West Harlem Community Organiz- Ation Inc

City-funded organization

West Harlem Community Organization, Inc. is a nonprofit that has sponsored the West Harlem Head Start program in Harlem and Washington Heights since 1965 and operates a Family Child Care Network (since 2012) serving children in Department of Health licensed provider homes, per its own site. Its NYC contracts, chiefly Head Start, EarlyLearn, and Universal Pre-K child care services, run through the Administration for Children's Services, Department of Education, and Department of Youth and Community Development: $72 million awarded since 2010, $42 million paid to date, and no contracts active as of August 2026. Its largest contract, "UPK Family Child Care Networks" with the Department of Education ($29 million), was awarded by RFP, while 39% of contract value awarded without a fresh competitive bid ($28,002,785 across 6 contracts) includes renewals such as "Decrease of funds and EarlyLearn Services transfer to DOE." The organization also received $10,000 in City Council discretionary funding across 2 awards (FY2010 and FY2011), and its Executive Director, Andrea Hayes, was paid $226,364 in FY2024 per the organization's IRS Form 990 (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, EIN 13-6193685).

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $71,773,554 awarded since 2010
Paid to date
$41,888,335
Won without a fresh bid
39% of contract value · $28,002,785 · 6 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$10,000 · 2 awards
Funding history
Funded 2 years (FY2010–FY2011); not in FY2027
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$226,364 · Andrea Hayes, Executive Director
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.

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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