Coalition for the Homeless, Inc.

Lobbying client

Coalition for the Homeless, founded in 1979 out of the Callahan v. Carey lawsuit that established New York's right to shelter, combines direct services, including the Grand Central Food Program soup kitchen, with advocacy and litigation on homelessness policy. It has filed 30 lobbying disclosures since 2024, registered citywide across all 51 council districts through Statewide Public Affairs, on affordable housing budget funding, city homelessness policy, and Intro 694, the 2024 bill mandating a long-term citywide public bathroom strategy that became law in 2025. It holds $892,000 in active city contracts as of August 2026, part of $13.9 million since 2005.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
30
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$164,921
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$892,383 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$13,940,604 · 65 since 2005, incl. expired
Paid to date
$12,836,674
Won without a fresh bid
100% of contract value · $13,940,604 · 65 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$12,291,544 · 167 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$369,073 · David Giffen, Executive Director
Based in
New York, NY

Represented by lobbyist firms

Holds contracts at

Funded by these agencies

What they lobbied on

subjects from their filings

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).

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.

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.

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