Block Institute School

City-funded organization

Block Institute School is part of Block Institute, a nonprofit founded in 1962 by Rabbi Morris Block that serves children and adults with developmental disabilities in Brooklyn, including preschool special education, speech, occupational and physical therapy, and day habilitation (per its own website, blockinstitute.org). Checkbook NYC shows the organization has been awarded $27 million in New York City Department of Education contracts since 2007, with $8.4 million paid to date and no contracts active as of August 2026. Its largest award, a $22.5 million "Pre-K Children With Disability" contract that ended in 2012, carries a "Government/legal mandate" award-method badge. Overall, 98% of its total contract value ($26.2 million across 3 contracts) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid, per Checkbook NYC, comprising that mandate contract plus two $1.8 million "4410-Enhancement" contracts individually marked "Renewal (not re-bid)" and "Negotiated contract."

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $26,766,664 awarded since 2007
Paid to date
$8,359,532
Won without a fresh bid
98% of contract value · $26,151,084 · 3 contracts

Holds contracts at

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).

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