ST. Barnabas Hospital

City-funded organization

St. Barnabas Hospital, part of the nonprofit SBH Health System, is a Bronx teaching hospital that its own website describes as the oldest continuously operating health care facility in New York State, tracing to an 1866 incorporation as the Home for Incurables. It is registered as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit under EIN 13-1740122, per its IRS Form 990 filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. Checkbook NYC shows the hospital holding 8 active city contracts worth nearly $4 million, part of 45 registered contracts since 2009 worth $19.3 million awarded all-time and $12.9 million paid to date, with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Department of Youth and Community Development, and the Department of Design and Construction. The largest active contracts are medical-equipment purchases tagged "Discretionary (member-item)" (including a $981,237 purchase of medical equipment and a $361,877 3D mammography unit), a $913,545 Office of Neighborhood Safety contract tagged "Negotiated contract," and an $831,250 Colon Cancer Screening Navigation contract awarded by RFP. Checkbook NYC's own award-method tags show 96% of the hospital's contract value, $18.4 million across 42 contracts, was

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$3,961,893 · 8 contracts
Awarded all-time
$19,266,639 · 45 since 2009, incl. expired
Paid to date
$12,903,069
Won without a fresh bid
96% of contract value · $18,431,389 · 42 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$944,050 · 26 awards
Funding history
Funded 12 years (FY2009–FY2023); not in FY2027
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$1,067,682 · David Perlstein, President/CEO
Based in
Bronx, 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 (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 -10% 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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