St. John's University

Lobbying client

St. John's University is a private Catholic university based in Queens, New York, that in 2026 sold its Staten Island campus on Grymes Hill to Wagner College, ending its use of a site it had operated since consolidating with Notre Dame College in the early 1970s. Since 2024 the university has filed 13 lobbying disclosures with the city, using Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno LLC as its lobbyist and reporting $137,000 in compensation, lobbying three City Council members, including Staten Island representatives David Carr, Joe Borelli, and Kamillah Hanks, on real property determinations tied to community relations around the sale and repurposing of the Staten Island property.

Council members lobbied
3
Filings (since 2024)
13
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$137,000
Industry (per city contracts)
Standardized Services
City contracts (active)
$1,050,000 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$47,137,773 · 116 since 2007, incl. expired
Paid to date
$33,419,701
Won without a fresh bid
57% of contract value · $26,803,786 · 35 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$1,157,000 · 26 awards
Funding history
Funded 15 years (FY2011–FY2027), including each of the last 13
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$7,840,000 · Michael A Anderson, ForMER HEAD COACH MEN'S BASKETBALL

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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 (FY2024). 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 +108% 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.

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

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