Council For Aid To Education
City-funded organization
Council for Aid to Education Inc (CAE) is a New York City nonprofit, EIN 95-4570253, that develops standardized assessments of critical thinking, problem solving, and written communication, including its CLA+ assessment, per its own site and its IRS filings on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. Its city-money relationship is entirely with the Department of Education, where it holds a $10 million active Periodic Assessments contract as of August 2026 awarded by RFP, part of $26.5 million awarded since 2014 across 11 contracts, mostly for periodic and English Language Learner assessment programs. The site shows 16% of that lifetime contract value, $4.4 million across 3 contracts (two renewals not re-bid and one negotiated contract), as won without a fresh competitive bid.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Standardized Services
- City contracts (active)
- $10,000,000 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $26,538,551 · 11 since 2014, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $28,636,874
- Won without a fresh bid
- 16% of contract value · $4,352,353 · 3 contracts
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $435,000 · Robert Yayac, President And CEO
Holds contracts at
- 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).
- Periodic Assessments Department of Education · MA104020259576380 $10,000,000
- Periodic Assessments Department of Education · MA104020189873262 · ended 2023 $6,764,284
- English Language Learner Periodic assessment Program Department of Education · CT104020169654041 · ended 2018 $5,296,914
- To Provide English Learner Periodic Assessment Program Department of Education · CT104020209059530 · ended 2020 $2,051,240
- To provide English Learner Periodic Assessment Program Department of Education · CT104020199955676 · ended 2019 $2,051,240
- Common Core-Aligned Formative Assessments in ELA & Math Department of Education · CT104020169652676 · ended 2014 $249,872
- FY22 PY ENCUMBRANCE CANCELLATIONS Department of Education · CT104020213043731 · ended 2023 $25,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020163026900 · ended 2016 $25,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-COMMODITIES Department of Education · CT104020153003394 · ended 2015 $25,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020153002999 · ended 2015 $25,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2024). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Robert Yayac President And CEO $435,000
- Doris Zahner Chief Academic Officer $232,333
- Cynthia Kim Vice President $229,243
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +18% from FY2020 to FY2024. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Robert Yayac · 20.62% of revenue $336,000
- FY2021 Robert Yayac · 18.24% of revenue $370,537
- FY2022 Robert Yayac · 21.01% of revenue $453,683
- FY2023 Robert Yayac · 32.82% of revenue $441,103
- FY2024 Robert Yayac · 22.38% of revenue $435,000