Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc.

Lobbying client

Jazz at Lincoln Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that presents jazz concerts, education programs and advocacy from its Frederick P. Rose Hall complex at Columbus Circle, home to Dizzy's Club and the Wynton Marsalis led Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. It has filed 8 lobbying disclosures with the city since 2025, spending $2,247.60 on in-house lobbying of five council members, Adrienne Adams, Carlina Rivera, Crystal Hudson, Diana Ayala and Gale Brewer, on discretionary funding, capital funding and its expense budget. As of August 2026 it holds $2,008,927 in active city contracts, part of $12.2 million in contracts registered with the city since 2007.

Council members lobbied
5
Filings (since 2024)
8
Lobbyist firm(s)
In-house
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$2,248
Industry (per city contracts)
Construction Services
City contracts (active)
$2,008,927 · 2 contracts
Awarded all-time
$12,204,300 · 25 since 2007, incl. expired
Paid to date
$11,090,488
Won without a fresh bid
95% of contract value · $11,544,300 · 17 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$131,500 · 24 awards
Funding history
Funded 11 years (FY2009–FY2027), including each of the last 2
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$2,677,925 · Wynton Marsalis, Managing & Artistic Director
Based in
New York, NY

Lobbied these council members

Holds contracts at

Funded by these agencies

Lobbied former members

Members who have since left their seat

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 (FY2024). 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 +45% 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.

Where their influence converges

Outside interests connected to this official through more than one independent channel — drawn straight from the records the rest of the site already shows. “Lobbied them” = a lobbying filing that named the member. “Outside spending” = an independent-expenditure committee the interest funds spent in

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

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