Beth Jacob Day Care Center
City-funded organization
Beth Jacob Day Care Center Inc is a Brooklyn, NY nonprofit, tax exempt since October 1975 according to IRS records, that has operated as a New York City early childhood provider under NYC Department of Education Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) and Administration for Children's Services EarlyLearn contracts. All of its registered NYC contracts have expired, the largest being a $28 million "UPK-BTF" contract with the DOE (Checkbook ID CT104020229250506, awarded via RFP) and a $13 million "EarlyLearn Services" contract with ACS (also awarded via RFP). The organization has been awarded $80 million in city contracts since 2009, of which the site's data shows 45% of contract value ($36 million across 16 contracts) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid, including renewals and negotiated extensions, and it has received $8.5 million in City Council discretionary funding across 27 awards since FY2009. Its FY2025 IRS Form 990 reported total revenue of $6.8 million, and its top paid officer in FY2023 was Executive Director Joseph Gross at $218,333.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $80,392,861 awarded since 2009
- Paid to date
- $74,059,973
- Won without a fresh bid
- 45% of contract value · $36,054,694 · 16 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $8,533,766 · 29 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2015 (13 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $218,333 · Joseph Gross, Executive Director.
- Based in
- Brooklyn, NY
Holds contracts at
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
- Department of Education 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 · CT104020229250506 · ended 2026 $28,252,609
- EarlyLearn Services Administration for Children's Services · CT106820131406811 · ended 2016 $13,158,509
- Decrease of funds and Early Learn services transfer to DOE Administration for Children's Services · CT106820171403618 · ended 2019 $12,264,463
- Assignment/Negotiated Acquisition Extensions for Early Learn Department of Education · CT104020209050505 · ended 2021 $10,083,576
- Day Care Service. #03-407 Administration for Children's Services · CT106820100000664 · ended 2011 $3,114,265
- UPK - Universal Pre-Kindergarten Services Department of Education · CT104020159554791 · ended 2017 $2,463,707
- UPK-Universal Prekindergarten Services Department of Education · CT104020199957311 · ended 2021 $1,742,280
- Child Care/ UPK Services Administration for Children's Services · CT106820120000752 · ended 2012 $1,500,088
- Child Care Discretionary Administration for Children's Services · CT106820181411898 · ended 2018 $960,000
- Beth Jacob Child Care F17 Discretionary Administration for Children's Services · CT106820171408582 · ended 2017 $960,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Discretionary Child Care Discretionary Child Care · ACS · FY2016 $960,000
- Discretionary Child Care Discretionary Child Care · ACS · FY2017 $960,000
- Discretionary Child Care Discretionary Child Care · ACS · FY2018 $960,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DOE · FY2022 $960,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DOE · FY2023 $960,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DOE · FY2024 $960,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DOE · FY2025 $960,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DOE · FY2026 $960,000
- Discretionary Child Care Discretionary Child Care · ACS · FY2015 $600,000
- Local CM Felder · DOE · FY2027 $24,500
- Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers · DOE · FY2022 $22,766
- Local CM Yeger · DOE · FY2021 $18,000
- Local CM Yeger · DOE · FY2022 $17,500
- Local CM Yeger · DOE · FY2023 $17,500
- Local CM Yeger · DOE · FY2024 $17,000
- Local CM Yeger · DOE · FY2025 $17,000
- Local CM Felder · DOE · FY2026 $17,000
- Local CM Yeger · DOE · FY2020 $15,000
- Local CM Zhuang · DOE · FY2026 $10,000
- Childcare for Young Children CM Zhuang · Anti-Poverty · DOE · FY2027 $10,000
Funded by these council members
City Council members who steered discretionary (member-item) money to this organization, largest first (FY2020 and later, where the sponsoring member is disclosed). Sitting members link to their page.
- Kalman Yeger FY2020-2025 · 6 awards $102,000
- Simcha Felder FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $41,500
- Susan Zhuang FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $20,000
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.
- Joseph Gross Executive Director. $218,333
- Miriam Berg Program Director. $147,500
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed -23% 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 Joseph Gross · 8.11% of revenue $282,484
- FY2021 Joseph Gross · 4.3% of revenue $210,000
- FY2022 Joseph Gross · 6.66% of revenue $281,667
- FY2023 Joseph Gross · 5.35% of revenue $218,333