Center for Educational Innovation-Public Education Association

Lobbying client

The Center for Educational Innovation-Public Education Association, now branded CEI, is a New York nonprofit formed in 2000 from the merger of two organizations tracing back to the 1994 Annenberg Challenge for small public schools. It runs enrichment and school-support programs, including its Project BOOST academic program, arts and STEM education, and educator training, working with more than 150 New York City public schools as of 2022 as a Department of Education-designated Partnership Support Organization. CEI has filed 12 lobbying disclosures since 2024, worth $210,000 in compensation through Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP, registered citywide seeking city budget funding.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
12
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$210,000
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$7,000 · 2 awards
Funding history
Funded 2 years (FY2013–FY2014); not in FY2027
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$293,058 · Michael Kohlhagen, CEO, President

Represented by lobbyist firms

What they lobbied on

subjects from their filings

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 +561% 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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