Public Health Solutions
Lobbying client
Public Health Solutions is New York City's largest public health nonprofit, founded in 1957 as the Medical and Health Research Association and today providing direct services in underserved communities while also managing grants and contracts on behalf of community-based organizations across the five boroughs. With $1.82 billion in active city contracts as of August 2026 and 13 filings since 2024, the organization lobbied through Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno on operating budget and discretionary funding requests across fiscal years 2025 through 2027.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $204,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $1,819,079,526 · 7 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $2,577,562,430 · 46 since 2010, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $267,457,691
- Won without a fresh bid
- 47% of contract value · $1,217,255,642 · 35 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $11,627,617 · 118 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $419,521 · Lisa David, Chief Executive Officer
- Based in
- New York, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Health related program funding.
- Budget - New York City Fiscal Year 2026 Operating Budget Funding
- Budget - New York City Fiscal Year 2027 Operating Budget Funding Related to Health Care.
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).
- MASTER CONTRACTOR FOR DISEASE CONTROL Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620211411747 $1,206,000,000
- MASTER CONTRACTOR FOR DISEASE CONTROL Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620251403077 $563,178,629
- Master Administrator for Non-Federally Funded Initiatives Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620268804827 $15,000,000
- HHAP - Community Health Workers (Harlem) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620238800441 $12,630,652
- Nurse-Family Partnership Program Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620211412121 $10,500,000
- Nurse-Family Partnership Program Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620211411180 $10,500,000
- Amendment -NYC Benefit Program for FY'25-27 COLA & Allowance Department of Social Services · CT106920258804546 $1,270,245
- HIV/AIDS Master Contract Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620141407891 · ended 2016 $471,000,000
- Administrator for Community Based Human Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620151423436 · ended 2019 $100,000,000
- Administrator for community based Human Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620191419171 · ended 2022 $79,900,000
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.
- MASTER CONTRACTOR FOR DISEASE CONTROL Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2023 · 64 payments $54,921,821
- MASTER CONTRACTOR FOR DISEASE CONTROL Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 · 55 payments $43,689,437
- MASTER CONTRACTOR FOR DISEASE CONTROL Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 50 payments $41,088,024
- MASTER CONTRACTOR FOR DISEASE CONTROL Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 50 payments $38,101,283
- MASTER CONTRACTOR FOR DISEASE CONTROL Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 · 38 payments $22,809,361
- Administrator for community based Human Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2021 · 46 payments $22,528,253
- Administrator for community based Human Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 · 53 payments $21,161,572
- Administrator for Community Based Human Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 · 62 payments $14,036,239
- Administrator for Community Based Human Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 54 payments $13,024,835
- Administrator for Community Based Human Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2023 · 45 payments $11,533,614
- Administrator for community based Human Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 · 53 payments $11,362,152
- Administrator for Community Based Human Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 28 payments $8,052,989
- MASTER CONTRACTOR FOR DISEASE CONTROL Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2021 · 7 payments $6,419,869
- Master Administrator for Non-Federally Funded Initiatives Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 12 payments $3,842,852
- HHAP - Community Health Workers (Harlem) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 · 6 payments $1,973,318
- MASTER CONTRACTOR FOR DISEASE CONTROL Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2027 · 9 payments $1,852,819
- Master Administrator for Non-Federally Funded Initiatives Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2027 · 2 payments $1,672,211
- Nurse-Family Partnership Program Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 4 payments $1,528,844
- Administrator for Community Based Human Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 · 8 payments $1,517,937
- HHAP - Community Health Workers (Harlem) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 4 payments $1,453,837
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care · Dhmh · FY2027 $508,320
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2023 $446,094
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2024 $446,094
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2025 $446,094
- HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care (Formerly Ending the Epidemic and HIV/AIDS Faith Community Based Initiative) HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care (Formerly Ending the Epidemic and HIV/AIDS Faith Community Based Initiative) · Dhmh · FY2026 $446,094
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2022 $357,500
- HIV/AIDS - End the Epidemic HIV/AIDS - End the Epidemic · DOHMH · FY2016 $350,000
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · DOHMH · FY2017 $350,000
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2018 $350,000
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2019 $350,000
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2020 $350,000
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2021 $285,551
- Dedicated Contraceptive Fund Dedicated Contraceptive Fund · Dhmh · FY2023 $217,969
- Dedicated Contraceptive Fund Dedicated Contraceptive Fund · Dhmh · FY2024 $217,969
- Dedicated Contraceptive Fund Dedicated Contraceptive Fund · Dhmh · FY2025 $217,969
- Dedicated Contraceptive Fund Dedicated Contraceptive Fund · Dhmh · FY2026 $217,969
- Dedicated Contraceptive Fund Dedicated Contraceptive Fund · Dhmh · FY2027 $217,969
- Dedicated Contraceptive Fund Dedicated Contraceptive Fund · Dhmh · FY2020 $175,000
- Dedicated Contraceptive Fund Dedicated Contraceptive Fund · Dhmh · FY2022 $175,000
- Dedicated Contraceptive Fund Dedicated Contraceptive Fund · Dhmh · FY2021 $157,500
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 · 6 awards $60,000
- Shekar Krishnan FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $50,000
- Deutsch FY2020 · 1 award $20,000
- Levine FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $20,000
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.
- Lisa David Chief Executive Officer $419,521
- Kathleen Fitzpatrick Chief Financial Officer (Outgoing) $316,496
- Zachariah Hennessey Executive. VP Chief Strategy Officer $315,151
- Cassaundra Howell Chief Administrative Officer $314,473
- Krista Lepper VP Legal Affairs & Gen Counsel $289,467
- Peter Jensen Chief Information Officer $235,372
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +4% 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 Lisa David · 1.13% of revenue $361,865
- FY2021 Lisa David · 1.1% of revenue $320,309
- FY2022 Lisa David · 0.81% of revenue $398,785
- FY2023 Lisa David · 1.05% of revenue $419,521
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 Health and Human Services 93.283 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Investigations and Technical Assistance · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Grant $128,573,508
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.421 Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Grant $93,260,653
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.421 Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Grant $59,986,891
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.354 Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Grant $49,567,192
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.078 Strengthening Emergency Care Delivery in the United States Healthcare System through Health Information and Promotion · Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response · Grant $40,457,446
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.889 National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program · Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response · Grant $24,158,832
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.354 Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Grant $24,093,341
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.260 Family Planning Personnel Training · Office of Assistant Secretary for Health · Grant $13,333,392
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.926 Healthy Start Initiative · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $9,098,806
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.817 Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) Ebola Preparedness and Response Activities · Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response · Grant $5,045,359
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.283 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Investigations and Technical Assistance · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Grant $2,922,426
- Social Security Administration SUPPORT- ADMINISTRATIVE: INFORMATION RETRIEVAL · Social Security Administration · Contract $2,442,839
- Social Security Administration SUPPORT- ADMINISTRATIVE: INFORMATION RETRIEVAL · Social Security Administration · Contract $2,275,246
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.974 Family Planning Service Delivery Improvement Research · Office of Assistant Secretary for Health · Grant $1,783,221
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.354 Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Grant $1,339,555
- Social Security Administration SUPPORT- ADMINISTRATIVE: INFORMATION RETRIEVAL · Social Security Administration · Contract $1,165,948
- Social Security Administration SUPPORT- ADMINISTRATIVE: INFORMATION RETRIEVAL · Social Security Administration · Contract $1,120,335
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.217 Family Planning Services · Office of Assistant Secretary for Health · Grant $754,280
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.045 Special Programs for the Aging, Title III, Part C, Nutrition Services · Administration for Community Living · Grant $744,370
- Department of Health and Human Services SUPPORT- MANAGEMENT: DATA COLLECTION · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Contract $594,716