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Immigration & Legal Services

All New York State New York City

Total sector funding

$930M

264 organizations

Median award

$50K

2,006 awards

Largest award

$70M

avg $463K

Top-3 concentration

47%

of $930M

Market brief

The shape of this market

Immigration and legal services funding in New York City totals $930M across 264 organizations and 2,006 awards. The market is driven by a small number of large, sustained contracts rather than many small grants: the median award is $50K, but the largest single award reaches $70M, pulling the average up to $463K. Concentration is high, with the top three recipients controlling 47% of all funding.

Who leads, and why

Legal Aid Society leads with $214M across 89 awards, followed by Legal Services NYC at $125M across 42 awards and Urban Justice Center at $97M across 46 awards. These organizations combine high award counts with large totals, indicating durable, multi-award relationships with public funders rather than one-off contracts. Neighborhood Association for Inter-Cultural Affairs stands out for a different pattern, holding $71M across just 2 awards.

Where the money comes from

The overwhelming majority of funding flows through contracts awarded by the Department of Social Services, which accounts for $643M across 103 awards, dwarfing other buyers. The Department of Youth and Community Development ($19M, 51 awards) and Department of Small Business Services ($9.0M, 12 awards) follow at much smaller scale. On the legislative side, the Brooklyn Delegation directs the largest share of appropriations at $20M across 73 awards, with individual sponsors like Gale A. Brewer and Queens Delegation directing smaller, more distributed amounts.

The opening

With 264 organizations splitting $930M and a median award of just $50K, most of the market outside the top tier consists of small, discrete contracts. Organizations like CAMBA ($24M, 7 awards) and Housing Conservation Coordinators ($21M, 27 awards) show that mid-size players can build meaningful volume without matching the scale of the top three. New entrants or smaller providers are more likely to compete for these smaller Department of Social Services or Department of Youth and Community Development contracts than to displace the incumbents holding the largest awards.

What to watch

Department of Social Services concentration at $643M means shifts in that agency's contracting priorities would have outsized effects on the entire sector. The gap between Neighborhood Association for Inter-Cultural Affairs' $71M over only 2 awards and peers with far more numerous but smaller awards is worth monitoring, as it suggests a large, possibly time-limited contract rather than a recurring funding stream. Legislative direction remains modest relative to agency contracting, so appropriations activity from the Brooklyn Delegation and others should be read as a secondary, supplementary channel.

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