El Puente De Williamsburg, Inc.
Lobbying client
El Puente is a human rights and community organizing group founded in 1982 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, running youth leadership centers and organizing on housing, environmental and education justice in the neighborhood and in Puerto Rico. It has filed 2 lobbying disclosures with the city in 2026, through the lobbying firm Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno, to lobby the full 51-member City Council on program funding in the city budget, reporting $12,500 in compensation. It currently holds $9.4 million in active city contracts as of August 2026.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 2
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $12,500
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $9,414,899 · 5 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $47,273,296 · 104 since 2007, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $34,158,408
- Won without a fresh bid
- 82% of contract value · $38,910,755 · 79 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $9,172,513 · 202 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $159,051 · Marco Carrion, Executive Director
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Program 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).
- FY27 Cornerstone Community Centers NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278800733 $4,549,380
- FY27 Beacon Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278800859 $2,594,423
- FY25 Renewal of Community School Services - R1191 Department of Education · CT104020258804047 $1,683,596
- FY25-FY27 Discretionary Award for College & Career Readiness Department of Education · CT104020268807303 $562,500
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020273003833 $25,000
- COVID-19 -Remote school Support - Learning Labs Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020200000774 · ended 2023 $6,023,216
- To provide various services within NYC community centers Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020171402721 · ended 2019 $3,641,695
- Beacon community activities at Beacon Leadership Center. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020211400857 · ended 2024 $2,986,060
- Cornerstone Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258800452 · ended 2026 $2,827,588
- to support the most vulnerable New Yorkers to access resourc Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258804075 · ended 2026 $2,170,312
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.
- Cornerstone Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 8 payments $1,092,946
- Community based programs in NYC centers Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 10 payments $743,742
- Beacon community activities at Beacon Leadership Center. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 12 payments $636,592
- FY27 Cornerstone Community Centers NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2027 $606,584
- to support the most vulnerable New Yorkers to access resourc Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 4 payments $603,001
- Beacon Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 5 payments $602,339
- COVID-19 -Remote school Support - Learning Labs Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 8 payments $600,944
- Beacon Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 2 payments $580,355
- COVID-19 -Remote school Support - Learning Labs Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 8 payments $576,731
- PROVIDE ARRAY OF SKILLS BASED ACTIVITIES FOR YOUTH. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 · 9 payments $542,070
- to support the most vulnerable New Yorkers to access resourc Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 5 payments $538,484
- Beacon community activities at Beacon Leadership Center. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 8 payments $531,084
- COVID-19 -Remote school Support - Learning Labs Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 · 7 payments $523,817
- To provide community activities at MS 50 Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 · 8 payments $505,686
- Cornerstone Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 4 payments $473,338
- FY25 Renewal of Community School Services - R1191 Department of Education · FY2025 · 4 payments $372,144
- Community School Services - R1191 Department of Education · FY2024 · 6 payments $365,884
- Beacon community activities at Beacon Leadership Center. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 3 payments $353,790
- FY27 Beacon Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2027 $345,923
- Beacon community activities at Beacon Leadership Center. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 · 5 payments $317,352
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- El Puente Green Light District Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2022 $300,000
- El Puente Green Light District CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $300,000
- El Puente Green Light District CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $300,000
- El Puente Green Light District CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $300,000
- El Puente Green Light District CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $300,000
- El Puente Green Light District CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $300,000
- Local DYCD · FY2016 $250,000
- Local DYCD · FY2017 $250,000
- El Puente Green Light District DYCD · FY2018 $250,000
- El Puente Green Light District DYCD · FY2019 $250,000
- El Puente Green Light District CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2020 $250,000
- Local DYCD · FY2015 $239,000
- El Puente Green Light District CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2021 $200,000
- NYA/Street Outreach NYA/Street Outreach · DYCD · FY2009 $175,000
- NYA/Street Outreach NYA/Street Outreach · DYCD · FY2010 $169,355
- College and Career Readiness College and Career Readiness · DOE · FY2023 $150,000
- College and Career Readiness College and Career Readiness · DOE · FY2024 $150,000
- College and Career Readiness College and Career Readiness · DOE · FY2025 $150,000
- Educational Programs for Students (Formerly College and Career Readiness and Educational Programs for Students) Educational Programs for Students (Formerly College and Career Readiness and Educational Programs for Students) · DOE · FY2026 $150,000
- Youth Justice Institute CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2027 $150,000
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.
- Jennifer Gutiérrez FY2022-2027 · 50 awards $880,000
- Lincoln Restler FY2022-2027 · 24 awards $573,500
- Sandy Nurse FY2022-2027 · 16 awards $298,000
- Antonio Reynoso FY2020-2021 · 8 awards $148,000
- D. Diaz FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Stephen Levin FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $7,000
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.
- Marco Carrion Executive Director $159,051
- Frances Lucerna President $102,055
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +192% 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 Frances Lucerna · 2.5% of revenue $83,762
- FY2021 Marco Carrion · 6.41% of revenue $166,758
- FY2022 Marco Carrion · 5.04% of revenue $157,758
- FY2023 Marco Carrion · 3.56% of revenue $159,051
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
- Environmental Protection Agency 66.616 Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program · Environmental Protection Agency · Grant $3,115,632
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $25,000
- Department of Education 84.215 Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects · Department of Education $-27,712