PowerPlay NYC, Inc.

Lobbying client

PowerPlay NYC runs sports-based after-school, summer, and leadership programs for girls, most of them Black and Latina and from low-income neighborhoods across the five boroughs. Founded in 1998, it partners with schools and community organizations to use sports as a way to build fitness, confidence, and academic support, reaching well over a thousand youth a year. It has filed 15 lobbying registrations since 2024, working citywide through Hollis Public Affairs and The Wright Group NY on City Council budget and local legislation matters tied to securing program funding, and has logged $7,312,877 in city contracts since 2011, though none are currently active.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
15
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$90,000
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $7,312,877 awarded since 2011
Paid to date
$6,902,088
Won without a fresh bid
100% of contract value · $7,312,877 · 23 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$7,353,667 · 99 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2012 (16 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$201,929 · Nicole Mussenden, President & CEO

Represented by lobbyist firms

Holds contracts at

Funded by these agencies

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 +7% 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.

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