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

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 (FY2023). 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 +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.

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