New York City has reduced its nonprofit contract backlog by 52% this year

The New York City Mayor’s Office of Nonprofit Services hosted a meeting recently with City Hall leadership, department commissioners and nonprofit leaders to discuss the results of the office’s efforts to get nonprofit organizations contracting with the government paid on time. For a long time, the city was very behind in “registering,” or paying, contracted nonprofits, creating a backlog of unpaid contracts worth more than $11 billion. These nonprofits run programs on the government’s behalf, such as offering social services to families in need. Since the beginning of the year, the office has been using a new tool, ContractStat, to help track its performance on compensating nonprofits, and it has been conducting a survey among these organizations to gauge their experiences working with th