Rising Ground, Inc.

City-funded organization

Rising Ground (formerly Leake and Watts Services, founded 1831) is one of New York's oldest and largest human services nonprofits, serving approximately 30,000 people annually across 101 programs in NYC and Westchester County; core services include child welfare and foster care, special education, youth development, mental health, and services for survivors of gender-based violence, with $398.3 million in active ACS and DYCD contracts as of August 2026 and over $8.6 million in city council discretionary funding since 2009.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$398,341,430 · 43 contracts
Awarded all-time
$1,108,064,368 · 174 since 2010, incl. expired
Paid to date
$626,271,285
Won without a fresh bid
71% of contract value · $791,102,648 · 140 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$10,353,598 · 81 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2019 (9 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$457,339 · Alan E Mucatel, Chief Executive Officer
Based in
Yonkers, 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 -6% 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.

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

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