Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc.

Lobbying client

Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) is a New York City nonprofit incorporated in 1982 after a 1981 meeting organized by writer Larry Kramer in response to the emerging AIDS epidemic, and it is described by the organization and other sources as the world's first HIV/AIDS service organization, providing HIV testing, housing, legal aid, and other support to people affected by HIV/AIDS across the five boroughs. Our data shows GMHC filed 21 lobbying disclosures under a citywide registration from 2024 through 2026, reporting contact with all 51 council members through lobbyists Bolton-St. Johns, LLC and Collective Public Affairs Consulting, Inc., on subjects including budget funding for health care programs, special projects, and discretionary funds. Our data also lists $38,706,142 in active city contracts as of August 2026 for the organization.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
21
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$125,000
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$38,706,142 · 4 contracts
Awarded all-time
$84,537,276 · 42 since 2008, incl. expired
Paid to date
$46,482,979
Won without a fresh bid
52% of contract value · $43,758,573 · 35 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$13,204,863 · 167 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$328,039 · Michael Hester, Chief Financial Officer
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 +26% 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.

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

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