YMCA of Greater New York
Lobbying client
YMCA of Greater New York is a nonprofit founded in 1852 and the largest YMCA in North America, operating 24 branches across all five boroughs and serving more than 400,000 New Yorkers annually through afterschool programs, aquatics, early childhood education, youth camps, and immigrant services. It holds about $136.1 million in active city contracts as of August 2026, and filed 15 lobbying disclosures since 2024, seeking city budget funding for youth services and capital improvements citywide.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbyist firm(s)
- In-house
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $103,403
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $136,126,288 · 24 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $674,102,479 · 720 since 2005, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $505,018,008
- Won without a fresh bid
- 65% of contract value · $439,695,943 · 554 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $390,000 · 3 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 3 years (FY2012–FY2016); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $2,132,309 · Sharon Greenberger, President/CEO
- Based in
- New York, NY
Holds contracts at
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Funding for education
- Budget - funding for education
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).
- COMPASS Programs in Public Schools - Middle Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278801551 $46,446,093
- COMPASS Programs NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800513 $17,007,088
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800547 $16,278,729
- Lease Premises Department of Education · CT104020069601618 $15,238,281
- Manhattan Catchment 1 - Dist 1 Administration for Children's Services · CT106820258800081 $5,163,300
- FY27 Cornerstone Community Centers NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278800787 $4,897,095
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800538 $3,913,773
- NYSED 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grants Department of Education · CT104020259550480 $3,349,541
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800586 $3,144,133
- FY27 Beacon ACS Prevention NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278800795 $2,864,550
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.
- COMPASS PROGRAMS Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 19 payments $7,345,600
- Funding will be used to support Teen programs Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 29 payments $7,189,075
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 10 payments $7,033,252
- COMPASS Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 9 payments $6,820,659
- COMPASS Programs NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 4 payments $6,495,853
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · FY2026 · 60 payments $5,978,641
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · FY2023 · 61 payments $5,391,924
- COMPASS PROGRAMS Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 27 payments $4,581,364
- Funds to support the operations of YMCA community centers ac Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 14 payments $4,290,289
- Beacon Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 14 payments $4,149,062
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · FY2025 · 49 payments $4,092,087
- COMPASS Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 23 payments $4,081,860
- Beacon Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 5 payments $3,883,090
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · FY2024 · 53 payments $3,849,136
- Funding to support swim instruction and water safety Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 19 payments $3,840,805
- Beacon Community activities J.H.S. 194 William H,Carr school Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 23 payments $3,545,158
- Beacon Community activities J.H.S. 194 William H,Carr school Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 27 payments $3,050,099
- Beacon Community activities J.H.S. 194 William H,Carr school Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 29 payments $2,813,666
- Beacon Community activities J.H.S. 194 William H,Carr school Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 · 22 payments $2,377,744
- COMPASS-Elementary Afterschool Services Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 31 payments $2,237,085
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- YMCA The Y After School Program YMCA The Y After School Program · DYCD · FY2012 $350,000
- Public School 106X Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- Public School 106X Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2016 $20,000
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.
- Sharon Greenberger President/CEO $2,132,309
- Michael Guarino Executive VP/CFO/Treasurer $1,294,481
- Melvin Tse EVP/COO $1,147,370
- Elizabeth Bergin Corp Sec/SVP $1,099,406
- Joseph Chan SVP Real Estate/Property Mgmt $514,071
- Veronica O'Shea SVP Chief Mark&Commun Officer $485,714
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +111% 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.
- FY2020 Sharon Greenberger · 4.64% of revenue $913,148
- FY2021 Sharon Greenberger · 3.02% of revenue $644,223
- FY2022 Sharon Greenberger · 4.81% of revenue $1,313,042
- FY2023 Sharon Greenberger · 4.99% of revenue $1,575,762
- FY2024 Sharon Greenberger · 5.11% of revenue $2,132,309