The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association
Lobbying client
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association is the legal name behind 92NY, the Jewish community and cultural center on Manhattan's Upper East Side known for its arts, education, fitness and Jewish cultural programming. Since 2024 the organization has filed 15 lobbying disclosures and reported contact with all 51 City Council members, hiring Kasirer LLC to lobby on city budget funding. It has held $6.73M in city contracts since 2013, with $1.82M still active as of August 2026.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $180,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Professional Services
- City contracts (active)
- $1,819,376 · 3 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $6,729,631 · 38 since 2013, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $6,826,479
- Won without a fresh bid
- 59% of contract value · $3,949,631 · 27 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $3,384,332 · 156 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2015 (13 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $1,048,377 · Seth Pinsky, Chief Executive Officer
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Kasirer LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Budget Funding
- Budget - Budget funding
- Budget - New York City 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).
- Arts Education Services Department of Education · MA104020229277580 $1,500,000
- Professional Learning in Arts Education Services Department of Education · MA104020259575735 $300,000
- 3ZB - older adult clubs, meals, case management, homecare Department for the Aging · CT112520268805971 $19,376
- Arts Education Services Department of Education · MA104020169670241 · ended 2020 $800,000
- Concerts Schools Project serves 69 high school music Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268804760 · ended 2026 $450,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620201421853 · ended 2020 $260,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620211425586 · ended 2021 $220,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620201421352 · ended 2020 $211,320
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620191418560 · ended 2019 $200,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620191417739 · ended 2019 $198,190
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.
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2020 · 4 payments $456,698
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2022 · 3 payments $367,000
- Funds will support 92Y's Humanities and Arts program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 $135,000
- Support arts education programming for NYC public schools. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $125,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2021 · 2 payments $94,260
- *Funds will support 92Ys Humanities and Arts education. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 $90,000
- Concerts Schools Project serves 69 high school music Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 $36,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · FY2021 $25,000
- Funding will support free educational and community outreach Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 $25,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- 92NY School Initiatives and Teen Programs CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $125,000
- 92nd Street Y DYCD · FY2019 $100,000
- 92nd Street Y CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2020 $100,000
- 92nd Street Y CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2021 $100,000
- 92nd Street Y CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2022 $100,000
- 92nd Street Y CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2023 $100,000
- 92NY School Initiatives and Teen Programs CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2026 $100,000
- Local DYCD · FY2017 $75,000
- 92nd Street Y DYCD · FY2018 $75,000
- Theatre Arts Production Company School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- Yorkville Community School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- Theatre Arts Production Company School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2016 $20,000
- East Side School for Social Action Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- Theatre Arts Production Company School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- Bronx Charter School for Excellence Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- Mott Hall V High School 242X Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- [02M151] Yorkville Community School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- Eleanor Roosevelt High School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- Teachers College Community School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- [02M416] Eleanor Roosevelt High School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2018 $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.
- Julie Menin FY2022-2027 · 30 awards $509,000
- Kallos FY2020-2021 · 10 awards $170,000
- Mercedes Narcisse FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $120,000
- Christopher Marte FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $120,000
- Shaun Abreu FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $120,000
- Rivera FY2020-2025 · 5 awards $100,000
- Diaz FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $80,000
- Keith Powers FY2020-2026 · 8 awards $75,000
- Oswald J. Feliz FY2021-2023 · 3 awards $60,000
- Perkins FY2020-2021 · 3 awards $50,000
- Maisel FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Chin FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Cornegy FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Levine FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Amanda C. Farías FY2022-2023 · 2 awards $40,000
- Althea V. Stevens FY2025-2026 · 2 awards $40,000
- Virginia Maloney FY2027 · 2 awards $30,000
- Ayala FY2020 · 1 award $20,000
- Ritchie Torres FY2020 · 1 award $20,000
- Jordan FY2022 · 1 award $20,000
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.
- Seth Pinsky Chief Executive Officer $1,048,377
- Alyse Myers President $689,723
- Kirk Miller Chief Financial Officer $481,582
- Christopher Bynum EVP, Opr. Mang & Master Planning $397,360
- Elizabeth Squadron EVP, Opr. Admin. & Business Process $382,433
- Wendy Mazo Chief Development Officer $363,179
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +74% 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 Alyse Myers · 7.73% of revenue $492,154
- FY2021 Seth Pinsky · 5.26% of revenue $623,346
- FY2022 Seth Pinsky · 4.68% of revenue $898,692
- FY2023 Seth Pinsky · 4.33% of revenue $1,048,377
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
- National Endowment for the Humanities 45.149 Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access · National Endowment for the Humanities · Grant $350,000
- Department of the Interior 15.929 Save America's Treasures · National Park Service · Grant $335,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $25,000