St. Francis College
Lobbying client
St. Francis College is a private, nonsectarian liberal arts college in Brooklyn Heights founded in 1859 by Franciscan friars, offering more than 70 majors and minors and known for tuition lower than most NYC private colleges. It has filed 15 lobbying disclosures since 2024 through Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno, worth $168,250, registered citywide on education program funding and the city's fiscal year 2027 budget. The college holds about $3.7 million in active city contracts as of August 2026, part of roughly $7.2 million in city contracts overall since 2016.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $168,250
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Goods
- City contracts (active)
- $3,722,000 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $7,187,763 · 28 since 2016, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $6,287,606
- Won without a fresh bid
- 96% of contract value · $6,912,763 · 17 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,340,500 · 34 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $541,524 · Maureen Lawrence, CFO (Thru 7/2023)
- Based in
- Brooklyn, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Education City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Citywide Administrative Services City agency
- Department of Education City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Edcation program funding.
- Budget - Education Program Funding
- Budget - New York City Fiscal Year 2027 Program 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).
- PWKDNSFRN, Initial Outfitting Department of Design and Construction · CT185020258807567 $3,722,000
- PWDNFRANS: Furniture & Equipment Department of Design and Construction · CT185020171424005 · ended 2022 $815,609
- Grant to fund Troop to Teacher Program Department of Education · CT104020199960911 · ended 2019 $378,055
- Purchase of IT Equipment for St.Francis College Computer Lab Department of Design and Construction · CT185020191409121 · ended 2023 $350,001
- 2WR - activites for interests and needs of the older adults Department for the Aging · CT112520268805601 · ended 2026 $281,250
- St. Francis College - IT Equipment Department of Design and Construction · CT185020171427273 · ended 2022 $242,767
- Provide Educational Support to Troops to Teachers Program Department of Education · CT104020189854266 · ended 2018 $242,000
- Grant to Fund the Troops-To-Teachers (TTT) Department of Education · CT104020219157060 · ended 2020 $191,500
- Career Training Program Department of Education · MA104020239378675 · ended 2023 $115,290
- Career Training Program provides undergraduate opportunity Department of Education · MA104020229278900 · ended 2022 $115,290
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.
- PWKDNSFRN, Initial Outfitting Department of Citywide Administrative Services · FY2026 $2,171,000
- IT Equipment Department of Citywide Administrative Services · FY2020 $242,767
- Grant to fund Troop to Teacher Program Department of Education · FY2020 $44,500
- Grant to Fund the Troops-To-Teachers (TTT) Department of Education · FY2021 $44,500
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local CM Speaker · DFTA · FY2020 $75,000
- Local CM Speaker · DFTA · FY2022 $75,000
- Local CM Speaker · DFTA · FY2023 $75,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DFTA · FY2024 $75,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DFTA · FY2025 $75,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DFTA · FY2026 $75,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DFTA · FY2027 $75,000
- Local DFTA · FY2009 $60,000
- Local DFTA · FY2010 $60,000
- Local DFTA · FY2011 $60,000
- Local DFTA · FY2012 $60,000
- Local DFTA · FY2013 $60,000
- Local DFTA · FY2014 $60,000
- Local DFTA · FY2015 $60,000
- Local DFTA · FY2016 $60,000
- Local DFTA · FY2017 $60,000
- St. Francis College�s For Seniors DFTA · FY2018 $60,000
- St. Francis College’s For Seniors DFTA · FY2019 $60,000
- Local DYCD · FY2009 $25,000
- Local DYCD · FY2010 $10,000
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.
- Stephen Levin FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $18,000
- Lincoln Restler FY2022-2027 · 2 awards $14,000
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.
- Maureen Lawrence CFO (Thru 7/2023) $541,524
- Miguel Martinez-Saenz President (Thru 7/2023) $450,045
- Jeanne Arnold Chief Of Staff & Chief Diversity Officer $395,008
- Hayley Dryer VP And General Counsel $374,536
- Tim Cecere President (As Of 4/2024) $359,141
- Dennis Anderson Provost/SVP For Academic Affairs $333,406
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +66% 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.
- FY2020 Miguel Martinez-Saenz · 2.67% of revenue $643,742
- FY2021 Miguel Martinez-Saenz · 3.07% of revenue $695,116
- FY2022 Miguel Martinez-Saenz · 1.68% of revenue $673,897
- FY2023 Maureen Lawrence · 5.12% of revenue $541,524
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
- Department of Education 84.425 Education Stabilization Fund · Department of Education · Grant $8,090,861
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $6,444,010
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $6,394,802
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $6,360,943
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $6,222,103
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $5,898,086
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $5,776,610
- Department of Education 84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid · Department of Education · Grant $2,995,947
- Department of Education 84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid · Department of Education · Grant $2,090,302
- Department of Education 84.116 Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education · Department of Education · Grant $1,500,000
- Department of Education 84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants · Department of Education · Direct payment $303,699
- Department of Education 84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants · Department of Education · Direct payment $286,636
- Department of Education 84.325 Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities · Department of Education · Grant $245,626
- Department of Education 84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants · Department of Education · Direct payment $233,294
- Department of Education 84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants · Department of Education · Direct payment $205,119
- Department of Education 84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants · Department of Education · Direct payment $188,260
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $173,768
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $164,670
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $144,836
- National Endowment for the Humanities 45.162 Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development · National Endowment for the Humanities · Grant $83,306