Congregation Luminous Inc

City-funded organization

Congregation Luminous, Inc., which does business as Luminous Early Child Care Centers, operates early childhood care and education sites across the Bronx and Brooklyn, including a 3-K/UPK site in Morris Park, per NYC Department of Education school listings. All of its registered NYC contracts are with the Department of Education, totaling $55 million awarded since 2021, made up of several "UPK-CIN," "UPK-HST," "UPK-BTF" and "UPK-CTL" Universal Pre-Kindergarten contracts, most awarded by RFP; two of those, a "UPK-CTL" contract (badge: Negotiated contract) and a "UPK-HST" contract (badge: Renewal, not re-bid), together account for its $2.8 million awarded without a fresh competitive bid. It holds no active NYC contracts as of 2026-08-08, has been paid $35 million to date, and 5% of its contract value (that $2.8 million, across 2 contracts) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $55,169,140 awarded since 2021
Paid to date
$35,191,396
Won without a fresh bid
5% of contract value · $2,801,920 · 2 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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