The Brotherhood/Sister Sol Inc
Lobbying client
The Brotherhood/Sister Sol is a Harlem-based youth development organization founded in 1995, serving Black and Latinx youth ages 8 to 22 through after-school programs, rites-of-passage programming, college preparation, job training and community organizing training. The organization filed 15 NYC lobbying registrations from 2024 through 2026 on citywide budget funding, paying Kasirer LLC $172,000 to lobby 25 city officials. As of August 22, 2026 it holds $1,330,544 in active city contracts, part of $5,288,707 in city contracts dating back to 2007.
- Council members lobbied
- 25 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $172,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $1,330,544 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $5,288,707 · 37 since 2007, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $4,656,947
- Won without a fresh bid
- 84% of contract value · $4,440,688 · 23 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $4,402,844 · 87 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $285,550 · Khary Lazarre-White, Executive Director Co-Founder
- Based in
- New York, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Kasirer LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Sanitation City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Citywide Administrative Services City agency
- Department of Sanitation City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Budget funding
- Budget - New York City Budget Funding
- Budget - budget funding
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).
- PWDNBRSOL, PWDNBRSIS purchase of initial outfitting equip Department of Design and Construction · CT185020238807966 $768,044
- Community Composting Education and Awareness Department of Sanitation · CT182720258803012 $562,500
- Funds to support BroSis Environmental Programming in CD 10. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248806642 · ended 2026 $991,069
- SERIVICES TO PROMOTE SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOLS. Department of Education · MA104020089871540 · ended 2012 $300,000
- Support The Brotherhood Sister Sol Environmental Program Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238808325 · ended 2023 $264,285
- Education Support got High School Youth at Risk Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020160001458 · ended 2018 $263,019
- Support operations of summer program. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228805424 · ended 2022 $239,285
- Support general expenses of summer programs. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228800903 · ended 2021 $177,937
- Various environmental and youth programs Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020161404457 · ended 2016 $137,500
- To support after school programming, Rites of Passage Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020151420410 · ended 2015 $136,500
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.
- PWDNBRSOL, PWDNBRSIS purchase of initial outfitting equip Department of Citywide Administrative Services · FY2024 $750,000
- Funds to support BroSis Environmental Programming in CD 10. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 3 payments $566,998
- Funds to support BroSis Environmental Programming in CD 10. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 2 payments $272,284
- Support The Brotherhood Sister Sol Environmental Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 $264,285
- Support operations of summer program. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 2 payments $238,530
- Support general expenses of summer programs. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 2 payments $175,575
- Community Composting Education and Awareness Department of Sanitation · FY2026 · 2 payments $126,000
- Funds will be used for the Passage of Rites program in CD 9. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 · 3 payments $124,634
- Funds to support BroSis Environmental Programming in CD 10. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 $101,786
- To support Leadership development prong for young women. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 $39,072
- Community Composting Education and Awareness Department of Sanitation · FY2027 $30,000
- Funds for high quality arts and athletic activities. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $30,000
- Funds to support out-of-school leadership program for girls. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 $28,969
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2027 $290,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $200,000
- Empowering Black Communities Empowering Black Communities · DYCD · FY2026 $200,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2026 $200,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2022 $150,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $150,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $150,000
- Community Composting Community Composting · DSNY · FY2025 $150,000
- Community Composting Community Composting · DSNY · FY2026 $150,000
- Community Composting Community Composting · DSNY · FY2027 $150,000
- Local DYCD · FY2013 $120,000
- Local DYCD · FY2014 $120,000
- Local DYCD · FY2015 $120,000
- Anti-Gun Violence Initiative - Violence Prevention, Conflict Mediation, and Youth Development Anti-Gun Violence Initiative - Violence Prevention, Conflict Mediation, and Youth Development · DOE · FY2015 $120,000
- Anti-Gun Violence - School Based Conflict Mediation (Formerly Known as Violence Prevention, Conflict Mediation, and Youth Development) Anti-Gun Violence - School Based Conflict Mediation (Formerly Known as Violence Prevention, Conflict Mediation, and Youth Development) · DOE · FY2016 $120,000
- Local DYCD · FY2016 $120,000
- Local DYCD · FY2017 $100,000
- Local DYCD · FY2018 $100,000
- Local DYCD · FY2019 $100,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2020 $100,000
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.
- Shaun Abreu FY2022-2027 · 9 awards $110,000
- Perkins FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $25,000
- Carmen N. De La Rosa FY2024-2027 · 5 awards $23,000
- Levine FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $20,000
- Yusef Salaam FY2025-2026 · 4 awards $20,000
- Jordan FY2022 · 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.
- Khary Lazarre-White Executive Director Co-Founder $285,550
- Jason Warwin Assoc Exec Dir Of Programming Training Co-Founder $241,181
- Jose Garzon Controller $213,210
- Wendy M Dejesus Director Of Programming $198,313
- Silvia Canales Director Of College, Career Wellness $170,842
- Marsha Jean-Charles Director Of Organizing $143,611
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +20% 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 Khary Lazarre-White · 10.29% of revenue $278,279
- FY2021 Khary Lazarre-White · 8.52% of revenue $274,463
- FY2022 Khary Lazarre-White · 12.73% of revenue $272,143
- FY2023 Khary Lazarre-White · 15.29% of revenue $275,670
- FY2024 Khary Lazarre-White · 12.0% of revenue $285,550