The Symphony Space, Inc.

Lobbying client

A nonprofit performing arts venue at Broadway and 95th Street on the Upper West Side, founded in 1978 and known for its literary series Selected Shorts along with music, dance, theater and film programming across two theaters. It receives grants through the city's Cultural Development Fund, and filed 15 lobbying disclosures since 2024, reaching 10 council members through Kasirer LLC, seeking city budget funding, while holding about $1.56 million in city contracts since 2007, none currently active.

Council members lobbied
10
Filings (since 2024)
15
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$290,000
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $1,555,442 awarded since 2007
Paid to date
$1,529,828
Won without a fresh bid
10% of contract value · $160,000 · 4 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$120,363 · 23 awards
Funding history
Funded 15 years (FY2009–FY2027), including each of the last 6
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$207,986 · Kathy Landau, Executive Director
Based in
New York, NY

Lobbied these council members

Represented by lobbyist firms

Holds contracts at

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).

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 (FY2023). 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 +37% from FY2020 to FY2023. 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

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