Beer Hagolah Institutes
City-funded organization
Be'er Hagolah Institutes is a Brooklyn Orthodox Jewish day school at 671 Louisiana Avenue, serving students from 3-K through grade 12 across separate boys' and girls' divisions, according to the school's own site. It has no active New York City contracts as of August 2026. The city has awarded it $18 million across registered contracts since 2008, of which $16.4 million has been paid to date. Its largest contract, a universal pre-kindergarten contract worth nearly $6 million with the Department of Education that ended in 2026, was awarded through an RFP. Other, smaller contracts funded after-school and summer programs (OST, SONYC, and COMPASS) through the Department of Youth and Community Development. 43% of contract value ($7,832,966 across 10 contracts) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid. It also received $100,000 in City Council discretionary funding across 2 awards from the Council Speaker's office, $50,000 for "Gym and Fitness" in FY2026 and $50,000 for "Local" programming in FY2027, both through the Department of Youth and Community Development. Its top-paid officer in FY2023 was Dean Rabbi Mordechai German, at $197,947, according to the organization's IRS Form 990.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $18,034,098 awarded since 2008
- Paid to date
- $16,372,891
- Won without a fresh bid
- 43% of contract value · $7,832,966 · 10 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $100,000 · 2 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2026 (2 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $197,947 · Rabbi Mordechai German, Dean
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
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).
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · CT104020229257165 · ended 2026 $5,965,675
- UPK- Universal prekindergarten Services Department of Education · CT104020199957672 · ended 2021 $2,421,822
- UPK - UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020169650595 · ended 2018 $1,939,930
- FY''08 OST Program for Youth-Elementary School Expansion Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020080031538 · ended 2011 $1,355,576
- UPK - Universal Pre-Kindergarten Services Department of Education · CT104020139352695 · ended 2015 $955,435
- Elementary School OST Non-Target Zip Brooklyn Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020131402732 · ended 2015 $827,550
- OST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TARGET ZIP: BK Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020160001790 · ended 2018 $753,622
- SONYC - Brooklyn -Middle School Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020161401786 · ended 2018 $651,000
- SONYC Afterschool services for students at Be'er Hagolah Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191414326 · ended 2021 $558,000
- COMPASS programming at Be'er Hagolah Institutes Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228800579 · ended 2023 $465,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Gym and Fitness CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2026 $50,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2027 $50,000
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.
- Rabbi Mordechai German Dean $197,947
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +31% 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.
- FY2020 Rabbi Mordechai German · 2.08% of revenue $150,741
- FY2021 Rabbi Mordechai German · 2.23% of revenue $156,124
- FY2022 Rabbi Mordechai German · 2.14% of revenue $151,591
- FY2023 Rabbi Mordechai German · 3.03% of revenue $197,947
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
- Federal Communications Commission 32.004 UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - SCHOOLS and LIBRARIES · Federal Communications Commission · Direct payment $1,349