Sheltering Arms Children and Family Services, Inc.

City-funded organization

Sheltering Arms Children and Family Services, Inc. is a New York City-based 501(c)(3) human-services nonprofit serving children and families, led by CEO Elizabeth McCarthy. It was awarded $45.6 million in NYC contracts across 8 contracts, now all expired, primarily providing Universal Pre-K (UPK-BTF/UPK-CIN) programming for the Department of Education and services for the Administration for Children's Services, and has been awarded $745.2 million across 159 contracts with the city since 2010, none currently active.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $745,202,677 awarded since 2010
Paid to date
$577,742,524
Won without a fresh bid
69% of contract value · $515,776,460 · 123 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$3,944,916 · 90 awards
Funding history
Funded 8 years (FY2016–FY2023); not in FY2027
Top officer pay (FY2020)
$383,805 · Elizabeth Mccarthy, Chief Executive Officer
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.

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 (FY2020). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.

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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