New York Historical Society
Lobbying client
The New York Historical, known until October 2024 as the New-York Historical Society, is a museum and research library on Central Park West in Manhattan, founded in 1804 as New York City's first museum, holding American art and artifacts along with a research library of millions of books, manuscripts and other historical materials. Since 2024 it has filed 30 lobbying disclosures with the city through Kasirer LLC, reporting $308,749.61 in compensation, and has lobbied all 51 City Council members citywide on city budget and capital funding for the institution. City filing data also lists $61,814,569 in active city contracts as of August 2026 for the organization.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 30
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $331,250
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Construction Services
- City contracts (active)
- $61,814,569 · 3 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $67,284,884 · 19 since 2016, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $58,916,948
- Won without a fresh bid
- 95% of contract value · $64,091,199 · 7 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,363,500 · 75 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $937,424 · Louise Mirrer, President and CEO
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Kasirer LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Education City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Budget funding
- Budget - Capital Funding
- Budget - Capital Funding; Budget; Budget - Budget; Capital 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).
- Building Expansion and New LGBTQ+ Museum at the NYHS Department of Design and Construction · CT185020261403002 $56,993,000
- Equality and Justice for All Gallery Upgrade Department of Design and Construction · CT185020251411612 $3,921,569
- Social Studies Professional Development Department of Education · MA104020259576860 $900,000
- Elevator Upgrade & Renovation to Citizenship Project Gallery Department of Design and Construction · CT185020231414176 · ended 2026 $2,475,490
- School Studies PD and direct Student Services Department of Education · MA104020179771333 · ended 2022 $2,051,685
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620201419012 · ended 2020 $184,060
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620181421158 · ended 2018 $177,500
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620191414498 · ended 2019 $177,080
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620211419711 · ended 2021 $162,500
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020243011145 · ended 2024 $25,000
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.
- Building Expansion and New LGBTQ+ Museum at the NYHS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2026 · 4 payments $31,470,010
- Equality and Justice for All Gallery Upgrade Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2026 · 2 payments $2,515,099
- Elevator Upgrade & Renovation to Citizenship Project Gallery Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2024 · 2 payments $1,662,504
- Elevator Upgrade & Renovation to Citizenship Project Gallery Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2026 · 3 payments $528,616
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2020 · 2 payments $174,666
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2021 · 2 payments $158,810
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2022 $32,500
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2023 $100,000
- K-12 Education Programs CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2024 $100,000
- K-12 Education Programs CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2025 $100,000
- K-12 Education Programs CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2026 $100,000
- K-12 Education Programs CM Speaker · DCLA · FY2027 $100,000
- Local DCA · FY2009 $40,000
- Public School 84M - The Lillian Weber School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2011 $20,000
- Central Park East High School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2011 $20,000
- PS84 The Lillian Weber School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2012 $20,000
- PS84 The Lillian Weber School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2013 $20,000
- PS84 The Lillian Weber School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2014 $20,000
- PS 84 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2016 $20,000
- Public School 84 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- Public School 84M Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2018 $20,000
- Public School 84M Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2019 $20,000
- West Prep Academy in Manhattan Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2019 $20,000
- Public School 84M (03M084) CM Rosenthal · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2020 $20,000
- Public School 84 Manhattan (03M084) CM Rosenthal · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2021 $20,000
- AmPark Neighborhood School (10X344) CM Dinowitz · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2022 $20,000
- High School of Arts and Technology (03M494) CM Brewer · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2022 $20,000
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.
- Gale A. Brewer FY2022-2027 · 12 awards $240,000
- Eric Dinowitz FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $120,000
- Rosenthal FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Keith Powers FY2020-2026 · 7 awards $35,000
- Kallos FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $6,000
- Shekar Krishnan FY2026 · 1 award $5,000
- Virginia Maloney FY2027 · 1 award $5,000
- Julie Menin FY2022 · 1 award $3,000
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.
- Louise Mirrer President and CEO $937,424
- Richard Shein Assistant Treasurer & CFO (End 9/2023) $361,308
- Freddy Taveras Secretary, EVP & General Counsel $333,572
- Matthew Bregman VP Development (End 2/2024) $323,665
- Valerie Paley SVP and Library Director $316,898
- Margaret Hofer VP MUSEUM DIRECTOR (End 12/2023) $275,927
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +26% 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 Louise Mirrer · 6.26% of revenue $578,343
- FY2021 Louise Mirrer · 6.96% of revenue $867,869
- FY2022 Louise Mirrer · 7.57% of revenue $988,893
- FY2023 Louise Mirrer · 7.16% of revenue $937,424
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
- Department of Housing and Urban Development 14.251 Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants · Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Grant $3,000,000
- National Endowment for the Humanities 45.130 Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants · National Endowment for the Humanities · Grant $750,000
- National Endowment for the Humanities 45.164 Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs · National Endowment for the Humanities · Grant $407,928
- National Endowment for the Humanities 45.149 Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access · National Endowment for the Humanities · Grant $350,000
- National Endowment for the Humanities 45.161 Promotion of the Humanities Research · National Endowment for the Humanities · Grant $276,225
- Institute of Museum and Library Services 45.301 Museums for America · Institute of Museum and Library Services · Grant $249,730
- Institute of Museum and Library Services 45.301 Museums for America · Institute of Museum and Library Services · Grant $243,964
- National Endowment for the Humanities 45.163 Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development · National Endowment for the Humanities · Grant $194,648
- Institute of Museum and Library Services 45.301 Museums for America · Institute of Museum and Library Services · Grant $189,956
- National Endowment for the Humanities 45.163 Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development · National Endowment for the Humanities · Grant $156,607
- National Endowment for the Humanities 45.163 Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development · National Endowment for the Humanities · Grant $139,589
- Institute of Museum and Library Services 15.929 Save America's Treasures · Institute of Museum and Library Services · Grant $116,467
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $30,000
- Department of State 19.040 Public Diplomacy Programs · Department of State · Grant $23,000
- National Endowment for the Humanities 45.161 Promotion of the Humanities Research · National Endowment for the Humanities · Grant $0