Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst

City-funded organization

The Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst is a Brooklyn nonprofit that says it has served the community for more than 90 years, running children and teen programs, workforce development and adult literacy, senior programming, mental health support groups and summer camps from its building at 7802 Bay Parkway in Brooklyn, according to its own website. It holds $19.8 million in active New York City contracts as of August 2026, including a Department of Youth and Community Development Train and Earn RFP contract and a Department for the Aging Older Adult Center contract, part of $45 million the city has awarded it since 2012, including expired contracts, across the Department for the Aging, Department of Education, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and Department of Youth and Community Development. 56% of that contract value ($25 million across 62 contracts) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid. It has also received $8 million in City Council discretionary funding across 186 awards, funded every year since FY2009, with Council Member Susan Zhuang its largest funder since FY2024 ($477,000 across 16 awards). Its CEO, Alex Budnitsky, was paid nearly

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$19,768,629 · 7 contracts
Awarded all-time
$53,003,958 · 73 since 2012, incl. expired
Paid to date
$31,970,269
Won without a fresh bid
47% of contract value · $24,970,854 · 62 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$9,184,629 · 200 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$349,669 · Alex Budnitsky, CEO/Executive Director
Based in
Brooklyn, 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 +36% 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.

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

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