Congregation Machna Shalva
City-funded organization
Congregation Machna Shalva is a Jewish religious congregation in Brooklyn that the IRS classifies as a church (per ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, tax exempt since 2003), a status that exempts it from filing Form 990. It operates a boys' elementary school at 5815 20th Avenue in Brooklyn (grades K through 2, per federal NCES private school data), affiliated with Agudath Israel of America, as well as a separately named Bobov-45 school. The city has awarded it $18.3 million since 2015, almost all of it Department of Education Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) contracts plus Department of Citywide Administrative Services school security guard reimbursements, with 23% of that contract value (about $4.1 million) awarded without a fresh competitive bid.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $18,322,421 awarded since 2015
- Paid to date
- $15,938,605
- Won without a fresh bid
- 23% of contract value · $4,132,105 · 2 contracts
Holds contracts at
- Department of Citywide Administrative Services City agency
- Department of Education 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).
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · CT104020229258860 · ended 2026 $11,795,075
- UPK- Universal Prekindergarten Services Department of Education · CT104020199956443 · ended 2021 $2,076,602
- UPK_UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020169654236 · ended 2018 $2,055,503
- FY18 School Security - Congregation Machna Shalva Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620185401834 · ended 2019 $995,783
- NPS SECURITY GUARD REIMBURSEMENT PRGM - Congregation Machna Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620235400701 · ended 2025 $603,125
- FY20 School Security - Congregation Machna Shalva (1462) Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620205401291 · ended 2022 $484,164
- FY20 School Security -Congregation Machna Shalva (5815) Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620205401360 · ended 2022 $161,388
- NPS SECURITY GUARD REIMBURSEMENT PRGM - Cong Machna Shalva V Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620235400700 · ended 2025 $150,781