Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island, Inc.
Lobbying client
The Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit founded in 1973 that provides human and social services, including senior care, youth education support and immigrant assistance, through roughly 35 program sites across New York City. It is registered as a citywide lobbying client represented by Converge Government Affairs New York, LLC, filing 15 disclosures since 2024 that report about $11,679 in compensation for work on capital discretionary grant funding and requests for elected-official support of its programs, while the organization holds about $47.6 million in active city contracts as of August 2026.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 16
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $11,679
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $47,562,952 · 14 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $288,510,417 · 215 since 2007, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $197,032,847
- Won without a fresh bid
- 70% of contract value · $201,852,368 · 179 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $22,996,171 · 622 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $360,845 · Rabbi Moshe Wiener, Executive Director
- Based in
- Brooklyn, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Converge Government Affairs New York, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Social Services 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 Social Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
- Mayoralty City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Capital discretionary grant for nonprofit organizations
- Procurement - Request support from elected officials and their staff for our programs and services.
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).
- FY27 Renewal - Provision of Internship Placement Services Department of Social Services · CT106920278800003 $13,475,714
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · CT112520278800183 $11,210,576
- COMPASS Center Based - Brooklyn 09 Elementary Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278801030 $5,318,163
- CMS Violence Prevention Renewal Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278800642 $4,753,800
- Community Centered Workforce Development Pgm Department of Social Services · CT106920258805539 $2,565,000
- Learn and Earn RFP Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258806337 $2,286,638
- COMPASS Program NAE FY26 Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800654 $2,037,728
- TRANSPORTATION Department for the Aging · CT112520278800163 $1,924,572
- NDA Healthy Families - Family Development Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800658 $1,303,037
- To support basic literacy, English for Speakers Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258807029 $1,179,574
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.
- Internship Placement Services (IPS) Program Department of Social Services · FY2022 · 23 payments $23,018,554
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · FY2026 · 12 payments $7,428,665
- PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES Department for the Aging · FY2024 · 12 payments $6,127,119
- PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES Department for the Aging · FY2023 · 13 payments $5,434,653
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · FY2027 $4,347,876
- Internship Placement Services (IPS) Program Department of Social Services · FY2023 · 7 payments $3,660,640
- PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES Department for the Aging · FY2025 · 10 payments $3,473,694
- Provisional of Internship Placement Services Department of Social Services · FY2026 · 8 payments $2,821,220
- Internship Placement Services (IPS) Program Department of Social Services · FY2021 · 12 payments $2,540,448
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · FY2025 · 6 payments $2,265,889
- Internship Placement Services (IPS) Program Department of Social Services · FY2020 · 9 payments $2,203,893
- Provisional of Internship Placement Services Department of Social Services · FY2025 · 15 payments $2,116,832
- Trauma Recovery Centers Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 4 payments $1,869,560
- FY27 Renewal - Provision of Internship Placement Services Department of Social Services · FY2027 $1,796,762
- Provisional of Internship Placement Services Department of Social Services · FY2024 · 5 payments $1,608,388
- PROVIDE SENIOR CENTER SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · FY2022 · 26 payments $1,447,958
- Crisis Management Systems Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 5 payments $1,403,595
- PROVIDE SENIOR CENTER SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · FY2020 · 18 payments $1,349,890
- Anti-Gun Violence, Brooklyn Mayoralty · FY2022 · 5 payments $1,070,893
- Crisis Management Systems Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 6 payments $998,013
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Trauma Recovery Centers Trauma Recovery Centers · Dhmh · FY2026 $1,200,000
- Trauma Recovery Centers Trauma Recovery Centers · Dhmh · FY2027 $1,200,000
- Trauma Recovery Centers Trauma Recovery Centers · Dhmh · FY2025 $816,585
- Trauma Recovery Centers Trauma Recovery Centers · Dhmh · FY2023 $600,000
- Trauma Recovery Centers Trauma Recovery Centers · Dhmh · FY2024 $600,000
- Crisis Management System Crisis Management System · DOHMH · FY2017 $500,000
- Crisis Management System Crisis Management System · MOCJ · FY2018 $500,000
- Trauma Recovery Centers Trauma Recovery Centers · Dhmh · FY2025 $383,415
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $314,553
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $314,553
- NYC RISE with Adult Literacy Forward (Formerly Adult Literacy Initiative and Adult Literacy Forward) NYC RISE with Adult Literacy Forward (Formerly Adult Literacy Initiative and Adult Literacy Forward) · DYCD · FY2027 $314,553
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $270,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $270,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $270,000
- Anti-Gun Violence - Community-Based Programs Anti-Gun Violence - Community-Based Programs · DOHMH · FY2016 $250,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2022 $250,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2023 $250,000
- Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors · DFTA · FY2022 $225,000
- Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors · DFTA · FY2023 $225,000
- Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors · DFTA · FY2024 $225,000
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.
- Kagan FY2022-2023 · 27 awards $497,167
- Brannan FY2020-2026 · 24 awards $439,000
- Treyger FY2020-2021 · 23 awards $399,261
- Inna Vernikov FY2022-2027 · 36 awards $314,000
- Farah N. Louis FY2020-2027 · 24 awards $164,000
- James F. Gennaro FY2021-2027 · 8 awards $160,000
- Kalman Yeger FY2020-2025 · 6 awards $130,000
- Rita C. Joseph FY2022-2027 · 14 awards $123,408
- Deutsch FY2020-2021 · 13 awards $114,000
- Kayla Santosuosso FY2027 · 2 awards $75,000
- Eugene FY2020-2021 · 6 awards $68,705
- Susan Zhuang FY2024-2027 · 7 awards $67,500
- Crystal Hudson FY2022-2024 · 3 awards $60,000
- Chi A. Ossé FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $50,000
- Simcha Felder FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $50,000
- Alexa Avilés FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $40,000
- Cumbo FY2020-2021 · 3 awards $32,500
- Lancman FY2020 · 2 awards $30,000
- Shahana K. Hanif FY2022-2027 · 5 awards $30,000
- Lincoln Restler FY2025-2027 · 3 awards $20,000
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.
- Rabbi Moshe Wiener Executive Director $360,845
- Yehudis Falik Chief Program Officer $200,289
- Abraham J Pearl Chief Financial Officer (Left 7/14/2023) $178,366
- Aliza Kelman Director Of Client Services $175,646
- Naomi Wolin Deputy Director Of Human Resources $174,872
- Yehudis H Levi Co-Controller $174,348
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +21% 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.
- FY2020 Rabbi Moshe Wiener · 2.78% of revenue $341,349
- FY2021 Rabbi Moshe Wiener · 1.57% of revenue $332,825
- FY2022 Rabbi Moshe Wiener · 2.22% of revenue $342,617
- FY2023 Rabbi Moshe Wiener · 2.01% of revenue $360,845
Community project funding secured by (FY2024)
Members of New York's congressional delegation named as requestors of an enacted FY2024 community project for this organization, in the House Appropriations Committee's own final project tables. Each figure is the amount APPROPRIATED for that project, not money paid out to this organization to date.
- Hakeem S. Jeffries JCCGCI Coney Island Multi-Service Center Renovation, Furnishing and Equipping · NY · Transportation, Housing and Urban Development $1,000,000
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 Housing and Urban Development 14.251 Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants · Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Grant $500,000