Pratt Institute
Lobbying client
A private, nonprofit college in Brooklyn founded in 1887, offering degree programs in art, design, architecture, liberal arts, and information studies. Pratt has filed 15 lobbying disclosures with the city since 2024, registered citywide, paying Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies $225,000 to lobby on city budget advocacy and reaching 51 council members.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $225,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $2,000,000 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $22,013,781 · 43 since 2010, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $12,561,194
- Won without a fresh bid
- 99% of contract value · $21,793,781 · 36 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $12,799,667 · 68 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2015 (13 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $1,024,999 · Frances Bronet, President And Trustee
- Based in
- Brooklyn, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Small Business Services City agency
- Housing Preservation and Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Small Business Services City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Budget advocacy
- Budget - NYC Budget
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).
- DDCTOWNGN, Renewal of Academic Consortium Contract for Town Department of Design and Construction · MMA185020258806694 $2,000,000
- Town & Gown Academic Research Requirements Contract Department of Design and Construction · MMA185020156201501 · ended 2025 $5,100,000
- Branding & Marketing assistance o manufacturing companies Department of Small Business Services · CT180120258802609 · ended 2026 $3,750,000
- to provide technical assistance and expertise to community Department of Small Business Services · CT180120228804447 · ended 2022 $1,007,500
- branding and marketing assistance to manufacturing Department of Small Business Services · CT180120238806274 · ended 2023 $1,000,000
- To provide technical assistance and energy conservation serv Housing Preservation and Development · CT180620161425096 · ended 2016 $1,000,000
- Company branding & marketing on the Made in NYC website Department of Small Business Services · CT180120171422101 · ended 2017 $911,000
- To provide branding & marketing assistance to manufacturing Department of Small Business Services · CT180120201416701 · ended 2020 $850,000
- PROVIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOP. SERVICES FOR BUSINESS DEVELOP PROG Department of Small Business Services · CT180120191418035 · ended 2019 $850,000
- SUPPORT MANUFACTURING COMPANIES WITH BRANDING & MARKETING Department of Small Business Services · CT180120181423841 · ended 2018 $750,000
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.
- to provide technical assistance and expertise to community Department of Small Business Services · FY2023 · 2 payments $870,077
- branding and marketing assistance to manufacturing Department of Small Business Services · FY2024 · 2 payments $850,000
- Branding & Marketing assistance o manufacturing companies Department of Small Business Services · FY2026 · 2 payments $849,996
- Branding & Marketing assistance o manufacturing companies Department of Small Business Services · FY2025 $849,973
- To provide branding & marketing assistance to manufacturing Department of Small Business Services · FY2021 · 2 payments $809,419
- PROVIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOP. SERVICES FOR BUSINESS DEVELOP PROG Department of Small Business Services · FY2020 · 2 payments $794,262
- To provide technical assistance and expe Department of Small Business Services · FY2022 · 2 payments $722,499
- provide technical assistance & support to community business Department of Small Business Services · FY2021 $148,246
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Energy Retrofits for Small Buildings Energy Retrofits for Small Buildings · HPD · FY2016 $1,000,000
- Made in NYC Made in NYC · SBS · FY2020 $850,000
- Made in NYC Made in NYC · SBS · FY2022 $850,000
- Made in NYC Made in NYC · SBS · FY2023 $850,000
- Made in NYC Made in NYC · SBS · FY2024 $850,000
- Made in NYC Made in NYC · SBS · FY2025 $850,000
- Made in NYC Made in NYC · SBS · FY2026 $850,000
- Made in NYC Made in NYC · SBS · FY2027 $850,000
- Made in NYC Made in NYC · Dsbs · FY2016 $750,000
- Made in NYC Made in NYC · Dsbs · FY2017 $750,000
- Made in NYC Made in NYC · SBS · FY2018 $750,000
- Made in NYC Made in NYC · SBS · FY2019 $750,000
- Made in NYC Made in NYC · SBS · FY2021 $722,500
- Local Dsbs · FY2015 $150,000
- Local Dsbs · FY2016 $150,000
- Local SBS · FY2019 $150,000
- Local CM Speaker · SBS · FY2020 $150,000
- Local CM Speaker · SBS · FY2022 $150,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · SBS · FY2023 $150,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · SBS · FY2024 $150,000
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.
- Crystal Hudson FY2024-2027 · 7 awards $30,000
- Lander FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Ritchie Torres FY2020 · 1 award $10,000
- Stephen Levin FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $5,000
- Shahana K. Hanif FY2022 · 1 award $5,000
- Moya FY2021 · 1 award $4,500
- Lincoln Restler FY2022 · 1 award $2,500
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.
- Frances Bronet President And Trustee $1,024,999
- Cathleen M Kenny VP For Finance And Administration $429,266
- Donna Heiland Provost $385,992
- Richard Longo VP For Enrollment Management $351,874
- Jessica Tallman Interim VP For Institutional Adv. $324,733
- Anita Cooney Dean - School Of Design $318,019
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +28% 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 Frances Bronet · 1.38% of revenue $831,440
- FY2021 Frances Bronet · 1.24% of revenue $979,509
- FY2022 Frances Bronet · 1.23% of revenue $944,732
- FY2023 Frances Bronet · 1.07% of revenue $1,024,999
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 Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $5,834,606
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $5,625,252
- National Science Foundation 47.084 Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships · National Science Foundation · Grant $4,998,876
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $4,257,649
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $3,808,111
- Department of Housing and Urban Development 14.251 Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants · Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Grant $1,942,500
- National Science Foundation 47.084 Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships · National Science Foundation · Grant $750,000
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $710,467
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $615,995
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $556,051
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $554,398
- Department of Education 84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants · Department of Education · Direct payment $345,751
- Department of Education 84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants · Department of Education · Direct payment $293,835
- Department of Education 84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants · Department of Education · Direct payment $269,565
- National Science Foundation 47.076 STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) · National Science Foundation · Grant $265,238
- Department of Education 84.007 Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants · Department of Education · Direct payment $257,190
- National Science Foundation 47.075 Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences · National Science Foundation · Grant $125,773
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $56,576
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $50,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $49,999