The Little Orchestra Society/Orpheon, Inc.
Lobbying client
The Little Orchestra Society/Orpheon, Inc., Lobbying client. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Council members lobbied
- 11
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $45,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Standardized Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $228,500 awarded since 2013
- Paid to date
- $196,550
- Won without a fresh bid
- 78% of contract value · $178,500 · 5 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,688,500 · 120 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2014 (14 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $149,559 · Anthony C Ball, Executive Director
Lobbied these council members
- Carmen N. De La Rosa Council Member, District 10 (Manhattan)
- Oswald J. Feliz Council Member, District 15 (Bronx)
- Tiffany L. Cabán Council Member, District 22 (Queens)
- Crystal Hudson Council Member, District 35 (Brooklyn)
- Chi A. Ossé Council Member, District 36 (Brooklyn)
- Farah N. Louis Council Member, District 45 (Brooklyn)
- Julie Menin Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan)
- Shaun Abreu Council Member, District 7 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- CMW Strategies LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Adrienne Adams
- Diana Ayala
- Keith Powers
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Funding
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 · CT112620201420421 · ended 2020 $120,000
- Musical Connections Department of Education · CT104020199960326 · ended 2018 $34,500
- FY21 PY ENCUMBRANCE WRITEDOWN Department of Education · CT104020203011410 · ended 2022 $25,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020193011377 · ended 2019 $25,000
- Funding will be used to provide music theory Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020161405071 · ended 2015 $11,000
- to support a music theory and composition program that Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020161420975 · ended 2016 $8,000
- To create and implement a Kindergarten version of Musical Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020151402962 · ended 2014 $5,000
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.
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2020 $76,800
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Public School 122 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- P.S. 096 Richard Rodgers Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- PS 96 Richard Rodgers Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2016 $20,000
- Public School 122 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2016 $20,000
- Public School 122Q Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- Public School 96 Richard Rodgers Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- P.S 56 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- P.S. 96 Richard Rodgers School ? Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2018 $20,000
- Public School 122Q Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2018 $20,000
- Public School 56K Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2018 $20,000
- Public School 122Q Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2019 $20,000
- Public School 96X Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2019 $20,000
- The Little Orchestra Society-Orpheon, Inc - Lewis H Latimer - 13K056 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2019 $20,000
- Lewis H Latimer (13K056) CM Cumbo · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2020 $20,000
- Public School 054X (10X054) CM Torres · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2020 $20,000
- Public School 096X (11X096) CM Torres · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2020 $20,000
- Public School 122Q (30Q122) CM Constantinides · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2020 $20,000
- Public School 125M (05M125) CM Levine · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2020 $20,000
- Public School 18X (07X018) CM Ayala · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2020 $20,000
- Lewis H Latimer (13K056) CM Cumbo · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2021 $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.
- Oswald J. Feliz FY2021-2027 · 21 awards $393,000
- Tiffany L. Cabán FY2022-2027 · 22 awards $198,000
- Shaun Abreu FY2022-2027 · 7 awards $125,000
- Farah N. Louis FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $120,000
- Ayala FY2020-2025 · 5 awards $100,000
- Costa Constantinides FY2020-2021 · 7 awards $81,000
- Keith Powers FY2023-2026 · 4 awards $80,000
- Cumbo FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $50,000
- Crystal Hudson FY2022-2023 · 4 awards $50,000
- Ritchie Torres FY2020 · 3 awards $45,000
- Levine FY2020-2021 · 3 awards $30,000
- Elsie Encarnación FY2026 · 1 award $20,000
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.
- Anthony C Ball Executive Director $149,559
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +0% 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 Joanne Bernstein-Cohen · 20.65% of revenue $150,000
- FY2021 Anthony C Ball · 8.81% of revenue $98,288
- FY2022 Anthony C Ball · 16.99% of revenue $144,231
- FY2023 Anthony C Ball · 14.99% of revenue $149,559
Where their influence converges
Outside interests connected to this official through more than one independent channel — drawn straight from the records the rest of the site already shows. “Lobbied them” = a lobbying filing that named the member. “Outside spending” = an independent-expenditure committee the interest funds spent in
- Carmen N. De La Rosa It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Chi A. Ossé It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Crystal Hudson It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Farah N. Louis It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Julie Menin It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
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 $30,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $20,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $15,000