Urban Youth Alliance International
Lobbying client
A faith-based nonprofit, founded in 1970 and based in the Bronx, that serves at-risk and court-involved youth, largely through BronxConnect, its alternative-to-incarceration program for young people with pending Bronx Family Court cases, alongside mentoring, employment, and family-support services. It registered citywide as an NYC lobbying client in 2026, filing a single disclosure through Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno on city program funding, and it holds active city contracts totaling about $23.7 million.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 2
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $16,250
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $23,689,033 · 3 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $91,094,396 · 61 since 2015, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $63,379,883
- Won without a fresh bid
- 86% of contract value · $78,151,826 · 55 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $6,601,005 · 101 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 12 years (FY2014–FY2025); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $289,075 · Rev Wendy Calderon-Payne, Executive Director.
- Based in
- Bronx, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
- Mayoralty City agency
- Office of Criminal Justice City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Probation City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
- Mayoralty City agency
- Office of Criminal Justice 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).
- CMS Violence Prevention Renewal Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278800735 $15,725,440
- Contract amount being reduced as it included FY24 amount Office of Criminal Justice · CT112820250001067 $6,487,920
- FY27 UYAI ATI NAE Office of Criminal Justice · CT112820278800652 $1,475,673
- Crisis Management Systems Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258800524 · ended 2026 $15,404,500
- Post-Incarceration Award- Urban Youth Alliance- Bronx Mayoralty · CT100220228804490 · ended 2023 $7,552,274
- Anti-Gun Violence Services Mayoralty · CT100220181406713 · ended 2020 $5,478,059
- Anti-Gun Violence, Bronx Mayoralty · CT100220228800317 · ended 2022 $4,538,475
- Post-Incarceration Award- Urban Youth Alliance- Bronx Mayoralty · CT100220248801777 · ended 2024 $4,412,244
- FY26 Base increase, COLA, WEI Office of Criminal Justice · CT112820258800592 · ended 2026 $2,833,859
- Alternative to Incarceration Services Programs Mayoralty · CT100220238805803 · ended 2024 $2,720,226
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.
- Crisis Management Systems Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 10 payments $4,408,263
- Crisis Management Systems Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 6 payments $3,808,827
- Anti-Gun Violence, Bronx Mayoralty · FY2022 · 8 payments $3,458,366
- CMS Violence Prevention Renewal Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2027 $2,446,594
- Post-Incarceration Award- Urban Youth Alliance- Bronx Mayoralty · FY2024 · 9 payments $2,292,266
- Anti-Gun Violence Services Mayoralty · FY2020 · 12 payments $2,225,448
- Contract amount being reduced as it included FY24 amount Office of Criminal Justice · FY2026 · 7 payments $2,157,275
- Post-Incarceration Award- Urban Youth Alliance- Bronx Office of Criminal Justice · FY2025 · 6 payments $2,155,652
- Anti-Gun Violence Services - NA Extension Mayoralty · FY2021 · 11 payments $1,975,380
- Post-Incarceration Award- Urban Youth Alliance- Bronx Mayoralty · FY2022 · 5 payments $1,970,224
- Post-Incarceration Award- Urban Youth Alliance- Bronx Mayoralty · FY2023 · 8 payments $1,607,244
- Alternative to Incarceration Services Programs Office of Criminal Justice · FY2025 · 7 payments $1,228,216
- ATD/-I for felons & misdemeanants ages 13-27 Citywide Mayoralty · FY2022 · 9 payments $1,106,521
- Alternative to Incarceration Services Programs Mayoralty · FY2024 · 8 payments $1,087,841
- Alternative to Incarceration Services Programs Mayoralty · FY2023 · 6 payments $949,440
- FY26 Base increase, COLA, WEI Office of Criminal Justice · FY2026 · 6 payments $768,250
- Anti-Gun Violence, Bronx Mayoralty · FY2023 · 3 payments $672,228
- Anti-Gun Violence Services - NA Extension Mayoralty · FY2022 · 2 payments $649,620
- Contract amount being reduced as it included FY24 amount Office of Criminal Justice · FY2027 · 2 payments $628,344
- AIM Renewal 1 Department of Probation · FY2023 · 9 payments $508,391
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI's) Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI's) · MOCJ · FY2023 $402,000
- Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI's) Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI's) · MOCJ · FY2024 $402,000
- Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI's) Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI's) · MOCJ · FY2025 $402,000
- Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI's) Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI's) · MOCJ · FY2020 $332,000
- Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI's) Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI's) · MOCJ · FY2021 $298,800
- Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI's) Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI's) · MOCJ · FY2022 $298,800
- Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2020 $200,000
- Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2023 $200,000
- Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2024 $200,000
- Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2025 $200,000
- Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2021 $170,000
- Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2022 $170,000
- Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2019 $150,000
- Anti-Gun Violence - Mental Health/Therapeutic Services Anti-Gun Violence - Mental Health/Therapeutic Services · DOHMH · FY2016 $140,000
- Crisis Management System Crisis Management System · DOHMH · FY2017 $140,000
- Crisis Management System Crisis Management System · MOCJ · FY2018 $140,000
- Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI's) Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI's) · MOCJ · FY2018 $132,000
- Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI's) Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI's) · MOCJ · FY2019 $132,000
- (BronxConnect) Anti-Gun Violence - Job Readiness Programs · Dop · FY2016 $129,400
- Crisis Management System Crisis Management System · Dop · FY2017 $129,400
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.
- Cabrera FY2020-2021 · 6 awards $95,000
- Pierina Ana Sanchez FY2022 · 3 awards $65,500
- Ayala FY2020-2025 · 7 awards $65,000
- Diaz FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $20,000
- Althea V. Stevens FY2024-2025 · 2 awards $20,000
- Amanda C. Farías FY2022 · 1 award $10,000
- Kevin C. Riley FY2023 · 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.
- Rev Wendy Calderon-Payne Executive Director. $289,075
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +28% 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 Rev Wendy Calderon-Payne · 3.22% of revenue $225,168
- FY2021 Rev Wendy Calderon-Payne · 1.71% of revenue $211,721
- FY2022 Rev Wendy Calderon-Payne · 2.22% of revenue $301,241
- FY2023 Rev Wendy Calderon-Payne · 1.78% of revenue $289,075