United Way of New York City

Lobbying client

United Way of New York City is a nonprofit affiliated with the nationwide United Way network, focused on education equity, economic mobility, and basic needs for low-income New Yorkers. Among its current programs is a Latine Studies curriculum for public schools, developed with the Hispanic Federation and Teachers College, Columbia University, backed by a $3 million City Council allocation in FY25. With 29 filings since 2024 through Kline Public Strategies, it lobbied 20 council members on budget allocations for the curriculum project, a Latinidad program, and food pantry and community feeding programs.

Council members lobbied
20
Filings (since 2024)
29
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$185,015
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$157,175,040 · 3 contracts
Awarded all-time
$472,172,960 · 31 since 2009, incl. expired
Paid to date
$358,966,109
Won without a fresh bid
78% of contract value · $366,976,730 · 30 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$28,027,599 · 34 awards
Funding history
Funded 16 years (FY2009–FY2027), including each of the last 11
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$509,639 · Grace Bonilla, President & CEO

Lobbied these council members

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Funded by these agencies

Lobbied former members

Members who have since left their seat

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.

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 +37% 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.

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

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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