Advocates for Children of New York, Inc.

Lobbying client

Advocates for Children of New York is a nonprofit that has worked to protect the educational rights of low-income and at-risk New York City students since 1971, offering free legal help and training to families and pushing for policy changes in the public school system. It has filed 15 lobbying disclosures since 2024, registered citywide across all 51 council districts, on subjects including the FY27 education budget and the state Foundation Aid formula. The group has held $5,888,181 in city contracts since 2010, none currently active as of August 2026.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
15
Lobbyist firm(s)
In-house
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$49,715
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $5,888,181 awarded since 2010
Paid to date
$5,217,393
Won without a fresh bid
96% of contract value · $5,670,381 · 14 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$5,807,131 · 86 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$275,750 · Kimberly B Sweet, Executive Director

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 +16% 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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