Business Outreach Center Network, Inc.

Lobbying client

Business Outreach Center Network, known as BOC Network, is a nonprofit that runs a network of business assistance centers across New York City and Newark, New Jersey, offering free counseling on planning, marketing, management and financing, with a focus on low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs, according to the organization's website. It was piloted in 1989 and expanded citywide in 1992. In city lobbying, it has filed 16 registrations since 2024, paying a combined $96,000 to Driscoll Group Inc. and Lemma Strategies Inc. to lobby all 51 City Council members on capital and expense budget funding for its programs and special assistance and education services. It has held city contracts since 2009 totaling $12.5 million, with $168,750 active as of August 2026.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
16
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$96,000
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$168,750 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$12,529,524 · 57 since 2009, incl. expired
Paid to date
$11,793,756
Won without a fresh bid
76% of contract value · $9,574,320 · 50 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$7,170,916 · 160 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$277,847 · Nancy Carin, Executive. Director

Represented by lobbyist firms

Holds contracts at

Funded by these agencies

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 +115% 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.

Federal awards

Federal awards made directly to this organization in fiscal years 2023 through 2026. Each amount is what the federal government has OBLIGATED on that award as recorded on USAspending.gov as of 2026-08-31 — money committed, not money paid out. These are prime awards only: federal money this

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