Policy

How an obscure nonprofit became one of NYC's largest contractors

Queens-based nonprofit Childrens Community Services was a quarter-million dollars in the red in 2014, according to IRS records. But by the summer of 2017, record homelessness had propelled the organization to securing what is now the eighth largest year-to-date spending of any city contract, according to Checkbook NYC.

Nonprofits

NYN Media

How an obscure nonprofit became one of New York City’s largest contractors

It all began in 2014 when Thomas Bransky, the son of a Chicago hotel owner, came to the city in order to build an organization to help house the thousands of homeless New Yorkers that had a right to shelter each night. But at first he was far from successful.

Nonprofits

Policy

How the 2018-19 state budget affects the nonprofit sector

New York nonprofits scored some funding wins in the final state budget for the upcoming year, but the victory was not shared across the board.