Chinatown Manpower Project, Inc.
City-funded organization
Chinatown Manpower Project, Inc., which today operates under the name CMP, is a nonprofit workforce and small business development organization headquartered at 55 Chrystie Street in Manhattan's Chinatown (per its own site, cmpny.org), running job training, English language classes, youth summer employment and small business counseling programs mainly for the Asian immigrant community. The city's Department of Youth and Community Development is its sole current agency funder on Checkbook NYC, which shows $28 million awarded across 58 registered contracts since 2008, including a $5.5 million Train and Earn RFP contract, plus $3.8 million in City Council discretionary funding across 60 awards (funded every year since FY2009). Overall, 52% of its contract value ($15 million across 49 contracts) was won without a fresh competitive bid, per Checkbook NYC.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $6,390,200 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $27,827,490 · 58 since 2008, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $20,449,646
- Won without a fresh bid
- 52% of contract value · $14,606,234 · 49 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $3,846,144 · 60 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $128,515 · Hong Shing Lee, Executive Director
- Based in
- New York, NY
Holds contracts at
- 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).
- Train and Earn RFP Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258806892 $5,476,275
- SYEP NAQ Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268806519 $913,925
- To support Youth Training programming Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020211401295 · ended 2023 $3,224,135
- OSY, WORK INNOVATION & OPPOPORTUNITY PROGRAM Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020171404940 · ended 2020 $3,001,308
- WIA-Out of School Youth Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020140000421 · ended 2017 $2,138,768
- WIA-Out of School Youth Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020110004246 · ended 2013 $1,780,675
- To Support Youth Training Programming Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248801532 · ended 2025 $1,444,114
- One-Time Summer Slot Adjustments, Total 2025 COLA, Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228807093 · ended 2026 $1,355,766
- Summer Youth Employment Program Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020161422536 · ended 2019 $1,132,549
- Adult Education Services (BENL / ESOL) Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020080023208 · ended 2011 $1,046,855
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- 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 $335,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2018 $185,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2019 $185,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2020 $185,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2022 $185,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $185,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $185,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $185,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $185,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2021 $157,250
- Adult Literacy Pilot Project Adult Literacy Pilot Project · DYCD · FY2022 $150,000
- Adult Literacy Pilot Project Adult Literacy Pilot Project · DYCD · FY2023 $150,000
- Adult Literacy Pilot Project Adult Literacy Pilot Project · DYCD · FY2024 $150,000
- Adult Literacy Pilot Project Adult Literacy Pilot Project · DYCD · FY2025 $150,000
- Adult Literacy Forward (Formerly Adult Literacy Pilot Project) Adult Literacy Forward (Formerly Adult Literacy Pilot Project) · DYCD · FY2026 $150,000
- Workforce Development Workforce Development · Dsbs · FY2009 $108,000
- Adult Literacy Services PEG Restoration Adult Literacy Services PEG Restoration · DYCD · FY2012 $100,000
- Adult Literacy Services PEG Restoration Adult Literacy Services PEG Restoration · DYCD · FY2013 $100,000
- Adult Literacy Services PEG Restoration Adult Literacy Services PEG Restoration · DYCD · FY2014 $100,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2017 $100,000
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.
- Christopher Marte FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $30,000
- Sandra Ung FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $25,000
- Chin FY2020-2021 · 3 awards $14,500
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.
- Hong Shing Lee Executive Director $128,515
- Stephanie Lau Deputy Executive Director $118,084