The Mental Health Association of New York City, Inc.
Lobbying client
The Mental Health Association of New York City, founded in 1969, now operates under the name Vibrant Emotional Health. It runs national crisis services including the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and NYC Well, along with community mental health and peer-support programs. It filed 3 disclosures in 2026, a citywide registration with no outside lobbyist listed, reaching all 51 council members to advocate for discretionary budget funding.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 3
- Lobbyist firm(s)
- In-house
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $6,510
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $198,876,389 · 10 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $409,503,422 · 43 since 2011, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $282,198,418
- Won without a fresh bid
- 87% of contract value · $357,075,066 · 33 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $10,065,939 · 4 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 4 years (FY2018–FY2027), including each of the last 2
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $558,047 · Kimberly Williams, President & CEO (Thru 2/1/24)
- Based in
- New York, NY
Holds contracts at
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Advocacy for budgetary items and discretionary funding
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).
- Behavioral and Mental Health Services. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620258800203 $105,337,489
- FY23 RQM New Contract Advocacy and Self Help Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620238800294 $20,732,333
- FY26 City Council \ NYC 988 Crisis Intervention and Suicide Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620268808262 $18,750,000
- Mental Health Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620238800279 $13,816,204
- Family and Youth Peer Support for Bronx Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620228800295 $13,569,818
- Family and Youth Peer Support for Queens Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620228800161 $11,713,399
- Mental Health Services- YES Adolescent Skill Center Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620190002372 $4,945,591
- Family and Youth Peer Support Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620238800225 $4,500,000
- Coordinated Children's Services Initiative Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620210001981 $3,402,409
- Mental Health, Adult Recovery, & Service Dollars Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620258800255 $2,109,146
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.
- Behavioral health services through NYC Well Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2023 · 10 payments $25,511,922
- Behavioral health services through NYC Well Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 · 10 payments $24,841,031
- Behavioral and Mental Health Services. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 7 payments $21,738,349
- Behavioral and Mental Health Services. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 9 payments $18,949,327
- Behavioral and Mental Health Services. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2027 $17,466,696
- Behavioral health services through NYC Well Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 · 7 payments $11,465,026
- Behavioral health services through NYC Well Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 3 payments $4,171,076
- Prevention Services - Family Treatment/ Rehabilitation Administration for Children's Services · FY2024 · 12 payments $3,809,651
- New York City Support Center Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 $3,092,284
- Prevention Services - Family Treatment/ Rehabilitation Administration for Children's Services · FY2025 · 10 payments $2,485,303
- Family Support Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 · 13 payments $2,079,300
- Prevention Services - Family Treatment/ Rehabilitation Administration for Children's Services · FY2023 · 9 payments $1,819,736
- Prevention Services - Family Treatment/ Rehabilitation Administration for Children's Services · FY2021 · 4 payments $1,815,717
- Family and Youth Peer Support for Bronx Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 9 payments $1,655,227
- New York City Support Center Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2021 $1,624,267
- Prevention Services - Family Support - BX5 Administration for Children's Services · FY2025 · 11 payments $1,605,278
- Prevention Services - Family Support Administration for Children's Services · FY2023 · 10 payments $1,464,791
- Family Resource Centers Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 · 2 payments $1,458,202
- Family and Youth Peer Support for Queens Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 8 payments $1,419,711
- NAE Family Support Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2021 · 6 payments $1,376,935
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- NYC 988 Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Hotline NYC 988 Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Hotline · Dhmh · FY2026 $5,000,000
- NYC 988 Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Hotline NYC 988 Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Hotline · Dhmh · FY2027 $5,000,000
- Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers · ACS · FY2022 $50,939
- Local Dhmh · FY2018 $15,000
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.
- Kimberly Williams President & CEO (Thru 2/1/24) $558,047
- Grant Riewe Chief Technology Officer $353,514
- Lesleigh Irish-Underwood Chief External Affairs Officer $351,618
- Karen Wegmann CFO (Thru 4/1/24) $340,413
- Tia Dole Interim Chief Program Officer $322,952
- Lisa Furst Thru 5124 Chief Program Officer $281,219
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +64% 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.
- FY2020 Kimberly Williams · 1.91% of revenue $341,072
- FY2021 Kimberly Williams · 1.62% of revenue $414,726
- FY2022 Kimberly Williams · 0.8% of revenue $517,187
- FY2023 Kimberly Williams · 0.93% of revenue $558,047
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
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Grant $785,984,732
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.00R 988 and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Programs · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Grant $254,582,876
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Grant $79,874,598
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Grant $77,000,000
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Grant $75,000,000
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Grant $47,000,000
- Department of Veterans Affairs IT AND TELECOM- OTHER IT AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS · Department of Veterans Affairs · Contract $40,596,818
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Grant $32,000,000
- Department of Veterans Affairs SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: EMERGENCY RESPONSE/DISASTER PLANNING/PREPAREDNESS SUPPORT · Department of Veterans Affairs · Contract $14,377,232
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Grant $12,021,172
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Grant $1,274,997