Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty, Inc.

City-funded organization

Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty, Inc. (Met Council) is a New York City human-services nonprofit headquartered at 1 State Street Plaza (per its own site), which describes itself as "America's largest Jewish charity dedicated to serving the needy," running kosher food pantries, affordable housing, crisis intervention, family violence services, and Holocaust survivor programs. It holds $4,757,166 in active city contracts as of August 2026 across the Department for the Aging, Department of Design and Construction, Department of Sanitation, Department of Social Services, and Department of Youth and Community Development, part of $61,590,488 awarded since 2012 (of which $47,713,154 has been paid to date), plus $57,032,007 in City Council discretionary funding since FY2009 across 896 awards. 96% of contract value awarded without a fresh competitive bid ($59,000,488 across 62 contracts). Its FY2023 Form 990 (EIN 13-2738818, via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer) lists CEO David Greenfield's compensation at $688,172; Greenfield, a former City Council member, left office in January 2018 to lead the organization, per Crain's New York Business.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$4,757,166 · 6 contracts
Awarded all-time
$61,590,488 · 64 since 2012, incl. expired
Paid to date
$48,866,681
Won without a fresh bid
96% of contract value · $59,000,488 · 62 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$61,794,272 · 956 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$688,172 · David Greenfield, Chief Executive Officer
HPD housing capital financed
$3,750,000 · via 990 Schedule R
Based in
New York, NY
Council connection
David Greenfield, Chief Executive Officer (FY2023 filing); former Council member
Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
30
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$233,555
Also appears as
Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty

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 +23% 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.

Council connections

Left the Council in January 2018 to become CEO of Met Council on Jewish Poverty. Under his tenure the organization has received over $12 million in council discretionary funding from members across the city, plus a second salary from its affiliate Jewish Community Council Service Commission. Role

Community project funding secured by (FY2024)

Members of New York's congressional delegation named as requestors of an enacted FY2024 community project for this organization, in the House Appropriations Committee's own final project tables. Each figure is the amount APPROPRIATED for that project, not money paid out to this organization to date.

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

What they lobbied on

subjects from their filings

Sources