Venture House, Inc.
Lobbying client
Venture House, Inc. is a New York City nonprofit, founded in 1988, that runs Clubhouse-model psychosocial rehabilitation programs for adults living with serious mental illness, helping members with employment, education, housing and community support across Queens, Staten Island, Brooklyn and the Bronx. It has filed 3 lobbying disclosures in 2026 worth $24,000 through Patrick B. Jenkins & Associates, lobbying all 51 council members for program funding, and holds about $91.1 million in active NYC contracts as of August 2026.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 3
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $36,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $91,125,000 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $111,007,489 · 8 since 2009, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $36,022,941
- Won without a fresh bid
- 18% of contract value · $19,882,489 · 7 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $242,015 · 7 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 4 years (FY2022–FY2027), including each of the last 2
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $231,499 · Juliet Douglas, Executive Di
- Based in
- Jamaica, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Patrick B. Jenkins & Associates Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Seeking funding for programs
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).
- Adult Clubhouse Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620258800687 $91,125,000
- Clubhouse Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620228800026 · ended 2024 $7,734,836
- Mental Health Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620180003578 · ended 2020 $4,693,039
- MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620150000421 · ended 2017 $2,411,332
- CSS Psychosocial Clubhouse Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620100002379 · ended 2012 $2,098,020
- Mental Health Services - Psychosocial Club Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620210002508 · ended 2021 $1,598,732
- Mental Health Services - Psychosocial Club Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620131409352 · ended 2014 $1,331,530
- Funds will provide support to cultural programs. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268805026 · ended 2023 $15,000
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.
- Adult Clubhouse Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 4 payments $6,721,395
- Adult Clubhouse Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 5 payments $4,842,632
- Adult Clubhouse Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2027 $4,113,180
- Clubhouse Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2023 · 10 payments $2,182,739
- Clubhouse Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 · 12 payments $1,503,381
- Mental Health Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 · 4 payments $1,290,850
- Clubhouse Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 · 3 payments $1,245,629
- Mental Health Services - Psychosocial Club Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 · 4 payments $706,919
- Mental Health Services - Psychosocial Club Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2021 $532,104
- Clubhouse Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 3 payments $435,319
- Clubhouse Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 2 payments $259,490
- Mental Health Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 $170,290
- Mental Health Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2021 $117,960
- Mental Health Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 2 payments $115,748
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Peer Specialists Support Peer Specialists Support · Dhmh · FY2026 $75,000
- Peer Specialists Support Peer Specialists Support · Dhmh · FY2027 $75,000
- Virtual Clubhouse CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dhmh · FY2027 $50,000
- Media & Marketing Program CM Hanks · DYCD · FY2023 $15,000
- Community Programs - Council District 40 CM Joseph · DYCD · FY2027 $10,000
- Council District 27 CM Williams · Support Our Older Adults · DFTA · FY2027 $10,000
- Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers · Dhmh · FY2022 $7,015
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.
- Kamillah Hanks FY2023 · 1 award $15,000
- Rita C. Joseph FY2027 · 1 award $10,000
- Nantasha M. Williams FY2027 · 1 award $10,000
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.
- Juliet Douglas Executive Di $231,499
- Norman Bailey CFO $193,743
- David Plotka Program Director $172,309
- Faqueni Ravel Program Director $149,587
- Larry Jones Program Director $127,717
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +180% 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 Juliet Douglas · 7.88% of revenue $166,928
- FY2021 Juliet Douglas · 7.54% of revenue $192,519
- FY2022 Juliet Douglas · 9.03% of revenue $242,619
- FY2023 Juliet Douglas · 9.39% of revenue $231,499