Day Care Council of New York, Inc.

Lobbying client

The Day Care Council of New York is a membership and advocacy organization representing more than 120 nonprofit and for-profit agencies that run child care and early childhood education programs across New York City's five boroughs. It filed two disclosures in 2026, lobbying all 51 council members without a paid outside lobbyist on early childhood education budget funding, and our data show $48.2 million in its New York City contracts since 2009, none currently active.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
3
Lobbyist firm(s)
In-house
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$4,403
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$12,533,995 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$60,716,372 · 17 since 2009, incl. expired
Paid to date
$32,295,501
Won without a fresh bid
58% of contract value · $35,030,440 · 15 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$203,186 · 3 awards
Funding history
Funded 3 years (FY2013–FY2022); not in FY2027
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$289,280 · Tara N Gardner, Executive Director
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 +117% 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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