Jewish Community Center of Staten Island, Inc.
Lobbying client
The Joan & Alan Bernikow JCC of Staten Island is a nonprofit community center that has served the borough for more than 90 years with fitness, youth, senior, and early-childhood-education programs, and is a partner of UJA-Federation of New York. It has filed 13 disclosures since 2024, lobbying five council members through Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno on city budget program funding and on community-relations issues, and it holds active city contracts totaling about $41.6 million.
- Council members lobbied
- 5
- Filings (since 2024)
- 13
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $128,500
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $41,592,335 · 13 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $240,218,382 · 229 since 2007, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $184,432,063
- Won without a fresh bid
- 63% of contract value · $151,343,547 · 181 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $12,236,912 · 373 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $452,546 · Orit Lender, CEO
- Based in
- Staten Island, NY
Lobbied these council members
- Kamillah Hanks Council Member, District 49 (Staten Island)
- David M. Carr Council Member, District 50 (Staten Island/Brooklyn)
- Frank Morano Council Member, District 51 (Staten Island)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Environmental Protection City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Joe Borelli
- Justin Brannan
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - New York City Fiscal Year 2027 Operating Budget Program Funding
- Determination regarding real property - Community relations issues and religious tolerance issues
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).
- COMPASS Programs in Public Schools - Elementary Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278801811 $15,130,422
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800826 $5,631,581
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · CT112520278800177 $4,646,414
- FY27 Cornerstone Community Centers NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278800679 $4,026,094
- COMPASS Programs in Public Schools - Middle Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278801509 $2,829,699
- FY27 Beacon Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278800653 $2,618,456
- Workforce Development and Services Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258806289 $2,537,625
- support basic literacy, English for non English Speakers Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268802778 $1,502,355
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800797 $827,165
- Literacy Programs ESOL/BENL: SI0107 Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258802364 $566,500
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.
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · FY2026 · 14 payments $3,540,925
- PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES Department for the Aging · FY2023 · 14 payments $3,126,863
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 11 payments $3,022,933
- PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES Department for the Aging · FY2024 · 12 payments $3,015,967
- RICHMOND TERRACE, EDUCATIONAL YOUTH SERVICES Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 · 18 payments $3,000,409
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · FY2023 · 27 payments $2,387,368
- COVID-19 Resource Navigators for Test + Trace Corps Department of Environmental Protection · FY2022 · 8 payments $2,203,968
- RICHMOND TERRACE, EDUCATIONAL YOUTH SERVICES Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 15 payments $1,966,164
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · FY2026 · 25 payments $1,914,585
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · FY2027 $1,784,908
- PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES Department for the Aging · FY2025 · 9 payments $1,784,780
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · FY2025 · 24 payments $1,506,016
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · FY2025 · 6 payments $1,462,841
- Birth to Five Department of Education · FY2022 · 11 payments $1,447,745
- UPK- Universal Prekindergarten Services Department of Education · FY2020 · 24 payments $1,283,303
- To provide funding for Workforce Enhancement Initiative Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 2 payments $1,199,682
- PROVIDE SENIOR CENTER SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · FY2021 · 18 payments $1,114,257
- Community based programs in NYC centers Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 10 payments $1,076,429
- PROVIDE SENIOR CENTER SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · FY2022 · 19 payments $1,057,942
- RICHMOND TERRACE, EDUCATIONAL YOUTH SERVICES Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 13 payments $1,047,747
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $400,628
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $400,628
- NYC RISE with Adult Literacy Forward (Formerly Adult Literacy Initiative and Adult Literacy Forward) NYC RISE with Adult Literacy Forward (Formerly Adult Literacy Initiative and Adult Literacy Forward) · DYCD · FY2027 $400,628
- Local DYCD · FY2010 $250,000
- Local DYCD · FY2009 $220,000
- P.S. 65 The Academy Of Innovative Learning OST · DYCD · FY2013 $200,000
- P.S. 65 The Academy of Innovative Learning Out of School Time Restoration · DYCD · FY2014 $200,000
- Local DYCD · FY2011 $195,000
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2010 $181,430
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2020 $167,284
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2021 $167,284
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2022 $167,284
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2023 $167,284
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2024 $167,284
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2025 $167,284
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2026 $167,284
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2027 $167,284
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2019 $117,284
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2018 $105,555
- Immigrant Opportunity Initiative (IOI) Immigrant Opportunity Initiative (IOI) · DYCD · FY2010 $105,000
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.
- David M. Carr FY2022-2027 · 26 awards $470,000
- Borelli FY2020-2025 · 33 awards $430,000
- Kamillah Hanks FY2022-2027 · 24 awards $305,000
- Frank Morano FY2026-2027 · 12 awards $190,000
- Steven Matteo FY2020-2021 · 10 awards $135,000
- Rose FY2020-2021 · 7 awards $75,000
- Inna Vernikov FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $12,000
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.
- Orit Lender CEO $452,546
- Lee Guttenplan COO $235,663
- Jayne M Smith Director $164,885
- Daisy Olivencia Chief Experience Officer $160,874
- Mark Sefcik Chief Buildings Services $153,750
- Adam Miller CFO $147,275
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +120% 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 Orit Lender · 2.62% of revenue $234,805
- FY2021 Orit Lender · 1.56% of revenue $267,273
- FY2022 Orit Lender · 2.66% of revenue $326,284
- FY2023 Orit Lender · 3.1% of revenue $419,306
- FY2024 Orit Lender · 4.3% of revenue $452,546
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 Housing and Urban Development 14.251 Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants · Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Grant $1,493,000