Lantern Community Services Inc

City-funded organization

Lantern Community Services Inc is a New York City nonprofit providing supportive housing, transitional shelter, and community health services to people experiencing homelessness and serious mental illness; it holds $291m in active contracts as of August 2026 with the Department of Homeless Services, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and Department of Social Services, and has also received $294K in discretionary funding and $3.6M in HPD affordable-housing capital financing.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$291,080,240 · 11 contracts
Awarded all-time
$535,552,152 · 88 since 2008, incl. expired
Paid to date
$260,366,476
Won without a fresh bid
53% of contract value · $286,314,043 · 74 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$294,318 · 34 awards
Funding history
Funded 11 years (FY2016–FY2026); not in FY2027
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$355,910 · Diane Carole Louard-Michel, Executive Director
HPD housing capital financed
$3,560,000 · via 990 Schedule R
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.

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 +47% 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

Sources