Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York, Inc.

City-funded organization

Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York (LSSNY) is a faith-based nonprofit founded in 1886 that provides mental health services, enhanced family foster care, homeless shelter, immigration legal assistance, and education programs to approximately 7,000 people daily across NYC; it holds $201.8 million in active city contracts as of August 2026 with DOHMH, ACS, DHS, and DOE, and has received over $2.4M in discretionary funding since FY2009.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$203,787,827 · 13 contracts
Awarded all-time
$738,138,712 · 73 since 2010, incl. expired
Paid to date
$387,063,442
Won without a fresh bid
66% of contract value · $490,150,678 · 56 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$4,590,968 · 7 awards
Funding history
Funded 3 years (FY2022–FY2027), including each of the last 2
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$325,156 · Damyn Kelly, President & CEO
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 +22% from FY2022 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.

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

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