The Children's Village
Lobbying client
The Children's Village is a child welfare nonprofit founded in 1851, based in Dobbs Ferry, NY, that provides foster care, residential treatment, and family support programs serving more than 21,000 youth and families each year across New York. It holds about $445.4 million in active city contracts as of August 2026, and filed one disclosure in 2026 through Kasirer LLC, lobbying 8 council members, including Althea Stevens, Carmen De La Rosa, and Crystal Hudson, on the NYC budget.
- Council members lobbied
- 8
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $225,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $444,417,418 · 25 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $1,441,734,324 · 183 since 2008, incl. expired
- Registered to start later
- $967,500 · 1 contract
- Paid to date
- $862,414,623
- Won without a fresh bid
- 70% of contract value · $1,004,189,912 · 142 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $150,000 · 17 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 11 years (FY2010–FY2027), including each of the last 3
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $667,276 · Jeremy C Kohomban, President And CEO
Lobbied these council members
- Carmen N. De La Rosa Council Member, District 10 (Manhattan)
- Eric Dinowitz Council Member, District 11 (Bronx)
- Althea V. Stevens Council Member, District 16 (Bronx)
- Linda Lee Council Member, District 23 (Queens)
- Nantasha M. Williams Council Member, District 27 (Queens)
- Crystal Hudson Council Member, District 35 (Brooklyn)
- Julie Menin Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan)
- Elsie Encarnación Council Member, District 8 (Manhattan/Bronx)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Kasirer LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
- Department of Homeless Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Budget funding
- Budget - New York City Budget Funding
- Budget - budget 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).
- Residential Care Services Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800404 $170,319,085
- Enhanced Family Foster Care (EFFC) Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800450 $111,495,771
- Residential and Aftercare Services for Adjudicated Youth CTH Administration for Children's Services · CT106820258800098 $48,488,649
- Provision of Integrated Commercial Hotels Program, 138 units Department of Homeless Services · CT107120278801058 $29,944,980
- COMPASS Programs in Public Schools - Elementary Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278801338 $15,616,012
- Prevention Services Renewal Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800029 $12,470,434
- 06823P0003 -ACS Workforce Development Services Renewal #1 Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800385 $7,834,189
- Prevention Services Renewal Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800085 $7,002,475
- Prevention Services Renewal Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800094 $6,166,007
- Prevention Services Renewal Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800093 $6,156,576
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.
- Residential Care Services Administration for Children's Services · FY2025 · 91 payments $26,867,795
- Residential Care Services Administration for Children's Services · FY2026 · 84 payments $26,844,628
- Residential Care Services Administration for Children's Services · FY2024 · 42 payments $15,282,651
- Enhanced Family Foster Care (EFFC) Administration for Children's Services · FY2026 · 41 payments $13,625,526
- Enhanced Family Foster Care (EFFC) Administration for Children's Services · FY2025 · 37 payments $13,131,333
- Enhanced Family Foster Care (EFFC) Administration for Children's Services · FY2024 · 29 payments $12,961,164
- Regular Residential Care - NAE Administration for Children's Services · FY2023 · 34 payments $12,713,244
- Family Foster Care Administration for Children's Services · FY2020 · 33 payments $10,492,762
- Residential Care Services - Extension Administration for Children's Services · FY2022 · 25 payments $10,062,730
- Residential and Aftercare Services for Adjudicated Youth CTH Administration for Children's Services · FY2026 · 24 payments $9,646,646
- Family Foster Care Administration for Children's Services · FY2021 · 42 payments $8,650,906
- Family Foster Care - NAE Administration for Children's Services · FY2023 · 23 payments $8,524,770
- RESIDENTIAL CARE SERVICES Administration for Children's Services · FY2020 · 13 payments $7,208,613
- Family Foster Care Administration for Children's Services · FY2022 · 26 payments $7,033,194
- RESIDENTIAL CARE SERVICES Administration for Children's Services · FY2021 · 20 payments $6,835,290
- Non-Secure Placement Services Administration for Children's Services · FY2024 · 28 payments $4,982,795
- Prevention Services - FFT Adaptations Administration for Children's Services · FY2023 · 10 payments $4,959,638
- Non-Secure Placement Services Administration for Children's Services · FY2023 · 18 payments $4,425,770
- RESIDENTIAL CARE SERVICES Administration for Children's Services · FY2022 · 8 payments $4,368,226
- Residential and Aftercare Services for Adjudicated Youth CTH Administration for Children's Services · FY2025 · 18 payments $4,352,023
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- The ACTS Center @The Eliza and Drew Hamilton Community Center CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $25,000
- Drew Hamilton Community Center - Teen Podcast Program CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2026 $25,000
- Drew Hamilton Community Center - Teen Podcast Program CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $20,000
- Council District 13 CM Aldebol · Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2026 $10,000
- Youth CM Salaam · Youth · DYCD · FY2027 $10,000
- Victory House - Council District 13 CM Aldebol · Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2027 $10,000
- Local DYCD · FY2013 $5,000
- Local DYCD · FY2014 $5,000
- Youth Youth · DYCD · FY2016 $5,000
- Youth Youth · DYCD · FY2017 $5,000
- Youth CM Salaam · Youth · DYCD · FY2025 $5,000
- Operation Street Peace Program CM Salaam · Youth · DYCD · FY2026 $5,000
- Peer Leaders Program - Bronx Latin (12X267) CM J. Sanchez · Youth · DYCD · FY2027 $5,000
- Local DYCD · FY2012 $4,500
- Polo Grounds Project DYCD · FY2010 $3,500
- Polo Grounds Towers Boro · DYCD · FY2011 $3,500
- Youth Youth · DYCD · FY2015 $3,500
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.
- Yusef Salaam FY2025-2027 · 3 awards $20,000
- Shirley Aldebol FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $20,000
- Justin E. Sanchez FY2027 · 1 award $5,000
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.
- Jeremy C Kohomban President And CEO $667,276
- Traci Gardner Medical Director $413,881
- David Gunton General Counsel $384,466
- Richard Goerg VP & CFO $359,907
- David Collins Chief Program Officer $320,722
- Zuleika Parra-Ferrer Pediatrician $317,108
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +24% 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 Jeremy C Kohomban · 1.83% of revenue $549,130
- FY2021 Jeremy C Kohomban · 1.88% of revenue $613,688
- FY2022 Jeremy C Kohomban · 1.77% of revenue $658,512
- FY2023 Jeremy C Kohomban · 1.75% of revenue $667,276
Where their influence converges
Outside interests connected to this official through more than one independent channel — drawn straight from the records the rest of the site already shows. “Lobbied them” = a lobbying filing that named the member. “Outside spending” = an independent-expenditure committee the interest funds spent in
- Althea V. Stevens It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 3 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Crystal Hudson It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Julie Menin It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Linda Lee It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Nantasha M. Williams It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
Community project funding requested by (FY2026)
Members who asked the House Appropriations Committee to fund a FY2026 community project for this organization. These are requests, not awards: the FY2026 bills were enacted, but the committee has not published final FY2026 project tables, so whether any of these was funded is not shown here. Each
- George Latimer Children’s Village Youth Violence Prevention & Deterrence Initiative · 20 Hammond House Rd, Valhalla, New York, 10595 · Commerce Justice Science $450,000