,304,224 · 21 since 2016, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $42,552,520
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $60,254,224 · 19 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $18,000,000 · 6 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2022 (6 years running)
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Education City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - FY25 Expense Budget
- Budget - FY26 Expense Budget
- Budget - FY27 Expense Budget
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).
- Implementation of the Community School Strategy Department of Education · CT104020259557935 $11,495,000
- FY25 Renewal Community School Services - R1191 Department of Education · CT104020258807290 $1,930,408
- FY25 Renewal Community School Services - R1191 Department of Education · CT104020258807292 $1,809,829
- FY25 Renewal Community School Services - R1191 Department of Education · CT104020258807285 $1,767,746
- FY25 Renewal Community School Services - R1191 Department of Education · CT104020258807291 $1,638,221
- expansion of community school services Department of Education · CT104020239350235 · ended 2023 $11,495,000
- Technical assistance with community school strategy. Department of Education · CT104020259556615 · ended 2024 $9,000,000
- Provide support and technical assistance to schools Department of Education · CT104020209061810 · ended 2019 $3,975,000
- Provide support and technical assistants Department of Education · CT104020219158995 · ended 2020 $3,000,000
- Support Schools Implementing a Community School Strategy Department of Education · CT104020229257945 · ended 2021 $2,000,000
Largest payments, by purpose
The organization's largest individual city payments (roughly $25,000 and up), grouped by purpose, to show what recent money was for. This is NOT a total — smaller payments aren't listed; see “Paid to date” above for the complete amount paid against its contracts. Fiscal years 2020 and later.
- expansion of community school services Department of Education · FY2023 · 3 payments $6,892,685
- Technical assistance with community school strategy. Department of Education · FY2025 $3,000,000
- expansion of community school services Department of Education · FY2024 $2,293,797
- Provide support and technical assistants Department of Education · FY2021 $2,000,000
- Provide support and technical assistance to schools Department of Education · FY2021 $2,000,000
- Support Schools Implementing a Community School Strategy Department of Education · FY2022 $2,000,000
- Community School Services - R1191 Department of Education · FY2023 · 8 payments $1,495,786
- FY25 Renewal Community School Services - R1191 Department of Education · FY2026 · 8 payments $1,321,993
- FY21 City Council Amendment renewal for the United Community Department of Education · FY2022 $1,000,000
- Provide support and technical assistants Department of Education · FY2022 $1,000,000
- Community School Services - R1191 Department of Education · FY2024 · 7 payments $830,748
- Provide support services in community schools Department of Education · FY2023 · 2 payments $645,942
- Community School Services - R1191 Department of Education · FY2025 · 3 payments $464,228
- CBO's to implement community School Model approach(05M030) Department of Education · FY2021 $357,630
- CBO's to implement community School Model approach(05M030) Department of Education · FY2023 $356,708
- CBO to provide community school model services 11X083 Department of Education · FY2021 · 2 payments $324,273
- Provide support services in community schools Department of Education · FY2021 $319,310
- CBO's to implement community School Model approach(05M030) Department of Education · FY2022 $243,435
- FY25 Renewal Community School Services - R1191 Department of Education · FY2025 $193,058
- 54014 Department of Education · FY2025 $185,011
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Community Schools Community Schools · DOE · FY2022 $3,000,000
- Community Schools Community Schools · DOE · FY2023 $3,000,000
- Community Schools Community Schools · DOE · FY2024 $3,000,000
- Community Schools Community Schools · DOE · FY2025 $3,000,000
- Community Schools Community Schools · DOE · FY2026 $3,000,000
- Community Schools Community Schools · DOE · FY2027 $3,000,000
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
- Department of Education 84.215 Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects · Department of Education $2,375,000