Her Justice Inc.

Lobbying client

Her Justice provides free civil legal help to low-income women and gender-diverse New Yorkers, with a focus on survivors of domestic violence and immigrants facing language or cultural barriers. Since 1993 it has recruited and mentored volunteer lawyers who handle family law, divorce, and immigration cases, serving thousands of women and children a year through partnerships with more than 80 law firms and corporations. In our records the group filed 31 lobbying registrations since 2024, working citywide through Hollis Public Affairs, Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno, and The Wright Group NY, on subjects tied to City Council budget advocacy and funding for its civil legal services programs. It also holds $750,000 in active city contracts as of August 2026, out of $4,048,750 in city contracts logged since 2014.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
31
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$180,231
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$750,000 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$4,048,750 · 14 since 2014, incl. expired
Paid to date
$2,710,000
Won without a fresh bid
100% of contract value · $4,048,750 · 14 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$5,616,650 · 105 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2016 (12 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$257,880 · Amy Barasch, President/Executive Director
Based in
New York, NY

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.

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 +32% 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.

Sources