The Children's Health Fund

Lobbying client

Children's Health Fund is a national nonprofit founded in 1987 by singer Paul Simon and Dr. Irwin Redlener to bring mobile pediatric medical care to New York City children living in homeless shelters and welfare hotels, and it has since grown into a network of mobile clinics serving underserved communities nationwide. It registered citywide, not tied to specific council members, for 15 lobbying filings from 2024 through 2026 through TLM Strategic Advisors LLC, reporting 51 members lobbied and $148,000 in compensation, on subjects including council discretionary budget funding and early-childhood health care funding. It has held $8.7 million in city contracts since 2010, with $2.8 million active as of August 2026.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
15
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$148,000
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$2,812,500 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$8,676,694 · 13 since 2010, incl. expired
Paid to date
$7,316,703
Won without a fresh bid
100% of contract value · $8,651,694 · 12 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$8,054,242 · 16 awards
Funding history
Funded 15 years (FY2011–FY2027), including each of the last 12
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$422,605 · Arturo Brito, President & CEO
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.

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.

Officer pay over time

Total officer pay changed -17% 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.

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