The Arab-American Family Support Center, Inc.

Lobbying client

The Arab-American Family Support Center (AAFSC) is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit founded in 1994 that provides social services to immigrant and refugee communities across New York City, including English and citizenship classes, mental health counseling, domestic violence support, and family and youth programs, with particular focus on Arab, Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian communities. Our data shows AAFSC filed 15 lobbying disclosures since 2024, registered citywide to lobby all 51 City Council members through Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno LLC, on subjects including funding for educational and family support services, immigrant services, and the city's fiscal year 2027 operating budget. Our data also shows AAFSC holds roughly $43.6 million in active city contracts as of August 2026.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
15
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$198,000
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$43,593,305 · 11 contracts
Awarded all-time
$126,111,490 · 75 since 2015, incl. expired
Paid to date
$75,891,132
Won without a fresh bid
72% of contract value · $90,691,030 · 61 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$10,405,853 · 332 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2011 (17 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$150,896 · Sercan Demir, VP Of Finance (Thru May)
Based in
Brooklyn, NY

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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 (FY2023). 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 +66% 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.

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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