Lower East Side Family Union
City-funded organization
Lower East Side Family Union (LESFU), based at 227 E. 3rd Street in Manhattan according to its own site, provides family preventive services, including family support, crisis intervention and family treatment/rehabilitative programs, aimed at preventing foster care placement. Its city contracts are with the Administration for Children's Services; its two currently active "Prevention Services Renewal" contracts (about $10 million and $6 million) were both awarded as renewals without a fresh bid. Since 2010, 66% of the roughly $82 million in contract value it has won from the city (about $54 million) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid, and its Executive Director, April Phillips, was paid $278,498 in FY2023 according to the organization's IRS Form 990.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $17,327,064 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $82,211,916 · 21 since 2010, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $52,712,432
- Won without a fresh bid
- 66% of contract value · $54,553,501 · 17 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $419,132 · 13 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 11 years (FY2009–FY2022); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $278,498 · April Phillips, Executive Di
- Based in
- New York, NY
Holds contracts at
- Administration for Children's Services 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).
- Prevention Services Renewal Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800032 $10,670,372
- Prevention Services Renewal Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800138 $6,656,692
- GENERAL PREVENTIVE SERVICES Administration for Children's Services · CT106820160001022 · ended 2020 $14,184,494
- Prevention Services - Family Treatment/ Rehabilitation Administration for Children's Services · CT106820210000089 · ended 2023 $10,650,030
- Prevention Services - Family Treatment/ Rehabilitation Administration for Children's Services · CT106820248800191 · ended 2026 $9,585,928
- GP - General Preventive Administration for Children's Services · CT106820120000192 · ended 2015 $9,358,869
- Prevention Services - Family Support - M3 Administration for Children's Services · CT106820248800362 · ended 2026 $5,585,277
- Prevention Services - Family Support Administration for Children's Services · CT106820210000268 · ended 2023 $5,585,277
- FAMILY TREATMENT REHABILITAION PROGRAM SERVICES RENEWALS Administration for Children's Services · CT106820160002521 · ended 2020 $4,685,243
- General Preventive Administration for Children's Services · CT106820111407546 · ended 2011 $2,074,666
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Maternal and Child Health Services Maternal and Child Health Services · Dhmh · FY2018 $61,701
- Maternal and Child Health Services Maternal and Child Health Services · Dhmh · FY2019 $61,701
- Maternal and Child Health Services Maternal and Child Health Services · DOHMH · FY2017 $33,810
- Infant Mortality Reduction Infant Mortality Reduction · DOHMH · FY2010 $29,359
- Infant Mortality Reduction Infant Mortality Reduction · DOHMH · FY2009 $29,359
- Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative · DOHMH · FY2012 $27,891
- Infant Mortality Reduction Infant Mortality Reduction · DOHMH · FY2013 $27,891
- Infant Mortality Reduction Infant Mortality Reduction · DOHMH · FY2014 $27,891
- Infant Mortality Reduction Infant Mortality Reduction · DOHMH · FY2016 $27,891
- Maternal and Child Health Services Maternal and Child Health Services · DOHMH · FY2017 $27,891
- Infant Mortality Reduction Infant Mortality Reduction · DOHMH · FY2011 $27,891
- Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers · ACS · FY2022 $23,653
- Infant Mortality Reduction Infant Mortality Reduction · DOHMH · FY2016 $12,204
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2023). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- April Phillips Executive Di $278,498
- Latiefa Hook Managing Director $129,233
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +85% from FY2020 to FY2023. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 April Phillips · 7.03% of revenue $220,731
- FY2021 April Phillips · 13.87% of revenue $275,474
- FY2022 April Phillips · 11.97% of revenue $287,012
- FY2023 April Phillips · 12.36% of revenue $278,498