Mercy Center

City-funded organization

Mercy Center is a nonprofit founded in 1990 in the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx, offering free ESOL classes, adult literacy and HSE/GED preparation, workforce development, immigration services, and family support programs. Its NYC contracts are concentrated at the Department of Youth and Community Development, funding literacy, ESOL, and civic education programming, with an additional Department of Social Services contract for child care outreach, and it has received City Council discretionary funding for its Adult Literacy Initiative every year since FY2009. Overall, 81% of the contract value Mercy Center has won is recorded as awarded without a fresh competitive bid. Its executive director, Stephen J. Stritch III, was paid $192,549 in FY2023 according to the organization's IRS Form 990.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$9,469,861 · 6 contracts
Awarded all-time
$23,201,129 · 56 since 2008, incl. expired
Paid to date
$17,398,904
Won without a fresh bid
81% of contract value · $18,873,373 · 47 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$4,781,187 · 32 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$192,549 · Stephen J Stritch III, Executive Director.

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 (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 +46% 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.

Sources