GRIOT Circle, Inc.
Lobbying client
GRIOT Circle, Inc., Lobbying client. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $22,800
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $2,367,370 awarded since 2010
- Paid to date
- $2,024,336
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $2,364,370 · 17 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $2,446,888 · 57 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2012 (16 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $100,046 · Aundaray Guess, Executive Director
- Based in
- Brooklyn, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Hollis Public Affairs, Inc. Lobbyist firm
- The Wright Group NY, Inc Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department for the Aging City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - funding for projects
- Budget - securing funding
- Budget - securing funding for programs
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).
- 2UJ - older adult clubs, meals, homecare, transportation Department for the Aging · CT112520248806119 · ended 2026 $1,414,774
- 2UJ - support LGBT culturally competent services Department for the Aging · CT112520238805293 · ended 2023 $367,273
- SUPPORT BUDDY 2 BUDDY PROGRAM Department for the Aging · CT112520181420838 · ended 2018 $75,000
- PROVIDE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT TO CULTURALLY COMPETENT SENIORS Department for the Aging · CT112520211401969 · ended 2020 $71,000
- FUNDS TO SUPPORT BUDDY2BUDDY CAREGIVER PROGRAM Department for the Aging · CT112520191406376 · ended 2019 $71,000
- 2UJ - support the Caregiver Support program and activities Department for the Aging · CT112520228803303 · ended 2021 $58,000
- SENIOR SERVICES SUPPORT, OPERATING COSTS Department for the Aging · CT112520171424963 · ended 2017 $48,000
- SENIOR SERVICES SUPPORT, OPERATING COSTS Department for the Aging · CT112520161418170 · ended 2016 $48,000
- SENIOR SERVICES, SUPPORT OPERATING COSTS Department for the Aging · CT112520151410416 · ended 2015 $45,500
- DISC K SUPPORT THE GRIOT'S BUDDY-2-BUDDY PROGRAM Department for the Aging · CT112520141412499 · ended 2014 $45,000
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.
- 2UJ - older adult clubs, meals, homecare, transportation Department for the Aging · FY2025 · 10 payments $333,749
- 2UJ - older adult clubs, meals, homecare, transportation Department for the Aging · FY2026 · 3 payments $294,782
- 2UJ - support LGBT culturally competent services Department for the Aging · FY2023 · 4 payments $164,116
- 2UJ - support LGBT culturally competent services Department for the Aging · FY2024 · 2 payments $74,877
- 2UJ - older adult clubs, meals, homecare, transportation Department for the Aging · FY2027 $28,600
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- LGBTQ Senior Services in Every Borough LGBTQ Senior Services in Every Borough · DFTA · FY2023 $300,000
- LGBTQIA+ Older Adult Services in Every Borough (formerly LGBTQ Senior Services in Every Borough) LGBTQIA+ Older Adult Services in Every Borough (formerly LGBTQ Senior Services in Every Borough) · DFTA · FY2024 $300,000
- LGBTQIA+ Older Adult Services in Every Borough (formerly LGBTQ Senior Services in Every Borough) LGBTQIA+ Older Adult Services in Every Borough (formerly LGBTQ Senior Services in Every Borough) · DFTA · FY2025 $300,000
- LGBTQIA+ Older Adult Services in Every Borough LGBTQIA+ Older Adult Services in Every Borough · DFTA · FY2026 $300,000
- LGBTQIA+ Older Adult Services in Every Borough LGBTQIA+ Older Adult Services in Every Borough · DFTA · FY2027 $300,000
- Sage-GRIOT Innovative Senior Center Older Adult Center Improvements · DFTA · FY2026 $75,000
- Senior Centers, Programs, and Enhancements Senior Centers, Programs, and Enhancements · DFTA · FY2018 $40,000
- Senior Centers, Programs, and Enhancements Senior Centers, Programs, and Enhancements · DFTA · FY2019 $40,000
- Senior Centers, Programs, and Enhancements Senior Centers, Programs, and Enhancements · DFTA · FY2020 $40,000
- Senior Centers, Programs, and Enhancements Senior Centers, Programs, and Enhancements · DFTA · FY2021 $40,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DFTA · FY2026 $40,000
- Senior Centers, Programs, and Enhancements Senior Centers, Programs, and Enhancements · DFTA · FY2022 $32,273
- Senior Centers, Programs, and Enhancements Senior Centers, Programs, and Enhancements · DFTA · FY2023 $32,273
- Older Adult Clubs, Programs, and Enhancements (formerly Senior Centers, Programs, and Enhancements) Older Adult Clubs, Programs, and Enhancements (formerly Senior Centers, Programs, and Enhancements) · DFTA · FY2024 $32,273
- Older Adult Clubs, Programs, and Enhancements (formerly Senior Centers, Programs, and Enhancements) Older Adult Clubs, Programs, and Enhancements (formerly Senior Centers, Programs, and Enhancements) · DFTA · FY2025 $32,273
- Older Adult Centers, Programs, and Services (formerly Access to Critical Services for Older Adults, Information and Referral Services, and Older Adult Clubs, Programs, and Enhancements) Older Adult Centers, Programs, and Services (formerly Access to Critical Services for Older Adults, Information and Referral Services, and Older Adult Clubs, Programs, and Enhancements) · DFTA · FY2026 $32,273
- Older Adult Centers, Programs, and Services Older Adult Centers, Programs, and Services · DFTA · FY2027 $32,273
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DFTA · FY2024 $30,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DFTA · FY2025 $30,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DFTA · FY2023 $25,000
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.
- Crystal Hudson FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $58,000
- Alexa Avilés FY2021-2022 · 2 awards $20,000
- Cumbo FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $16,000
- Menchaca FY2020 · 1 award $10,000
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.
- Aundaray Guess Executive Director $100,046
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed -5% 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 Jose Albino · 12.57% of revenue $105,868
- FY2021 Jose Albino · 26.98% of revenue $105,464
- FY2022 Jose Albino · 21.83% of revenue $105,464
- FY2023 Jose Albino · 31.47% of revenue $90,897
- FY2024 Aundaray Guess · 17.9% of revenue $100,046