Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc.
Lobbying client
A nonprofit Broadway theater company, founded in 1965, that operates several Manhattan venues including the Todd Haimes Theatre, Studio 54, and the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. It has filed 30 disclosures since 2024, lobbying through Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies and Fried Frank on NYC budget advocacy and on a land-use matter for its Studio 54 building at 254 West 54th Street, where it is seeking a zoning special permit to transfer air rights and help fund a renovation, and it holds active city contracts totaling about $11.3 million.
- Council members lobbied
- 1
- Filings (since 2024)
- 30
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $350,592
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Construction Services
- City contracts (active)
- $11,300,549 · 3 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $33,375,389 · 39 since 2007, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $20,702,465
- Won without a fresh bid
- 86% of contract value · $28,857,722 · 26 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $2,099,500 · 131 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $1,363,278 · Todd Haimes, Art Director/CEO, Thru 4/23
- Based in
- New York, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, LLC Lobbyist firm
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Education City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Erik Bottcher
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Budget advocacy
- Budget - NYC Budget
- Budget - NYC budget
- Determination regarding real property - Various land use matters for 254 West 54th Street in Manhattan
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).
- Equipment and Infrastructure Systems Upgrades Department of Design and Construction · CT185020251417716 $10,865,549
- Arts Education Services Department of Education · MA104020259576110 $345,000
- Professional Learning Services in Arts Education. Department of Education · MA104020259575810 $90,000
- Roundabout Theatre Company Studio 54 PH3 Department of Design and Construction · CT185020080034975 · ended 2013 $4,400,000
- PV354HVAC Roundabout AA Theater HVAC Upgrade Department of Design and Construction · CT185020181426664 · ended 2024 $2,916,666
- Studio 54 Exterior HVAC Renovation/Replacement Department of Design and Construction · CT185020141426326 · ended 2017 $1,676,000
- Installation of Digital Signage at Roundabout Theatre Comp. Department of Design and Construction · CT185020161419548 · ended 2019 $1,582,000
- PV354RTC4,Grant for Roundabout Theatre Department of Design and Construction · CT185020121442901 · ended 2015 $1,568,000
- Roundabout Theatre Co., Inc.-Studio 54 Theatre Renovation Department of Design and Construction · CT185020101422606 · ended 2013 $1,440,000
- initial outfitting for Roundabout Department of Design and Construction · CT185020111400738 · ended 2015 $1,250,016
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.
- PV354HVAC Roundabout AA Theater HVAC Upgrade Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2022 $1,080,000
- Studio 54 Fire Alarm & Life Safety System Upgrade Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2022 $449,359
- PV354HVAC Roundabout AA Theater HVAC Upgrade Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2021 $327,552
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2020 · 3 payments $268,165
- PV354HVAC Roundabout AA Theater HVAC Upgrade Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2023 $250,000
- Installation of Digital Signage at Roundabout Theatre Comp. Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2022 $221,781
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2021 · 2 payments $161,235
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2022 · 2 payments $133,200
- PV354HVAC Roundabout AA Theater HVAC Upgrade Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2026 $73,370
- Studio 54 Fire Alarm & Life Safety System Upgrade Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2025 $25,900
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Theatrical Workforce Development Program CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2023 $50,000
- Theatrical Workforce Development Program CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2024 $50,000
- Theatrical Workforce Development Program CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2025 $50,000
- Theatrical Workforce Development Program CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2026 $50,000
- Theatrical Workforce Development Program CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2027 $50,000
- Theatrical Workforce Development Program Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2019 $25,000
- Theatrical Workforce Development Program Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2020 $25,000
- Theatrical Workforce Development Program Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2021 $25,000
- Theatrical Workforce Development Program Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2022 $25,000
- Public School/Intermediate School 111 Adolph S. Ochs Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2010 $20,000
- Intermediate School 34R Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2010 $20,000
- Intermediate School 34R Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2011 $20,000
- Public School 111M Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2011 $20,000
- Public School 111 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2012 $20,000
- Totten Intermediate School 34 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2012 $20,000
- PS/IS 111 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2013 $20,000
- Totten Intermediate Scool 34 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2013 $20,000
- Public School 111 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2014 $20,000
- Totten Intermediate Scool 34 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2014 $20,000
- P.S. 111 Adolph S. Ochs Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
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.
- Keith Powers FY2020-2026 · 8 awards $160,000
- Kamillah Hanks FY2022-2027 · 8 awards $140,000
- Inna Vernikov FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $120,000
- Borelli FY2020-2025 · 7 awards $110,000
- Oswald J. Feliz FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $100,000
- Erik Bottcher FY2022-2026 · 8 awards $76,000
- James F. Gennaro FY2025-2027 · 3 awards $60,000
- Mercedes Narcisse FY2024-2027 · 4 awards $50,000
- Johnson FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $46,000
- Deutsch FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Rose FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Frank Morano FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $20,000
- Carl Wilson FY2027 · 2 awards $20,000
- Virginia Maloney FY2027 · 1 award $20,000
- Kagan 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.
- Todd Haimes Art Director/CEO, Thru 4/23 $1,363,278
- Sydney A Beers Executive Producer $767,823
- Christopher Nave Chief Advancement Officer $734,136
- Scott Ellis Interim Artistic Director $464,817
- Andrew O Forste Stage Crew $394,155
- Steve Beers Stage Crew $332,112
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +61% 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 Julia Levy · 10.83% of revenue $817,113
- FY2021 Todd Haimes · 7.34% of revenue $1,055,646
- FY2022 Todd Haimes · 6.15% of revenue $1,156,161
- FY2023 Todd Haimes · 6.37% of revenue $1,363,278
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
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $100,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $75,000