Care for the Homeless
Lobbying client
A New York City nonprofit that has provided medical, dental, and behavioral-health services to homeless people for more than 40 years, operating Article 28-licensed health centers co-located at shelters and drop-in centers across all five boroughs and serving more than 12,000 people per year. With 18 filings since 2024, it lobbied all 51 council members through Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno on city operating and capital budget funding for homeless health services and Intro 1210.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 18
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $159,453
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $939,385,601 · 5 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $1,026,156,486 · 37 since 2010, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $149,465,916
- Won without a fresh bid
- 8% of contract value · $77,540,844 · 31 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $4,021,403 · 78 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2011 (17 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $392,533 · George E Nashak, President & CEO
- Based in
- New York, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Homeless Services City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Homeless Services City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Funding for homesless services programs.
- Budget - NYC Fiscal Year 2027 Operational Funding
- Budget - New York City FY2027 Program Funding
- Budget - New York City Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budget Program 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).
- Allowance + Cost Adjustment - SA Shelter Blondell 200 Units Department of Homeless Services · CT107120228807648 $415,276,268
- Allowance Amendment - 91 E Broadway- 120 clients Department of Homeless Services · CT107120238804160 $389,690,881
- FY27 Allowance - Liberty Avenue Mental Health Shelter Department of Homeless Services · CT107120238800784 $67,989,923
- Renewal + Allowance - 52nd Street Shelter Department of Homeless Services · CT107120248800696 $40,545,988
- Renewal - Single Adults at Morris Ave Safe Haven - 80 units Department of Homeless Services · CT107120268800037 $25,882,541
- Allowance Amendments FY23 - 52nd Street Shelter Department of Homeless Services · CT107120191427707 · ended 2023 $43,439,588
- Language Change to use the start-up funds - Morris Avenue Department of Homeless Services · CT107120220002146 · ended 2025 $27,469,358
- FY26 Extension + Allow - Medical Services@ 30th St. Shelter Department of Homeless Services · CT107120238800706 · ended 2026 $7,841,375
- Provision of Medical Services for Homeless Men Department of Homeless Services · CT107120201419612 · ended 2022 $4,749,624
- Various Health Initiatives Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620258801325 · ended 2026 $1,724,081
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.
- FY27 Allowance - Liberty Avenue Mental Health Shelter Department of Homeless Services · FY2025 · 16 payments $9,177,832
- Renewal + Allowance - 52nd Street Shelter Department of Homeless Services · FY2026 · 14 payments $8,875,660
- FY27 Allowance - Liberty Avenue Mental Health Shelter Department of Homeless Services · FY2026 · 13 payments $8,638,651
- Language Only- Necessary for Construction Closing-Blondell Department of Homeless Services · FY2026 · 14 payments $7,146,292
- Stand Alone Trans. Res. for Homeless Single Adults Department of Homeless Services · FY2021 · 18 payments $6,824,799
- FY27 Allowance - Liberty Avenue Mental Health Shelter Department of Homeless Services · FY2027 · 2 payments $6,203,816
- Language Only- Necessary for Construction Closing-Blondell Department of Homeless Services · FY2025 · 9 payments $5,822,426
- Allowance + Cost Adjustment - SA Shelter Blondell 200 Units Department of Homeless Services · FY2027 · 3 payments $5,557,951
- Renewal - Single Adults at Morris Ave Safe Haven - 80 units Department of Homeless Services · FY2026 · 6 payments $5,438,027
- Renewal + Allowance - 52nd Street Shelter Department of Homeless Services · FY2025 · 11 payments $5,234,655
- Stand Alone Trans. Res. for Homeless Single Adults Department of Homeless Services · FY2023 · 13 payments $5,187,196
- Stand Alone Trans. Res. for Homeless Single Adults Department of Homeless Services · FY2022 · 14 payments $5,158,324
- Renewal + Allowance - 52nd Street Shelter Department of Homeless Services · FY2024 · 9 payments $5,116,342
- Stand Alone Trans. Res. for Homeless Single Adults Department of Homeless Services · FY2020 · 10 payments $4,820,872
- Language Only" to update the fixed cost schedule and project Department of Homeless Services · FY2026 · 5 payments $4,270,929
- Language Only" to update the fixed cost schedule and project Department of Homeless Services · FY2025 · 9 payments $3,995,514
- Safe haven svcs-homeless single adults at 528 Morris Ave Department of Homeless Services · FY2023 · 11 payments $3,920,071
- Renewal + Allowance - 52nd Street Shelter Department of Homeless Services · FY2027 $3,883,564
- Safe haven svcs-homeless single adults at 528 Morris Ave Department of Homeless Services · FY2024 · 10 payments $3,712,175
- Renewal - Single Adults at Morris Ave Safe Haven - 80 units Department of Homeless Services · FY2027 $2,489,638
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care · Dhmh · FY2027 $223,136
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2023 $179,754
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2024 $179,754
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2025 $179,754
- HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care (Formerly Ending the Epidemic and HIV/AIDS Faith Community Based Initiative) HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care (Formerly Ending the Epidemic and HIV/AIDS Faith Community Based Initiative) · Dhmh · FY2026 $179,754
- Local DHS · FY2018 $120,000
- Access Health Initiative Access Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2023 $105,469
- Access Health Initiative Access Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2024 $105,469
- Access Health Initiative Access Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2025 $105,469
- Access Health Initiative Access Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2026 $105,469
- Access Health Initiative Access Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2027 $105,469
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2022 $105,000
- Access Health Initiative Access Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2020 $85,000
- Access Health Initiative Access Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2022 $85,000
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2019 $80,000
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2020 $80,000
- Local DHS · FY2017 $75,000
- Access Health Initiative Access Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2021 $72,250
- Access Health Initiative Access Health Initiative · DOHMH · FY2017 $70,000
- Access Health Initiative Access Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2018 $70,000
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.
- Diaz FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $20,000
- Stephen Levin FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Amanda C. Farías FY2022 · 1 award $10,000
- Lincoln Restler FY2022 · 1 award $5,000
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.
- George E Nashak President & CEO $392,533
- Tawana Hill Chief Medical Officer $287,387
- Jonathan Santos Ramos Chief Program Officer $251,172
- Ronald Lawson Chief Operating Officer $238,867
- John Chue Chief Financial Officer $235,728
- Christel Francois MD Family Physician $229,270
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +25% 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 Regina Olasin · 7.57% of revenue $293,219
- FY2021 Goerge Nashak · 8.03% of revenue $316,141
- FY2022 George Nashak · 5.51% of revenue $302,560
- FY2023 George Nashak · 6.98% of revenue $374,047
- FY2024 George E Nashak · 6.37% of revenue $392,533
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 Health and Human Services 93.224 Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $52,280,925
- Department of Housing and Urban Development 14.267 Continuum of Care Program · Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Grant $4,931,757
- Department of Housing and Urban Development 14.267 Continuum of Care Program · Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Grant $4,238,346
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.224 Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $2,348,625
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.224 Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $186,824
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.527 Grants for New and Expanded Services under the Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $145,170
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.527 Grants for New and Expanded Services under the Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $50,880
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.526 Grants for Capital Development in Health Centers · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $0