Central Family Life Center

City-funded organization

Central Family Life Center is a Staten Island 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 13-3626127) founded in 1991 whose mission, per its own site, is to give Staten Island children, seniors, at-risk youth, and families the services and programs needed to improve their overall well-being. Its sole active NYC contract is $6.5 million for "Office of Neighborhood Safety" with the Department of Youth and Community Development, listed as a Renewal (not re-bid) on Checkbook NYC, and it has previously held Department of Youth and Community Development and Mayoralty contracts including "Crisis Management Systems" ($6.4 million, a Negotiated contract) and "Anti-Gun Violence Services" ($3.5 million, also a Negotiated contract). Across its history with the city, 99% of Central Family Life Center's $24.6 million in total contract value has been awarded without a fresh competitive bid.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$6,486,113 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$24,601,412 · 51 since 2010, incl. expired
Paid to date
$16,088,465
Won without a fresh bid
99% of contract value · $24,249,533 · 41 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$3,548,439 · 91 awards
Funding history
Funded 13 years (FY2010–FY2022); not in FY2027
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$241,099 · Demetrius S Carolina, Former Executive Director
Based in
Staten Island, 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.

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.

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 +44% 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.

Community project funding secured by (FY2024)

Members of New York's congressional delegation named as requestors of an enacted FY2024 community project for this organization, in the House Appropriations Committee's own final project tables. Each figure is the amount APPROPRIATED for that project, not money paid out to this organization to date.

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

Sources