CAMBA Legal Services, Inc.

City-funded organization

CAMBA Legal Services, Inc. is the legal services arm of CAMBA, Inc., providing free legal representation in housing, immigration, government benefits, and consumer law to low-income residents of Brooklyn and Staten Island (per LawHelpNY); it has been tax-exempt since May 1993 and is based in Brooklyn, New York, per its IRS Form 990 filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. Its city contracts, all now expired, totaled about $58 million awarded since 2010 (paid to date about $48 million), overwhelmingly for the Homelessness Prevention Law Project (HPLP) with the Department of Social Services and the Department of Homeless Services, including "Provision of Homelessness Prevention Law Project ( HPLP)" ($18.5 million, a Renewal (not re-bid)) and "HPLP-BK with Allowance - FY24 NAE" ($7.2 million, a Negotiated contract). Overall, 81% of its contract value, $46.6 million across 16 contracts, was won without a fresh competitive bid.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $57,545,769 awarded since 2010
Paid to date
$48,052,174
Won without a fresh bid
81% of contract value · $46,625,648 · 16 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$3,600,293 · 9 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2020 (8 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$689,020 · Joanne Oplustil, Board Member
Based in
Brooklyn, NY

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).

Discretionary funding received

City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.

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.

Officer pay over time

Total officer pay changed +26% 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.

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