Rocking the Boat, Inc.
Lobbying client
Rocking the Boat, Inc., Lobbying client. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $2,555,849 awarded since 2008
- Paid to date
- $1,848,845
- Won without a fresh bid
- 62% of contract value · $1,577,816 · 19 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,175,045 · 43 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 17 years (FY2009–FY2027), including each of the last 15
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $204,054 · Adam Green, Founder And Executive Director
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Bolton-St. Johns, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Funding for special projects
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).
- Student Support Services on water classroom instruction Department of Education · MA104020129271661 · ended 2016 $470,833
- COMPASS Explore program providing legal services. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020200000302 · ended 2023 $387,000
- To provide youth development programming in District 17. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258805215 · ended 2026 $337,500
- Maritime Education Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020171405657 · ended 2019 $232,200
- Out of School Time Program Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020090012193 · ended 2012 $171,850
- COMPASS Explore Programs NAE-210023B Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020240000097 · ended 2024 $99,053
- VEHICLE PURCHASE Department of Design and Construction · CT185020171420672 · ended 2022 $83,902
- Funds will be provide youth development programming. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228807440 · ended 2022 $50,579
- Provide youth development programming. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238805562 · ended 2023 $50,000
- Support youth development programming in Hunts Point- Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020181416636 · ended 2018 $50,000
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.
- COMPASS Explore program providing legal services. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 4 payments $140,104
- To provide youth development programming in District 17. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 2 payments $103,013
- To provide youth development programming in District 17. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 2 payments $88,500
- COMPASS Explore program providing legal services. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 $43,683
- Provide youth development programming. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $37,500
- Funds will be provide youth development programming. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $35,161
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Bronx River Access CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $75,000
- Bronx River Access CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $75,000
- Bronx River Access CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $75,000
- Youth Development and Community Programs CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $75,000
- Local DYCD · FY2018 $50,000
- Bronx River Access Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2022 $50,000
- Bronx River Access CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $50,000
- Council District 17 Green Programming & Services CM Salamanca · A Greener NYC · DCLA · FY2022 $40,000
- Green Programming & Services - Council District 17 CM Salamanca · A Greener NYC · DCLA · FY2023 $40,000
- Green Programming & Services - Council District 17 CM Salamanca · A Greener NYC · DCLA · FY2024 $40,000
- Green Programming & Services - Council District 17 CM Salamanca · A Greener NYC · DCLA · FY2025 $40,000
- Green Programming & Services - Council District 17 CM Sanchez, J · A Greener NYC · DCLA · FY2026 $40,000
- Green Programming & Services - Council District 17 CM J. Sanchez · A Greener NYC · DCLA · FY2027 $40,000
- Rocking The Boat, Inc. OST · DYCD · FY2013 $36,983
- Rocking the Boat, Inc. Out of School Time Restoration · DYCD · FY2014 $36,983
- Youth Youth · DYCD · FY2009 $30,000
- Local DYCD · FY2015 $25,000
- Local DYCD · FY2016 $25,000
- Local DYCD · FY2017 $25,000
- Free Bronx River Camp and Sailing Camp CM Farias · A Greener NYC · DCLA · FY2022 $25,000
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.
- Salamanca FY2020-2025 · 5 awards $180,000
- Amanda C. Farías FY2022-2027 · 8 awards $98,500
- Justin E. Sanchez FY2027 · 3 awards $66,000
- Justin E. Sanchez FY2026 · 2 awards $56,000
- Diaz FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $20,000
- Kevin C. Riley FY2022 · 1 award $20,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2024). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Adam Green Founder And Executive Director $204,054
- Jaye Pockriss Chief Operating Officer $153,524
- Matthew Hatcher Chief Program Officer $128,876
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +155% from FY2020 to FY2024. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Adam Green · 5.16% of revenue $190,506
- FY2021 Adam Green · 9.86% of revenue $202,847
- FY2022 Adam Green · 10.69% of revenue $205,201
- FY2023 Adam Green · 6.62% of revenue $194,671
- FY2024 Adam Green · 10.22% of revenue $204,054
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 Agriculture 10.684 International Forestry Programs · Forest Service · Grant $51,000