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
- Hollis Public Affairs, Inc. Lobbyist firm
- Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno LLC Lobbyist firm
- The Wright Group NY, Inc Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Social Services City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Social Services City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Advocacy surrounding the NYC Council Budget.; Local Legislation (including introduction) - Women's Rights; Civil Legal Services
- Budget - Advocacy surrounding the NYC Council Budget.; Local Legislation (including introduction) - women's rights; civil legal services
- Budget - New York City Fiscal Year 2027 Program Funding Related to Legal Services.
- Budget - Program funding related to legal services.
- Budget - securing funding
- Budget - securing funding for programs
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).
- Prov of legal svcs for survivors of domestic violence Department of Social Services · CT106920268805285 $750,000
- Prov of legal services for victims of domestic violence Department of Social Services · CT106920258801415 · ended 2026 $1,218,750
- Prov of legal svcs for victims of domestic violence and fam. Department of Social Services · CT106920238807981 · ended 2023 $325,000
- Prov. of general legal svcs for victims of domestic violence Department of Social Services · CT106920228808261 · ended 2022 $325,000
- Provision of Access to Justice for Immigrants Project. Department of Social Services · CT106920228801551 · ended 2021 $325,000
- Provision of Legal Supportive Alternatives to Violence Department of Social Services · CT106920201408990 · ended 2020 $300,000
- Supportive Alternatives to violent Encounters FY 19 5101 Department of Social Services · CT106920191414389 · ended 2019 $300,000
- Funding for Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters Department of Social Services · CT106920181416794 · ended 2018 $100,000
- Provision of Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters Department of Social Services · CT106920171421348 · ended 2017 $100,000
- COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS Department of Social Services · CT106920171400289 · ended 2016 $100,000
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.
- Prov of legal services for victims of domestic violence Department of Social Services · FY2025 · 4 payments $319,378
- Provision of Access to Justice for Immigrants Project. Department of Social Services · FY2022 · 2 payments $162,500
- Provision of Legal Supportive Alternatives to Violence Department of Social Services · FY2020 · 2 payments $150,649
- Provision of Legal Supportive Alternatives to Violence Department of Social Services · FY2021 · 2 payments $149,350
- Prov of legal svcs for victims of domestic violence and fam. Department of Social Services · FY2023 $81,252
- Prov. of general legal svcs for victims of domestic violence Department of Social Services · FY2023 $81,250
- Supportive Alternatives to violent Encounters FY 19 5101 Department of Social Services · FY2020 $74,026
- Prov of legal services for victims of domestic violence Department of Social Services · FY2026 $63,059
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) · Dss/hra · FY2019 $300,000
- Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) · Dss/hra · FY2020 $300,000
- Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) · Dss/hra · FY2021 $300,000
- Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) · Dss/hra · FY2022 $300,000
- Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) · Dss/hra · FY2023 $300,000
- Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) · Dss/hra · FY2024 $300,000
- Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) · Dss/hra · FY2025 $300,000
- Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) · Dss/hra · FY2026 $300,000
- Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) · Dss/hra · FY2027 $300,000
- Immigration Legal Services for Survivors of Violence and Gender Based Harm Immigration Legal Services for Survivors of Violence and Gender Based Harm · Dss/hra · FY2026 $200,000
- Immigration Legal Services for Survivors of Violence and Gender Based Harm Immigration Legal Services for Survivors of Violence and Gender Based Harm · Dss/hra · FY2027 $200,000
- Legal Services for Domestic Violence Victims Legal Services for Domestic Violence Victims · Dss/hra · FY2016 $100,000
- Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) · Dss/hra · FY2017 $100,000
- Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) Supportive Alternatives to Violent Encounters (SAVE) · Dss/hra · FY2018 $100,000
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Immigrant Opportunities Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2026 $100,000
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Immigrant Opportunities Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2027 $100,000
- Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · MOCJ · FY2024 $99,230
- Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2025 $99,230
- Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2026 $99,230
- Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2027 $99,230
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.
- Adams FY2020-2026 · 7 awards $110,000
- Moya FY2020-2023 · 4 awards $80,000
- Althea V. Stevens FY2022-2025 · 4 awards $80,000
- Amanda C. Farías FY2022-2026 · 5 awards $65,000
- Borelli FY2020-2025 · 6 awards $60,000
- Gale A. Brewer FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $48,000
- Vanessa Gibson FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Rosenthal FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Shaun Abreu FY2022-2023 · 2 awards $40,000
- Levine FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $35,000
- Perkins FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $35,000
- Jordan FY2022-2023 · 2 awards $35,000
- Diaz FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $30,000
- Alexa Avilés FY2025-2026 · 2 awards $20,000
- Farah N. Louis FY2022 · 1 award $5,000
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.
- Amy Barasch President/Executive Director $257,880
- Devon Ercolano Provan Director Of Development And Communications $208,228
- Hamra Ahmad Director Of Law & Policy $200,064
- Anna Maria Diamanti Director Of Family/Matrimony $158,550
- Susanna E Saul Director Of Immigration $151,757
- Rachel L Braunstein Director Of Policy $148,602
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.
- FY2020 Amy Barasch ESQ · 13.57% of revenue $220,799
- FY2021 Amy Barasch ESQ · 15.05% of revenue $277,933
- FY2022 Amy Barasch · 16.49% of revenue $259,634
- FY2023 Amy Barasch · 16.49% of revenue $257,880