God's Love-We Deliver, Inc.
Lobbying client
God's Love We Deliver is a New York City nonprofit founded in 1985 that prepares and delivers free, medically tailored meals to New Yorkers living with serious illness, paired with nutrition counseling from registered dietitians. It filed 30 citywide lobbying disclosures from 2024 through 2026 through Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, LLC, reporting $105,691 in compensation and contact with 51 city officials on city budget appropriations and funding. As of August 22, 2026, it held $93,170 in active city contracts, part of $5,388,408 in city contracts since 2010.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 30
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $105,691
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $93,170 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $5,388,408 · 47 since 2010, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $4,798,034
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $5,383,408 · 46 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $4,921,613 · 200 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $378,284 · David Ludwigson, President & CEO
- Based in
- New York, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Sanitation City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Sanitation City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Appropriations
- Budget - NYC Budget
- Budget - NYC budget funding
- Budget - New York City Council Budget
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).
- HRKNGLWD and HRXNGLWD, Purchase of two (2) Refrigerated Food Department of Design and Construction · CT185020238807354 $93,170
- COVID-19: Emergency Food Provider Funding Department of Sanitation · CT182720201423964 · ended 2020 $2,000,000
- This funding supports food purchases and operational expense Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228802141 · ended 2021 $1,000,000
- 3PA - support home-delivered meals Department for the Aging · CT112520248806231 · ended 2026 $281,250
- Meals, supplies, and operations Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620228803361 · ended 2021 $158,500
- Meal delivery to families and seniors Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620181416321 · ended 2018 $150,500
- to support preparation and distribution of home-delivered me Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620201424213 · ended 2020 $136,000
- HOME-DELIVERED MEALS TO PERSONS WITH SERIOUS ILLNESS Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620171415454 · ended 2016 $134,500
- Support provision home-delivered meals seriously Ill people Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620191416086 · ended 2019 $132,000
- Supports food and hygiene product purchases Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228808452 · ended 2022 $100,000
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.
- COVID-19: Emergency Food Provider Funding Department of Sanitation · FY2021 · 2 payments $1,180,000
- This funding supports food purchases and operational expense Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 $999,999
- Meals, supplies, and operations Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 $136,001
- to support preparation and distribution of home-delivered me Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2021 $136,000
- Support provision home-delivered meals seriously Ill people Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 $132,000
- HRKNGLWD and HRXNGLWD, Purchase of two (2) Refrigerated Food Department of Social Services · FY2025 $47,170
- 3PA - support senior services and home-delivered meals Department for the Aging · FY2022 $41,000
- THIS FUNDING WILL SUPPORT DISTRICT BASED SENIOR SERVICES Department for the Aging · FY2021 $36,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Food Pantries Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2021 $1,000,000
- Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals CM Speaker · Dhmh · FY2026 $300,000
- Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dhmh · FY2027 $250,000
- Meals for Medically Frail Speaker's Initiative · Dhmh · FY2022 $200,000
- Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dhmh · FY2023 $200,000
- Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dhmh · FY2024 $200,000
- Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dhmh · FY2025 $200,000
- Food Pantries Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2022 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · Dhmh · FY2019 $95,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · Dhmh · FY2020 $95,000
- Meals for Medically Frail Speaker's Initiative · Dhmh · FY2021 $95,000
- Local Dhmh · FY2018 $90,000
- Local CM Speaker · Dhmh · FY2022 $85,000
- Local DOHMH · FY2011 $75,000
- Local DOHMH · FY2012 $75,000
- Local DOHMH · FY2013 $75,000
- Local DOHMH · FY2014 $75,000
- Local DOHMH · FY2015 $75,000
- Local DOHMH · FY2016 $75,000
- Local DOHMH · FY2017 $75,000
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.
- Keith Powers FY2020-2026 · 16 awards $155,000
- Adams FY2020-2026 · 14 awards $120,000
- Sandy Nurse FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $85,000
- Shaun Abreu FY2022-2027 · 7 awards $63,500
- Christopher Marte FY2022-2025 · 6 awards $50,000
- Althea V. Stevens FY2022-2025 · 4 awards $36,000
- Chin FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $30,000
- Chi A. Ossé FY2022-2023 · 4 awards $30,000
- Joann Ariola FY2026-2027 · 4 awards $29,250
- Rivera FY2020-2025 · 6 awards $27,500
- Ritchie Torres FY2020 · 2 awards $22,745
- Ayala FY2020-2023 · 4 awards $20,000
- Oswald J. Feliz FY2021-2022 · 2 awards $20,000
- Rose FY2020 · 1 award $15,000
- Ty Hankerson FY2027 · 1 award $15,000
- Vanessa Gibson FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $12,000
- Ampry-Samuel FY2020 · 1 award $10,000
- Perkins FY2020 · 1 award $10,000
- Cohen FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Cornegy FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $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.
- David Ludwigson President & CEO $378,284
- Christine Apicella Chief Financial Officer $271,150
- Stephen Covello Chief Philanthropy Officer $254,061
- Tricia Leid Chief Operating Officer $253,983
- Katherine Janeski Chief Program Officer $236,563
- Dorella Walters Chief Business Dev Officer $216,820
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +26% 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 Karen Pearl · 6.48% of revenue $447,505
- FY2021 Karen Pearl · 5.57% of revenue $463,319
- FY2022 Karen Pearl · 5.72% of revenue $526,438
- FY2023 David Ludwigson · 4.97% of revenue $409,817
- FY2024 David Ludwigson · 5.06% of revenue $378,284
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 93.493 Congressional Directives · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $775,000