Chamber of Commerce Borough of Queens

Lobbying client

Chamber of Commerce of the Borough of Queens Inc, doing business as the Queens Chamber of Commerce, is a business association founded in 1911 that promotes commerce and represents businesses across the borough of Queens, New York. It has filed 15 NYC lobbying disclosures since 2024, registered citywide rather than with specific council members, through the lobbying firms Driscoll Group, Inc. and Lemma Strategies Inc. The filings cover capital and discretionary city budget funding for the chamber's own operations and programming.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
16
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$228,000
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$8,012,479 · 220 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2018 (10 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$262,607 · Thomas Grech, President/CEO

Represented by lobbyist firms

What they lobbied on

subjects from their filings

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 +285% 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.

Sources