The Children's Aid Society

Lobbying client

Children's Aid, founded in 1853 as the Children's Aid Society, is one of New York City's oldest and largest children's nonprofits, operating 45 citywide sites and serving tens of thousands of young people each year through foster care, adoption, school-based health centers, early childhood education, mental health services, and family support programs. With 75 filings since 2024, it is one of the most active clients in our records, engaging council members Shaun Abreu and Yusef Salaam through five firms on budget priorities including transportation funding for youth in foster care and a $30 million request for school-based health centers.

Council members lobbied
2
Filings (since 2024)
75
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$654,001
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$531,908,959 · 53 contracts
Awarded all-time
$1,773,401,708 · 553 since 2007, incl. expired
Paid to date
$1,131,758,131
Won without a fresh bid
62% of contract value · $1,092,645,198 · 401 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$13,781,488 · 286 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$606,241 · Phoebe Boyer, President/CEO
Based in
New York, NY

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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 (FY2023). 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 +12% 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.

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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