United Community Centers

City-funded organization

United Community Centers is a nonprofit community organization based at 613 New Lots Avenue in the East New York section of Brooklyn, tax-exempt under EIN 11-1950787 since March 1961 according to its IRS filings on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. It runs East New York Farms, a project developed with local residents that includes the UCC Youth Farm, where young interns learn organic farming as part of a food justice and sustainable agriculture mission. The organization has been awarded $17,487,478 in New York City contracts since 2009, with none active as of August 2026 and $14,911,777 paid to date. Fifty-two percent of that contract value, $9,117,638 across 32 contracts, was won without a fresh competitive bid, largely through renewals and assignments of Universal Pre-Kindergarten and EarlyLearn childcare contracts with the Department of Education and the Administration for Children's Services. Its largest single contract, $8,091,340 for "UPK-BTF" with the Department of Education, was competitively awarded through an RFP and ended in 2024. Separately, City Council members have steered $1,385,482 in discretionary funding to the organization across 59 awards from fiscal years 2009

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $17,487,478 awarded since 2009
Paid to date
$14,911,777
Won without a fresh bid
52% of contract value · $9,117,638 · 32 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$1,385,482 · 59 awards
Funding history
Funded 15 years (FY2009–FY2023); not in FY2027
Based in
Brooklyn, 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.

Sources