Museum for African Art
Lobbying client
Museum for African Art, 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
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $168,600
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Standardized Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $794,335 awarded since 2010
- Paid to date
- $665,765
- Won without a fresh bid
- 81% of contract value · $644,335 · 5 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $70,000 · 7 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 4 years (FY2012–FY2025); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $328,635 · Uzodinma Iwela, CEO (Through 2/25)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Obsidian Strategists LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Parks and Recreation City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Capital and Discretionary Budget Funding
- Budget - Funding opportunities
- Budget - NYC Capital and Expense Budget Resolutions
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).
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620121423915 · ended 2012 $183,250
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620131414390 · ended 2013 $168,700
- Arts Education Services Department of Education · MA104020149471451 · ended 2018 $150,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620111422700 · ended 2011 $147,600
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620141412064 · ended 2014 $141,285
- TO FUND SANDBOX MUSIC AND DANCE IN CENTRAL PARK Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620121443235 · ended 2012 $3,500
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- It's Urgent CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $25,000
- Local DCA · FY2012 $10,000
- Local DCA · FY2012 $10,000
- Local DCLA · FY2014 $10,000
- Local DCLA · FY2013 $7,000
- Local DCLA · FY2013 $4,500
- Boro Boro · DCA · FY2012 $3,500
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.
- Uzodinma Iwela CEO (Through 2/25) $328,635
- Adolphine Umukobwa Chief Of Staff $201,876
- Chinenyenwa Ogunro COO (Through 11/23) $169,902
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +28% 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 Uzodinma Iweala · 21.35% of revenue $219,947
- FY2021 Uzodinma Iweala · 41.08% of revenue $284,980
- FY2022 Uzodinma Iweala · 42.6% of revenue $283,880
- FY2023 Uzodinma Iweala · 7.87% of revenue $337,823
- FY2024 Uzodinma Iwela · 25.14% of revenue $328,635