Staten Island Community Job Center, Inc.

Lobbying client

Staten Island Community Job Center, Inc., known publicly as La Colmena, is a Staten Island nonprofit founded in 2014 by day laborers, domestic workers and allies to organize and represent the borough's immigrant workforce, running education, training and referral programs under executive director Gonzalo Mercado. It filed 5 lobbying disclosures in 2025, registered citywide across all 51 council districts, reporting $27,000 in compensation to lobbyist Mirram Group LLC on budget funding for its programming. The organization held $2,408,923 in active city contracts as of August 8, 2026, part of $16,368,173.75 in cumulative city contracts dating to 2016.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
5
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$27,000
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$2,408,923 · 2 contracts
Awarded all-time
$16,368,174 · 25 since 2016, incl. expired
Paid to date
$12,172,835
Won without a fresh bid
94% of contract value · $15,368,174 · 24 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$7,136,155 · 44 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2016 (12 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$128,109 · Yesenia Mata, Executive Director

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Holds contracts at

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What they lobbied on

subjects from their filings

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).

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.

Discretionary funding received

City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.

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.

Officer & key-staff pay

Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2023). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.

Officer pay over time

Total officer pay changed +51% from FY2020 to FY2023. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.

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