Rena Day Care Centers Inc
City-funded organization
RENA Day Care Centers Inc, based at 639 Edgecombe Avenue in Manhattan per its own site, has operated early childhood education and child care programs since 1972, serving children from birth to five (renafccn.org). It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 13-2724410, per IRS filings on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. The organization has held New York City contracts with the Administration for Children's Services and the Department of Education totaling $148 million awarded since 2012, with $99 million paid to date and no contracts currently active as of August 2026. Its largest contract, a $57 million Family Child Care Networks award from the Department of Education that ended in 2025, was competitively bid (RFP). Citywide, 32% of the contract value awarded to RENA, $47 million across 4 contracts, was awarded without a fresh competitive bid.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $30,859,354 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $178,998,358 · 8 since 2012, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $98,980,016
- Won without a fresh bid
- 43% of contract value · $77,562,566 · 5 contracts
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $143,189 · Adra Pegues, Executive Director
Holds contracts at
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
- Department of Education City agency
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).
- UPK- Family Child Care Network Department of Education · CT104020279756331 $30,859,354
- Family Child Care Networks Department of Education · CT104020219157529 · ended 2025 $57,062,394
- EarlyLearn Services Administration for Children's Services · CT106820131407119 · ended 2016 $30,482,203
- Decrease of Funds & EarlyLearn Services Transfer to DOE. Administration for Children's Services · CT106820171403810 · ended 2019 $21,675,457
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · CT104020229251363 · ended 2026 $13,891,195
- Family Child Care Networks Department of Education · CT104020269656965 · ended 2026 $12,343,742
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · CT104020209050313 · ended 2021 $11,279,508
- UPK-Universal Pre-kindergarten Service Department of Education · CT104020159553592 · ended 2021 $1,404,506
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.
- Adra Pegues Executive Director $143,189
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed -48% 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.
- FY2020 Yessenia Rosario · 3.66% of revenue $172,046
- FY2021 Adra Pegues · 3.01% of revenue $119,680
- FY2022 Adra Pegues · 2.05% of revenue $122,511
- FY2023 Adra Pegues · 1.14% of revenue $143,189