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

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.

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 +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.

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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