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
- Crystal Hudson Council Member, District 35 (Brooklyn)
- Gale A. Brewer Council Member, District 6 (Manhattan)
Holds contracts at
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Education City agency
Funded by these agencies
- City Council City agency
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Adrienne Adams
- Carlina Rivera
- Diana Ayala
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Discretionary Funding ; Budget - Capital Funding
- Budget - Expense ; Budget - Capital
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).
- Elevator Renovation at Jazz at Lincoln Center Department of Design and Construction · CT185020251410531 $1,428,000
- Jazz at Lincon Center Live Streaming Equipment System Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620241401352 $580,927
- Renovation of Rose Hall and Piano Purchase, Jazz at Lincoln Department of Design and Construction · CT185020171419818 · ended 2020 $4,728,000
- Jazz at Lincoln Center-Rose Theater Improvements & Upgrade Department of Design and Construction · CT185020090034942 · ended 2012 $1,892,938
- The installation of a new floor & purchase of sound Eqp Department of Design and Construction · CT185020171400017 · ended 2019 $1,088,729
- ARTS EDUCATION SERVICES Department of Education · MA104020099975289 · ended 2012 $250,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620201415034 · ended 2020 $176,810
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620131413126 · ended 2013 $174,200
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620141410153 · ended 2014 $172,040
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620121418604 · ended 2012 $167,750
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.
- Jazz at Lincon Center Live Streaming Equipment System Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2025 $545,927
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2020 · 2 payments $169,846
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2021 · 2 payments $161,160
- FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS ON MARCH 3-4, 2025 City Council · FY2025 $41,781
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2022 $31,450
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Let Freedom Swing CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2027 $25,000
- Local DCA · FY2009 $10,000
- Local DCA · FY2010 $8,000
- Local DCLA · FY2014 $6,000
- Local DCA · FY2012 $5,000
- Local DCLA · FY2013 $5,000
- Local DCLA · FY2013 $5,000
- Local DCLA · FY2014 $5,000
- Local DCLA · FY2015 $5,000
- Local DCLA · FY2016 $5,000
- Local DCLA · FY2017 $5,000
- Middle School Jazz Academy CM Brewer · DCLA · FY2026 $5,000
- Middle School Jazz Academy CM Brewer · DCLA · FY2027 $5,000
- Local DCA · FY2011 $4,000
- Local DCA · FY2009 $3,500
- Boro Boro · DCA · FY2010 $3,500
- Boro Boro · DCA · FY2011 $3,500
- Local DCLA · FY2013 $3,500
- Boro Boro · DCLA · FY2013 $3,500
- Boro Boro · DCLA · FY2014 $3,500
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.
- Gale A. Brewer FY2026-2027 · 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.
- Wynton Marsalis Managing & Artistic Director $2,677,925
- Greg Scholl Executive Dirctor $912,140
- Gabrielle Armand VP Brand, Sales, Marketing $383,771
- Emerson Moore VP, General Counsel, Assistant. (Until 4/11/25) $352,071
- Edward R Buller Controller $325,471
- Julio Castaing Chief Human Resource Officer $319,341
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.
- FY2020 Wynton Marsalis · 9.06% of revenue $1,940,632
- FY2021 Wynton Marsalis · 16.6% of revenue $2,626,357
- FY2022 Wynton Marsalis · 20.9% of revenue $2,866,888
- FY2023 Wynton Marsalis · 16.57% of revenue $2,603,892
- FY2024 Wynton Marsalis · 17.17% of revenue $2,677,925
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
- Crystal Hudson It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Gale A. Brewer It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
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
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $40,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $35,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $35,000