Inner Force Tots Inc
City-funded organization
Inner Force Tots is a Brooklyn early childhood education and daycare provider established in 1996, offering Pre-K, after-school, and summer programs for children from infancy through age 13 (per its own site, tots.innerforce.org). It has held $95 million in New York City contracts with the Department of Education and the Administration for Children's Services since 2012, largely for Universal Pre-Kindergarten ('UPK-BTF') and 'EarlyLearn Services,' and has been paid $82 million to date; none of its city contracts are active as of August 2026. Of that contract value, 34% ($32 million across 3 contracts) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid, per Checkbook NYC's award-method tags on those specific contracts (a renewal, a negotiated assignment/extension tied to an EarlyLearn to DOE transfer, and a negotiated UPK contract).
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $95,121,601 awarded since 2012
- Paid to date
- $82,114,705
- Won without a fresh bid
- 34% of contract value · $31,868,991 · 3 contracts
- Based in
- Brooklyn, NY
Holds contracts at
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
- Department of Education 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 · CT104020229259614 · ended 2026 $35,738,365
- EarlyLearn Services Administration for Children's Services · CT106820131407015 · ended 2016 $21,414,640
- Decrease of Funds & EarlyLearn Services transfer to DOE Administration for Children's Services · CT106820171403768 · ended 2019 $17,063,526
- Assignment/Negotiated Acquisition Extensions for Early Learn Department of Education · CT104020209050370 · ended 2021 $12,933,804
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · CT104020229259613 · ended 2026 $6,099,605
- UPK-Universal Pre-Kindergarten Services Department of Education · CT104020209061391 · ended 2021 $1,871,661
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
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.600 Head Start · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $18,031,744