The Women's Prison Association and Home

Lobbying client

The Women's Prison Association has worked with women and gender-diverse people affected by the criminal justice system in New York since 1845, providing alternatives to incarceration, supportive housing, reentry services, clinical support and family reunification programs. In city lobbying filings since 2024 the group registered citywide, reaching all 51 City Council members, with 14 filings and $125,000 in compensation paid to lobbyist Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, LLC. The listed subjects were capital budget advocacy and a board or commission determination, not specific bills.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
14
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$135,000
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$17,432,360 · 4 contracts
Awarded all-time
$103,975,532 · 46 since 2007, incl. expired
Paid to date
$82,957,758
Won without a fresh bid
66% of contract value · $68,772,756 · 38 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$10,326,738 · 39 awards
Funding history
Funded 12 years (FY2013–FY2027), including each of the last 10
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$179,786 · Joel Copperman, Interim CEO (Through September 2024)

Represented by lobbyist firms

Holds contracts at

Funded by these agencies

What they lobbied on

subjects from their filings

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).

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.

Discretionary funding received

City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.

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.

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.

Officer pay over time

Total officer pay changed +70% 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.

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