Providence House, Inc.
Lobbying client
Providence House is a Brooklyn nonprofit that provides transitional and supportive housing along with trauma-informed services for homeless families and for women who are awaiting trial or returning to the community after incarceration. In 2025 the organization filed 6 lobbying disclosures naming one lobbied official, Council Member Chi Osse, on board and commission determinations tied to state and city legislative and executive matters, including land use, with $67,225 in reported compensation paid to Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP. Providence House also holds $52,170,099 in active New York City contracts as of August 2026 on record under its own name.
- Council members lobbied
- 1
- Filings (since 2024)
- 6
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $67,225
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $52,170,099 · 6 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $140,160,661 · 20 since 2013, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $75,760,437
- Won without a fresh bid
- 57% of contract value · $79,778,516 · 15 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $54,131 · 4 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 4 years (FY2022–FY2027), including each of the last 3
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $256,312 · Monzura Rhue, SR. Director. Of HR & Admin (Part Year)
- Based in
- Brooklyn, NY
Lobbied these council members
- Chi A. Ossé Council Member, District 36 (Brooklyn)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Homeless Services City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Homeless Services City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Determination of Board or Commission - ALL ACTIVITIES RELATING TO NYC AND NYS LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT AND ALL MUNICIPALITIES THEREOF INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LAND USE…
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).
- Contract renewal to ensure continuity of services to 59 unit Department of Homeless Services · CT107120268800006 $35,916,608
- FY22 Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620228800222 $8,808,754
- Supported Housing - SRO Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620238800456 $3,650,682
- NY 15/15 Congregate Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620248805061 $2,672,370
- Single Room Occupancy Supportive Housing @ D'Addario Resid. Department of Social Services · CT106920258800528 $641,248
- Prov of SRO Housing Svcs at Bishop Joseph M Sullivan Department of Social Services · CT106920278801378 $480,437
- Allowance Amendment - Glenmore Family Residence Department of Homeless Services · CT107120210003301 · ended 2025 $46,371,916
- Allowance Amendments FY23 - Providence House Department of Homeless Services · CT107120191401376 · ended 2023 $19,868,065
- Nghbrhd- Based Cluster Trans. Res.for Fams -Providence House Department of Homeless Services · CT107120141403661 · ended 2018 $9,193,148
- NY 15/15 Congregate Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620191421063 · ended 2024 $3,201,290
Largest payments, by purpose
The organization's largest individual city payments (roughly $25,000 and up), grouped by purpose, to show what recent money was for. This is NOT a total — smaller payments aren't listed; see “Paid to date” above for the complete amount paid against its contracts. Fiscal years 2020 and later.
- Allowance Amendment - Glenmore Family Residence Department of Homeless Services · FY2025 · 5 payments $6,965,061
- Shelter svcs. for homeless families at 820 Glenmore Ave., BK Department of Homeless Services · FY2022 · 17 payments $6,882,138
- Contract renewal to ensure continuity of services to 59 unit Department of Homeless Services · FY2026 · 18 payments $6,811,786
- Funding for Security Prevailing Wage Adjustment and ICR Department of Homeless Services · FY2023 · 14 payments $4,756,787
- Allowance Amendment - Glenmore Family Residence Department of Homeless Services · FY2024 · 13 payments $4,653,293
- Contract renewal to ensure continuity of services to 59 unit Department of Homeless Services · FY2027 $3,786,012
- Shelter svcs. for homeless families at 820 Glenmore Ave., BK Department of Homeless Services · FY2021 · 8 payments $3,023,614
- Shelter svcs. for homeless families at 820 Glenmore Ave., BK Department of Homeless Services · FY2023 · 4 payments $2,171,878
- Funding for Security Prevailing Wage Adjustment and ICR Department of Homeless Services · FY2024 $1,693,710
- Shltr Srvcs for Hmlss Fams, Cluster Program-Providence House Department of Homeless Services · FY2020 · 13 payments $1,604,572
- Shltr Srvcs for Hmlss Fams, Cluster Program-Providence House Department of Homeless Services · FY2021 · 17 payments $1,394,935
- Shltr Srvcs for Hmlss Fams, Cluster Program-Providence House Department of Homeless Services · FY2022 · 9 payments $1,179,505
- Allowance Amendment - Glenmore Family Residence Department of Homeless Services · FY2026 · 2 payments $973,159
- FY'23 Extension-homeless fams at 699-701 Lexington Ave Department of Homeless Services · FY2023 · 9 payments $731,052
- NY 15/15 Congregate Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 14 payments $646,454
- NY 15/15 Congregate Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 6 payments $516,927
- FY22 Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 4 payments $486,541
- NY 15/15 Congregate Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2021 · 5 payments $461,062
- NY 15/15 Congregate Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 · 11 payments $453,217
- NY 15/15 Congregate Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2023 · 8 payments $447,140
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers · Dhmh · FY2022 $24,131
- Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative CM Osse · Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2025 $10,000
- Council District 36 CM Osse · Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2026 $10,000
- Council District 36 CM Osse · Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2027 $10,000
Funded by these council members
City Council members who steered discretionary (member-item) money to this organization, largest first (FY2020 and later, where the sponsoring member is disclosed). Sitting members link to their page.
- Chi A. Ossé FY2025-2027 · 3 awards $30,000
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.
- Monzura Rhue SR. Director. Of HR & Admin (Part Year) $256,312
- Danielle Minelli Pagnotta Executive Director $218,051
- Danielle Rosario Chief Operating Officer $184,669
- Rita Taddonio Chief Programs Officer $176,184
- Richard Klein Chief Development Officer $173,425
- Donna Smith SR. Director Of Finance (Part Year) $173,176
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +50% 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.
- FY2020 Danielle Minelli Pagnotta · 6.95% of revenue $193,658
- FY2021 Danielle Minelli Pagnotta · 6.6% of revenue $187,841
- FY2023 Danielle Minelli Pagnotta · 7.32% of revenue $223,655
- FY2024 Monzura Rhue · 10.33% of revenue $256,312
Where their influence converges
Outside interests connected to this official through more than one independent channel — drawn straight from the records the rest of the site already shows. “Lobbied them” = a lobbying filing that named the member. “Outside spending” = an independent-expenditure committee the interest funds spent in
- Chi A. Ossé It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction