Steppingstone Day School

City-funded organization

Steppingstone Day School, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit preschool serving children with and without disabilities, founded in 1983 in Kew Garden Hills, Queens, with a second site in the Bronx, according to its own website. It has held New York City Department of Education contracts since 2007 for preschool special education services and Universal Pre-Kindergarten, though it has no active city contracts currently; $84 million has been awarded to it in total, all now expired. 94% of that contract value ($79 million, 11 contracts) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $84,264,523 awarded since 2007
Paid to date
$46,718,906
Won without a fresh bid
94% of contract value · $78,818,984 · 11 contracts

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).

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