Prospect Park Alliance, Inc.
Lobbying client
The nonprofit conservancy that operates Prospect Park in Brooklyn in partnership with NYC Parks, funding much of the park's operating budget and employing roughly three-quarters of its staff while running its education, recreation, and youth employment programs. It registered citywide with 15 lobbying filings since 2024, engaging all 51 council members through Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies on city budget advocacy for the park, and it holds about $15.3 million in active city contracts as of August 2026.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $108,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Standardized Services
- City contracts (active)
- $15,301,478 · 4 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $54,630,637 · 108 since 2007, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $26,648,849
- Won without a fresh bid
- 70% of contract value · $38,093,727 · 45 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $2,241,243 · 135 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $295,385 · Morgan Monaco, President / Ex-Officio Board member
- Based in
- Brooklyn, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Parks and Recreation City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
- Department of Parks and Recreation City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Budget Advocacy
- Budget - NYC Budget
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).
- Design, Construction and Construction Management Services of Department of Parks and Recreation · MMA184620268804458 $15,000,000
- B073-121M PPA WO #2 Litchfield Villa Access Ramp Constructio Department of Parks and Recreation · CTA184620268808702 $106,645
- B073-323M PPA WO #3 Fallkill Path Site Improvement Department of Parks and Recreation · CTA184620278801708 $102,154
- B073-125M PPA WO #1 Lookout Hill Forest Restoration Phase 1 Department of Parks and Recreation · CTA184620268807354 $92,679
- DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES Department of Parks and Recreation · MMA184620216200601 · ended 2025 $9,900,000
- DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & CONSTRUCTION MGMT. SERVICES Department of Parks and Recreation · MMA184620166201456 · ended 2020 $9,900,000
- ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER & BLDG. CONSTRUCTION Department of Parks and Recreation · CTA184620227209496 · ended 2023 $1,332,069
- DESIGN, CONST. & CONST. MGMT. SERVICES Department of Parks and Recreation · CTA184620217208387 · ended 2022 $1,000,000
- DESIGN, CONST. & CONSTRUCTION MGMT. SERVICES Department of Parks and Recreation · CTA184620237203196 · ended 2023 $906,001
- BANDSHELL EQUIPMENT PURCHASE FOR RECONSTRUCTION Department of Parks and Recreation · CTA184620197206047 · ended 2019 $891,729
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.
- ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER & BLDG. CONSTRUCTION Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2025 · 2 payments $689,731
- DESIGN, CONST. & CONSTRUCTION MGMT. SERVICES Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2024 · 3 payments $517,050
- DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & CONSTRUCTION MGMT. SERVICES Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2021 · 4 payments $496,028
- DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & CONSTRUCTION MGMT. SERVICES Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2020 · 3 payments $476,510
- CONSULTANT Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2025 $462,215
- DESIGN, CONST. & CONST. MGMT. SERVICES Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2025 $400,000
- RECONST. OF PEREMITER SIDEWALK ALONG OCEAN AVE Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2020 · 3 payments $376,912
- ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER & BLDG. CONSTRUCTION Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2023 $295,517
- CONST, CONST. SVCS. NETHERMEAD PATHS Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2024 $253,853
- LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2024 · 2 payments $249,023
- General Park Construction Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2025 $238,045
- DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2026 $223,997
- DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2020 · 2 payments $209,123
- LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2025 · 2 payments $193,684
- DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & CONSTRUCTION MGMT. SERVICES Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2022 · 3 payments $187,572
- DESIGN, CONST. & CONST. MGMT. SERVICES Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2023 · 2 payments $176,645
- DESIGN, CONST. & CONSTRUCTION MGMT. SERVICES Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2025 $156,200
- Design Services - B073-124M - Prospect Park Lincoln Rd Plygd Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2026 $148,639
- Community programming in neighborhood Parks Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2021 $139,922
- CONSULTANT Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2026 · 2 payments $115,146
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local DPR · FY2010 $58,000
- A Greener NYC A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2015 $50,000
- A Greener NYC A Greener NYC · DPR · FY2016 $50,000
- Local DPR · FY2019 $50,000
- Local CM Speaker · DPR · FY2020 $50,000
- ReImagine Lefferts CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DPR · FY2025 $50,000
- ReImagine Lefferts CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DPR · FY2026 $50,000
- Local DPR · FY2009 $41,125
- Local DPR · FY2009 $40,000
- Local DPR · FY2010 $40,000
- Local DPR · FY2011 $40,000
- Local DPR · FY2012 $40,000
- Local DPR · FY2013 $40,000
- Local DPR · FY2014 $40,000
- Local DPR · FY2015 $40,000
- Local DPR · FY2016 $40,000
- Local DPR · FY2017 $40,000
- Local DPR · FY2018 $40,000
- ReImagine Lefferts CM Speaker · DPR · FY2027 $40,000
- Local DPR · FY2015 $31,500
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.
- Shahana K. Hanif FY2022-2027 · 14 awards $256,500
- Rita C. Joseph FY2022-2027 · 8 awards $120,000
- Lander FY2020-2021 · 3 awards $75,586
- Crystal Hudson FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $55,000
- Eugene FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $49,836
- Stephen Levin FY2020-2021 · 3 awards $18,500
- Lincoln Restler FY2022 · 2 awards $15,500
- Farah N. Louis FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $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.
- Morgan Monaco President / Ex-Officio Board member $295,385
- James Snow COO / CFO / Interim President $268,588
- Christian Zimmerman VP, Capital and Landscape Mgmt $204,446
- Susan Sharer VP, Development $195,937
- Deborah Kirschner VP, Communications + External Relations $168,650
- Adina Cole VP, People + Culture $161,791
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +76% 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 Susan Donoghue · 6.65% of revenue $268,651
- FY2021 Susan Donoghue · 5.29% of revenue $304,470
- FY2022 James Snow · 10.59% of revenue $301,507
- FY2023 Morgan Monaco · 9.41% of revenue $295,385