City Harvest, Inc.
Lobbying client
City Harvest is New York City's largest food rescue organization, founded in 1982, which collects surplus food from donors and distributes it through food pantries, soup kitchens, and community programs across the five boroughs. Its lobbyist, Bolton-St. Johns, LLC, filed 15 citywide disclosures reaching 51 Council members between 2024 and 2026, reporting $213,000 in compensation on subjects including budget funding for food programs. City records show $7,043,629 in city contracts since 2008, none currently active.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $213,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $7,993,785 awarded since 2008
- Paid to date
- $6,779,809
- Won without a fresh bid
- 99% of contract value · $7,901,501 · 37 contracts
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $818,558 · Jilly Stephens, CEO/Non-Voting Board Member
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Bolton-St. Johns, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Design and Construction 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 assistance for food programs
- Budget - Funding for special programs in NYC
- Resolution - Miscellaneous Issues in NYC
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).
- City Harvest Contract Extension Department of Sanitation · CT182720201423959 · ended 2020 $2,000,000
- Discretionary Award - Food distribution services Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268805243 · ended 2026 $1,242,656
- Funds for food pantries and soup kitchens. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228802096 · ended 2021 $1,000,000
- HRQNCIHA, Purchase of Three Food Transportation Vehicles Department of Design and Construction · CT185020211405132 · ended 2025 $346,000
- To Provide food pantry services throughout the five boroughs Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020121430784 · ended 2012 $278,167
- Support the food pantry. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248803820 · ended 2022 $259,801
- Vehicles for City Harvest Department of Design and Construction · CT185020080032467 · ended 2013 $220,000
- To support emergency feeding programs across the five boroug Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020131413564 · ended 2013 $217,333
- To support emergency feeding programs across the five Boro Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020141411432 · ended 2014 $215,583
- Food pantries and soup kitchens. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020180003546 · ended 2017 $212,168
Programs it routes city money to
This organization is a fiscal sponsor — a conduit that receives city money and passes it to sponsored projects, shown by the payment's purpose or award's program (largest first). These are the projects' funds, not the sponsor's own. Linked rows have their own profile here. Payments shown are roughly
- COVID-19: Emergency Food Provider Funding $2,000,000
- Feeding Our Communities $2,000,000
- Food Pantries $1,375,985
- Funds for food pantries and soup kitchens. $1,000,000
- Local $779,000
- Support the food pantry. $259,801
- Anti-Poverty $215,500
- Part of the Solution (POTS) $154,369
- HRQNCIHA, Purchase of Three Food Transportation Vehicles $116,000
- Speaker's Initiative $110,000
- Support food security through community-based programming $78,000
- HRDNCITYY, Food Transportation Vehicle $77,073
- St. Albans Baptist Church $76,800
- HRDNCITYH, REIMBURSEMENT OF FOOD TRANSPORT VEHICLES $76,208
- Miller Avenue Block Association, Inc. $70,780
- Brooks Memorial United Methodist Church $68,477
- Funds to support emergency food programming. $56,700
- Funding will support emergency food rescue. $54,301
- Macedonia Child Development Center $51,980
- Food Pantry Initiative $51,951
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.
- Jilly Stephens CEO/Non-Voting Board Member $818,558
- Renee Richardson Cfao (Thru 09/2024) $429,139
- Gregory Boroff Chief External Relations Officer $409,993
- Carlos Rodriguez Chief Policy & Operations Officer $400,420
- Karrien Andrea Francis Chief HR & Diversity Officer $362,831
- Michael Fowles Vice President Of Supply Chain $317,215
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +30% 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 Jilly Stephens · 0.87% of revenue $525,027
- FY2021 Jilly Stephens · 1.42% of revenue $547,631
- FY2022 Jilly Stephens · 1.68% of revenue $593,563
- FY2023 Jilly Stephens · 1.59% of revenue $586,941
- FY2024 Jilly Stephens · 1.76% of revenue $818,558