Friends Of Crown Heights Educational Centers Inc
City-funded organization
Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Inc is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit that operates Universal Pre-K (UPK) and childcare programs for the NYC Department of Education across more than two dozen sites; it holds $85.5 million in active DOE contracts as of August 2026 and has received $375K in discretionary funding since FY2009, with CEO Vaughan Toney receiving $287K in compensation in FY2023.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $85,545,143 · 4 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $615,352,076 · 67 since 2012, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $453,409,185
- Won without a fresh bid
- 35% of contract value · $213,514,300 · 39 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $375,000 · 6 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 3 years (FY2012–FY2014); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $286,822 · Vaughan Toney, President/CEO(Unt
Holds contracts at
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development 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 · CT104020209050492 $82,659,700
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800577 $2,213,571
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800592 $607,729
- PWDNFOCHE, Purchase of an audio-visual equipment system. Department of Design and Construction · CT185020258802887 $64,143
- FY 2019 Close Out Time & Leave and FY2019 Audit Administration for Children's Services · CT106820171403757 · ended 2019 $78,773,727
- EarlyLearn Services Administration for Children's Services · CT106820131406982 · ended 2016 $76,292,421
- Family Child Care Networks Department of Education · CT104020219157615 · ended 2025 $72,806,870
- UPK Family Child Care Networks Department of Education · CT104020219157616 · ended 2025 $34,006,272
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · CT104020229251335 · ended 2026 $23,537,380
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · CT104020229250123 · ended 2026 $16,369,607
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- P.S. 398 Walter Weaver School OST · DYCD · FY2013 $160,000
- Public School 22 OST · DYCD · FY2013 $120,000
- The Friends Of Crown Heights Educational Center OST · DYCD · FY2013 $80,000
- Local DYCD · FY2012 $8,000
- Local DYCD · FY2012 $3,500
- Youth Youth · DYCD · FY2014 $3,500
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.
- Vaughan Toney President/CEO(Unt $286,822
- Daryl Davis President & $198,283
- Ligaya Decastro Fiscal Offic $189,366
- Maria Curie R Viana Director, HR $163,404
- Traceyann Essien Educational $156,085
- Hugh Hamilton Director Of $140,955
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +114% 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.
- FY2020 Vaughan Toney · 1.62% of revenue $378,721
- FY2021 Vaughan Toney · 2.12% of revenue $375,000
- FY2022 Vaughan Toney · 2.25% of revenue $375,000
- FY2023 Vaughan Toney · 2.21% of revenue $286,822