The Floating Hospital, Inc.

Lobbying client

The Floating Hospital traces to 1866, when it began as a hospital ship bringing free care to poor immigrant families on the East River, and later became a land-based organization based in Long Island City, Queens. Today it operates as a federally qualified health center providing free primary medical, dental and behavioral care, with a particular focus on families experiencing homelessness, regardless of insurance or immigration status. Since 2024 it has filed 15 lobbying disclosures, using Fontas Advisors to lobby all 51 council members on health and hospital legislation, and it has held $120.1 million in city contracts since 2008, with $2.92 million active as of August 2026.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
15
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$120,000
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$2,921,776 · 10 contracts
Awarded all-time
$121,734,579 · 53 since 2008, incl. expired
Paid to date
$102,674,736
Won without a fresh bid
52% of contract value · $63,743,925 · 40 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$1,343,876 · 46 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2014 (14 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$366,578 · Shani Andre MD, Exceutive VP/CMO
Based in
Long Island City, NY

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 +48% 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.

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

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