Center for Family Life in Sunset Park, Inc.
City-funded organization
Center for Family Life in Sunset Park, Inc. is a Brooklyn nonprofit, operating since 1978, that provides neighborhood-based family and social services -- childcare assistance, child-welfare prevention services, youth (Beacon/COMPASS) programs, adult employment and ESOL services, and a food pantry -- to the Sunset Park community. It holds $53,050,717 across 20 active NYC contracts as of August 2026 with the Administration for Children's Services, Department of Youth and Community Development, and Department of Education, 88% of that value ($127,902,944, 68 contracts) awarded as renewals or negotiated contracts without a fresh competitive bid, and has additionally received $4,750,717 in City Council discretionary funding since FY2009, most of it steered by Council Member Alexa Avilés.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $53,050,717 · 20 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $145,814,564 · 77 since 2019, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $98,984,138
- Won without a fresh bid
- 88% of contract value · $128,516,862 · 69 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $5,994,647 · 40 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2021 (7 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $280,168 · Julia Jean-Francois, Co-Executive Director
Holds contracts at
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
- 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).
- Childcare Assistance/ Promise NYC - BK Renewal #1 Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800515 $11,528,550
- Prevention Services Renewal Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800073 $6,377,375
- Brooklyn Catchment 3 - Dist. 13, 15 Administration for Children's Services · CT106820258800070 $5,163,300
- Brooklyn Catchment 4 - Dist. 20 Administration for Children's Services · CT106820258800069 $5,163,300
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800232 $4,332,870
- FY27 Beacon Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278801165 $2,615,239
- FY27 Beacon ACS Prevention NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278801169 $2,608,099
- Learn and Earn RFP Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258806508 $2,286,638
- Family Enrichment Centers BK07: Sunset Park Administration for Children's Services · CT106820258800037 $2,187,500
- FY25 Renewal Community Schools Services - R1191 Department of Education · CT104020258804247 $2,057,329
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $500,000
- Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative · SBS · FY2022 $497,022
- Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative · SBS · FY2023 $497,022
- Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative · SBS · FY2024 $497,022
- Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative · SBS · FY2025 $497,022
- Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative · SBS · FY2026 $497,022
- Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative · SBS · FY2027 $497,022
- Adult Literacy Pilot Project Adult Literacy Pilot Project · DYCD · FY2025 $297,908
- Adult Literacy Forward (Formerly Adult Literacy Pilot Project) Adult Literacy Forward (Formerly Adult Literacy Pilot Project) · DYCD · FY2026 $297,908
- NYC RISE with Adult Literacy Forward (Formerly Adult Literacy Initiative and Adult Literacy Forward) NYC RISE with Adult Literacy Forward (Formerly Adult Literacy Initiative and Adult Literacy Forward) · DYCD · FY2027 $297,908
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $200,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2022 $170,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $170,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $170,000
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Immigrant Opportunities Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2026 $100,000
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Immigrant Opportunities Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2027 $100,000
- Immigrant Rights Workshops Immigrant Rights Workshops · Dss/hra · FY2026 $50,000
- Immigrant Rights Workshops Immigrant Rights Workshops · Dss/hra · FY2027 $50,000
- School-Based Programs - Council District 38 CM Aviles · DYCD · FY2027 $43,000
- School-based Programs - Council District 38 CM Aviles · DYCD · FY2023 $41,000
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.
- Alexa Avilés FY2021-2027 · 14 awards $387,000
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.
- Julia Jean-Francois Co-Executive Director $280,168
- Julie Stein Brockway Co-Executive Director $279,359
- Kristie Mancell Division Director, School Based Programs $113,617
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +86% from FY2021 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.
- FY2021 Julie Stein Brockway · 1.61% of revenue $149,043
- FY2022 Julie Stein Brockway · 2.36% of revenue $229,282
- FY2023 Julia Jean-Francois · 2.89% of revenue $280,168
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 the Treasury 21.009 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program · Internal Revenue Service · Grant $222,727
- Department of the Treasury 21.009 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program · Internal Revenue Service · Grant $222,727
- Department of the Treasury 21.009 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program · Internal Revenue Service · Grant $222,727