Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine

Lobbying client

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is the seat of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, a Morningside Heights landmark that ranks among the largest cathedrals in the world and combines worship with public programming, art exhibitions and community outreach. In our records it filed 15 lobbying disclosures from 2024 through 2026 totaling $215,000, using both James F. Capalino & Associates and Kasirer LLC to lobby Council Member Shaun Abreu on city funding requests, permits and board approvals, scheduling of public events, and real estate approvals. It also holds about $1.97 million in city contracts since 2015, none currently active.

Council members lobbied
10
Filings (since 2024)
15
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$243,000
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $1,972,094 awarded since 2015
Paid to date
$1,827,658
Won without a fresh bid
1% of contract value · $10,000 · 2 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$30,250 · 5 awards
Funding history
Funded 5 years (FY2020–FY2026); not in FY2027

Lobbied these council members

Represented by lobbyist firms

Holds contracts at

Funded by these agencies

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).

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.

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.

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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