Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Elders, Inc.

Lobbying client

SAGE, the national LGBTQ+ elder-advocacy nonprofit headquartered in New York, founded in 1978 as the oldest and largest organization of its kind in the country. It runs senior centers and services for LGBTQ+ older adults and operates a federally funded National Resource Center on LGBTQ+ Aging. It has filed 15 lobbying disclosures since 2024, registered citywide across all 51 council districts through Hollis Public Affairs and The Wright Group NY, seeking budget funding for its programs.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
15
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$202,500
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$13,433,495 · 126 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2019 (9 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$508,686 · Michael Adams, Chief Executive Officer
Based in
New York, NY

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.

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.

Officer & key-staff pay

Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2024). 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 +39% from FY2020 to FY2024. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.

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

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