Helen Keller International

City-funded organization

Helen Keller International is a global public health nonprofit. Per its own site (helenkellerintl.org), its mission is to advance health and nutrition for children and families, working across roughly 20 countries on vision care, blindness prevention, and nutrition programs including vitamin A distribution. Its NYC contract record (EIN 13-5562162 per ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer) shows the Department of Education as its main city funder through a contract titled "Vision Screening Ser to Students in Comm Schls &" (contract MA104020239370730), currently valued at $19,369,295 and awarded as a Negotiated contract, plus several smaller, now ended vision screening contracts with DOE going back to 2016. Across all 12 of its NYC contracts since 2016 (totaling $21,348,045), 100% of contract value was won without a fresh competitive bid, per Checkbook NYC. It has separately received $314,000 across 40 City Council discretionary awards from FY2017 through FY2027, funneled through the Department of Youth and Community Development and Department for the Aging, for programs the city's own records label "ChildSight NY" vision and eyeglasses programs for youth and seniors. Its President and CEO

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$19,369,295 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$21,348,045 · 12 since 2016, incl. expired
Paid to date
$9,804,839
Won without a fresh bid
100% of contract value · $21,348,045 · 12 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$314,000 · 40 awards
Funding history
Funded 9 years (FY2017–FY2027), including each of the last 2
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$450,270 · Sarah Bouchie, President & CEO - Current

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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 (FY2024). 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 +22% 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.

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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