Zeta Charter Schools - New York City

City-funded organization

Zeta Charter Schools - New York City is part of the Zeta Charter Schools network, founded in 2017 by former Success Academy attorney Emily Kim (per Chalkbeat and zetaschools.org), operating whole child, social emotional focused pre-K through 9th grade schools in Inwood, the Bronx, and Queens. The city's Department of Education funds the network's universal pre-kindergarten seats; its current active contract, "UPK- UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN SERVICES" ($8.5 million), was awarded as a renewal without a fresh competitive bid, per Checkbook NYC. Zeta has been awarded $34.3 million across 13 DOE contracts since 2018, and 100% of contract value ($34.3 million) has been awarded without a fresh competitive bid, per Checkbook NYC.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$8,471,200 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$34,328,694 · 13 since 2018, incl. expired
Paid to date
$21,296,028
Won without a fresh bid
100% of contract value · $34,328,694 · 13 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).

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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