Leake & Watts Services, Inc.

City-funded organization

Leake & Watts Services, Inc., a child and family services nonprofit that traces to the Leake and Watts Orphan House founded in 1831, rebranded as Rising Ground in 2018 after 187 years under its original name. Under its current name it runs programs in healing and recovery, education and youth development, child and family support, and healthcare, mental health, and intellectual/developmental disability services, reaching roughly 30,000 people a year across New York City, per its own website. Under its former name, it held now-expired New York City contracts worth $93,828,243 since 2007 (paid to date $84,511,603) with the Administration for Children's Services and Department of Education, covering foster care, non-secure placement, and preschool special-education services; 82% of contract value was awarded without a fresh competitive bid. It also received $4,550,703 in City Council discretionary funding across 5 awards between FY2013 and FY2018, largely for the Soundview Child Care Center, and its FY2024 IRS Form 990 (EIN 13-1860451) reported CEO Alan E Mucatel's compensation at $457,339.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $93,828,243 awarded since 2007
Paid to date
$84,511,603
Won without a fresh bid
82% of contract value · $77,345,402 · 29 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$4,550,703 · 5 awards
Funding history
Funded 5 years (FY2013–FY2018); not in FY2027
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$457,339 · Alan E Mucatel, Chief Executive Officer
Based in
Yonkers, NY (NY State)

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.

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 -6% 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.

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