Mercyfirst

City-funded organization

MercyFirst is a New York nonprofit human-services agency founded in 1894 by the Sisters of Mercy that provides foster care, enhanced family foster care, residential care, and family prevention services to children and families in NYC and Long Island; it holds $207.6 million in active contracts as of August 2026 with the NYC Administration for Children's Services and has received $142K in City Council and agency discretionary grants since FY2009.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$207,599,730 · 6 contracts
Awarded all-time
$746,376,555 · 51 since 1989, incl. expired
Paid to date
$403,040,445
Won without a fresh bid
59% of contract value · $442,205,675 · 39 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$142,383 · 6 awards
Funding history
Funded 5 years (FY2022–FY2026); not in FY2027
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$340,703 · Renee Skolaski, President/CEO
Based in
Syosset, 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.

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 (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 -12% 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.

Sources