Waterfront Alliance, Inc.
Lobbying client
Waterfront Alliance, 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)
- 16
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $138,500
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Standardized Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $1,946,724 awarded since 2015
- Paid to date
- $1,707,973
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $1,946,724 · 17 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,847,974 · 161 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2016 (12 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $241,133 · Cortney Worrall, President And CEO
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Bolton-St. Johns, LLC Lobbyist firm
- Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Funding for education and special programs
- Budget - Funding for special projects and education
- Determination of Board or Commission - Determination
- Determination of Board or Commission - determination
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).
- Funding for citywide environmental programming. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258803312 · ended 2026 $701,250
- To provide free waterfront activities and A Greener NYC Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201415052 · ended 2020 $187,000
- To engage children and families through outdoor activities. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020190003318 · ended 2018 $162,254
- To support environmentally friendly programs Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238802605 · ended 2022 $153,000
- To engage children and families through outdoor activities. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191422262 · ended 2019 $130,000
- To support planning, outreach and A Greener NYC program Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020181402431 · ended 2017 $129,220
- Funding for environmental and conservation programs Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248801440 · ended 2023 $109,000
- Funding for community waterfront education Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238807207 · ended 2021 $106,500
- Funding for community and recreational programming Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238807878 · ended 2023 $68,000
- Funds will support Waterfront Alliance's programs Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238801406 · ended 2022 $51,500
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.
- Funding for citywide environmental programming. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 2 payments $175,000
- To support environmentally friendly programs Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $153,000
- To provide free waterfront activities and A Greener NYC Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 · 2 payments $124,250
- To engage children and families through outdoor activities. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 $116,898
- Funding for community waterfront education Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 2 payments $106,500
- Funding for environmental and conservation programs Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 $71,400
- Funding for citywide environmental programming. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 $49,000
- Funds will support Waterfront Alliance's programs Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $40,000
- To provide hands-on environmental learning for school groups Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 $39,417
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- A Greener NYC A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2016 $50,000
- Climate Informed Communities CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $50,000
- Estuary Explorers CM Rose · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2020 $35,000
- A Greener NYC CM Brannan · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2022 $30,000
- Local DYCD · FY2017 $25,000
- Local DYCD · FY2018 $25,000
- A Greener NYC Harbor Camp program A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2019 $25,000
- Local DYCD · FY2019 $25,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2020 $25,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2021 $25,000
- City of Water Day/West Harlem Piers Programming CM Abreu · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2022 $25,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2022 $25,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2023 $25,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $25,000
- Estuary Explorers CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $25,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $25,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $25,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $25,000
- Climate Informed Communities CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $25,000
- Estuary Explorers CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2027 $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.
- Brannan FY2020-2024 · 12 awards $142,000
- Vickie Paladino FY2022-2026 · 7 awards $85,000
- Kamillah Hanks FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $75,000
- Althea V. Stevens FY2022-2026 · 5 awards $75,000
- Tiffany L. Cabán FY2023-2027 · 10 awards $75,000
- Shaun Abreu FY2022-2024 · 5 awards $53,500
- Carmen N. De La Rosa FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $50,000
- Rose FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $45,000
- Amanda C. Farías FY2022-2026 · 4 awards $43,000
- Diaz FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Levine FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $38,500
- Julie Menin FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $30,000
- Susan Zhuang FY2024 · 2 awards $28,000
- Marmorato FY2024 · 3 awards $27,000
- Christopher Marte FY2023-2024 · 3 awards $25,000
- Vanessa Gibson FY2020 · 1 award $20,000
- Vallone FY2020-2021 · 3 awards $20,000
- Rivera FY2020-2022 · 3 awards $15,000
- Alexa Avilés FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $12,500
- Rodriguez 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.
- Cortney Worrall President And CEO $241,133
- David Ezer Director Of Events $123,242
- Joseph Sutkowi Chief Waterfront Design Officer $110,258
- Furhana Husani Director. Of Programs And Climate Initiatives $109,866
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +142% 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 Roland Lewis · 17.72% of revenue $162,903
- FY2021 Cortney Worrall · 9.49% of revenue $207,573
- FY2022 Cortney Worrall · 14.81% of revenue $207,632
- FY2023 Cortney Worrall · 14.59% of revenue $244,313
- FY2024 Cortney Worrall · 32.12% of revenue $241,133
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 Commerce 11.469 Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Grant $531,000