H.E.L.P. Social Service Corporation

City-funded organization

H.E.L.P. Social Service Corporation is a nonprofit organization providing family shelter and supportive social services to homeless New Yorkers; it holds $2.38 billion in active contracts as of August 2026 across 32 agreements with the Department of Homeless Services and Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for family shelter facilities, and has received $809,555 in City Council discretionary funding.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$2,383,536,008 · 29 contracts
Awarded all-time
$3,773,879,798 · 131 since 1996, incl. expired
Paid to date
$1,279,003,358
Won without a fresh bid
26% of contract value · $966,816,759 · 85 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$819,555 · 3 awards
Funding history
Funded 3 years (FY2022–FY2027), including each of the last 2
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.

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.

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

Sources