Fresh Youth Initiatives Inc

City-funded organization

Fresh Youth Initiatives is a Washington Heights and Inwood nonprofit, incorporated in 1993, that provides free education support, youth development, mental health counseling and family services, including a food pantry partnership with New York Common Pantry, to children and teens ages 5 to 18 in northern Manhattan. Its city money relationship is chiefly with the Department of Youth and Community Development, whose contracts fund its COMPASS after-school programs at public schools; the organization currently holds $9,341,667 in active contracts as of August 2026 (4 contracts) and has been awarded $24 million all-time across 65 contracts since 2008, of which 55% of contract value ($13,006,411 across 46 contracts) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid. It has also received $327,975 in City Council discretionary funding across 42 awards, funded every year since FY2009, and its outgoing Executive Director Eileen Lyons was reported paid $172,872 in FY2023 per the organization's IRS Form 990.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$9,341,667 · 4 contracts
Awarded all-time
$23,694,415 · 65 since 2008, incl. expired
Paid to date
$12,849,343
Won without a fresh bid
55% of contract value · $13,006,411 · 46 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$327,975 · 42 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$172,872 · Eileen Lyons Lmsw, Executive Director, Thru 11/2023

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 +55% 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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