Praxis Housing Initiatives Inc

City-funded organization

Praxis Housing Initiatives Inc is a Manhattan-based nonprofit that provides transitional and supportive housing for formerly homeless New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS, substance use disorders, or serious mental illness, operating both congregate residences and scattered-site apartments across the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. It holds $178.1 million in active contracts as of August 2026 (6) with the Departments of Homeless Services and Health and Mental Hygiene, out of $311.6 million awarded since 2010, with 50% ($156.6 million across 15 contracts) won without a fresh bid, plus roughly $778,000 in DOHMH discretionary funding since 2009 for programs like the Injection Drug Users Health Alliance and Viral Hepatitis Prevention.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$178,143,989 · 7 contracts
Awarded all-time
$312,762,285 · 23 since 2010, incl. expired
Paid to date
$187,201,310
Won without a fresh bid
50% of contract value · $157,743,774 · 16 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$778,472 · 22 awards
Funding history
Funded 16 years (FY2009–FY2024); not in FY2027
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$311,955 · Svein Jorgensen, Chief Executive Officer
HPD housing capital financed
$7,500,000 · via 990 Schedule R
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 -15% 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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