Escuela Hispana Montessori Inc

City-funded organization

Escuela Hispana Montessori Inc. operates an early-childhood center at 180 Suffolk Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side, offering New York City's 3-K, Pre-K, and daycare programs, according to its own website, whose listed contact email matches the organization's director, Lisa Alvarez. It holds no active city contracts as of August 2026; the Department of Education and Administration for Children's Services have awarded it $42 million in registered contracts since 2010, of which $30 million has been paid to date, and 37% of contract value was awarded without a fresh competitive bid ($15 million across 4 contracts). Its largest contract, "UPK-BTF" ($15 million, DOE, ended 2026), is tagged RFP, its second-largest, "EarlyLearn Services" ($11 million, ACS, ended 2016), is also tagged RFP, and a later contract, "Decrease of Funds & EarlyLearn services transfer to DOE" ($6.5 million, ACS, ended 2019), is tagged Renewal (not re-bid). It has received $13,100 in City Council discretionary funding (1 award, FY2022), and its FY2023 IRS Form 990 (EIN 132543563) lists Director Lisa Alvarez's reportable compensation at $159,615.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $41,827,374 awarded since 2010
Paid to date
$30,214,825
Won without a fresh bid
37% of contract value · $15,417,118 · 4 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$13,100 · 1 awards
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$159,615 · Lisa Alvarez, Director
Based in
New York, 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.

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 +37% 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.

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