New Visions for Public Schools, Inc.
Lobbying client
A nonprofit founded in 1989 that partners with the NYC Department of Education on system-wide school improvement, including a data portal used by nearly all city public schools to track student attendance, grades, and support services. It has filed 15 disclosures since 2024, lobbying 15 council members through Kasirer LLC, and it holds active city contracts totaling about $26 million.
- Council members lobbied
- 15
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $175,500
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $26,055,161 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $117,960,884 · 27 since 2007, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $151,357,197
- Won without a fresh bid
- 36% of contract value · $42,082,703 · 9 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $50,000 · 2 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 2 years (FY2011–FY2012); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $629,708 · Mark C Dunetz, President
Lobbied these council members
- Carmen N. De La Rosa Council Member, District 10 (Manhattan)
- Eric Dinowitz Council Member, District 11 (Bronx)
- Kevin C. Riley Council Member, District 12 (Bronx)
- Oswald J. Feliz Council Member, District 15 (Bronx)
- Althea V. Stevens Council Member, District 16 (Bronx)
- Amanda C. Farías Council Member, District 18 (Bronx)
- Lincoln Restler Council Member, District 33 (Brooklyn)
- Jennifer Gutiérrez Council Member, District 34 (Brooklyn)
- Crystal Hudson Council Member, District 35 (Brooklyn)
- Rita C. Joseph Council Member, District 40 (Brooklyn)
- Julie Menin Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Kasirer LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Education City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Adrienne Adams
- Diana Ayala
- Erik Bottcher
- Justin Brannan
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Determination of Board or Commission - Advocacy; Relationship Building
- Determination of Board or Commission - Education issues; Relationship building
- Determination of Board or Commission - Relationship Building
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).
- Professional Development for School Leaders and Teachers Department of Education · MA104020249477575 $24,000,000
- Teacher 2 Librarian Program Department of Education · CT104020279756603 $2,055,161
- Partnership Support Organizations Department of Education · MA104020149473206 · ended 2019 $30,467,664
- Provision of Support, Coaching & Guidance to schools Department of Education · CT104020089800025 · ended 2012 $16,594,674
- Affinity Group Organizations Department of Education · MA104020239376965 · ended 2025 $15,209,615
- Contract with partnership support organizations Department of Education · MA104020229277910 · ended 2022 $4,911,690
- To contract with partnership support organizations Department of Education · MA104020219175515 · ended 2021 $4,911,690
- Partnership Support Organizations Department of Education · MA104020209078335 · ended 2020 $4,911,690
- Partnership support organizations Department of Education · CT104020139352361 · ended 2013 $3,825,526
- Data framework for community and renewal schools Department of Education · MA104020169674091 · ended 2017 $3,534,633
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.
- Tech Platform for Every Child and Family is Known Initiative Department of Education · FY2025 $600,000
- Teacher2Librarian (T2L) Program Department of Education · FY2025 $593,198
- Teacher2Librarian (T2L) Program Department of Education · FY2026 $237,392
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local DOE · FY2011 $25,000
- Local DOE · FY2012 $25,000
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.
- Mark C Dunetz President $629,708
- Bradley Gunton VP Of School Systems And D $335,133
- Cynthia Rietscha COO & CFO (Thru 4/30/24) $326,487
- Jennie Soler-Mcintosh VP Of Commu Engagmt And Po $296,097
- Joseph Posner Director Of Human Resource $275,810
- Edgar Rodriguez Superintendent Of Charter $271,775
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +4% 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 Dunetz Mark C · 9.54% of revenue $537,948
- FY2021 Mark C Dunetz · 9.72% of revenue $577,964
- FY2022 Mark C Dunetz · 13.28% of revenue $580,901
- FY2023 Mark C Dunetz · 10.39% of revenue $629,708
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 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Amanda C. Farías It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Carmen N. De La Rosa It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Eric Dinowitz It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Jennifer Gutiérrez It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Rita C. Joseph It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
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
- Federal Communications Commission 32.004 UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - SCHOOLS and LIBRARIES · Federal Communications Commission · Direct payment $3,240
- Federal Communications Commission 32.004 UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND - SCHOOLS and LIBRARIES · Federal Communications Commission · Direct payment $2,074