Consortium for Worker Education, Inc.
Lobbying client
The Consortium for Worker Education (CWE) is a New York City nonprofit founded in 1985 that serves as the workforce development arm of the NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, overseeing 40+ job training providers and Worker Service Centers across the five boroughs that serve roughly 34,000 people a year in fields including construction, healthcare, and green jobs. With 45 filings since 2024, it lobbied Council Members Adrienne Adams and Julie Menin through Pitta Bishop and Del Giorno and The Ickes and Enright Group on city budget funding for workforce programs and Worker Service Centers, which underpin its about $8.1 million in active city contracts as of August 2026.
- Council members lobbied
- 2
- Filings (since 2024)
- 45
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $429,988
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $8,111,174 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $121,724,103 · 24 since 2010, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $108,767,317
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $121,696,103 · 21 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $15,018,000 · 7 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 3 years (FY2009–FY2011); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $276,923 · Joseph Mcdermott, President
- Based in
- New York, NY
Lobbied these council members
- Julie Menin Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno LLC Lobbyist firm
- The Ickes and Enright Group, Inc. Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Small Business Services City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Environmental Protection City agency
- Department of Small Business Services City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Adrienne Adams
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Advocacy for City funding for programs
- Budget - Educational program funding.
- Budget - Funding for workforce development programs Worker Service Centers
- Budget - New York City Fiscal Year 2026 Operating Budget Program funding
- Budget - New York City Fiscal Year 2027 Operating Budget - Education Funding.
- Budget - Seeking council funding for CWE programs.
- Budget - Workforce training; To identify opportunities and expand workforce preparation
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).
- Time Ext - Career Readiness, Training and Job Development Department of Social Services · CT106920238807007 $8,111,174
- Job Placement Initiative Department of Small Business Services · CT180120248808223 · ended 2026 $28,706,250
- Job training and placement services for various population Department of Small Business Services · CT180120238808037 · ended 2023 $7,655,000
- to provide a mix of job training and placement services Department of Small Business Services · CT180120228805269 · ended 2022 $7,655,000
- Funds for trainings, job placement, and technical assistance Department of Small Business Services · CT180120201424310 · ended 2020 $7,554,200
- WORKFORCE REVITALIZATION PROGRAM Department of Small Business Services · CT180120191420449 · ended 2019 $7,554,200
- To Provide a mix of job training & job placement services. Department of Small Business Services · CT180120218800915 · ended 2021 $5,369,320
- DISCRETIONARY FUNDS TO PROVIDE JOB TRAINING Department of Small Business Services · CT180120171425234 · ended 2017 $5,354,200
- JOBS TO BUILD ON WORKFORCE INITIATIVE Department of Small Business Services · CT180120171401465 · ended 2016 $5,354,200
- to support workforce development Jobs to Build On Program Department of Small Business Services · CT180120181421574 · ended 2018 $5,154,200
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.
- Job Placement Initiative Department of Small Business Services · FY2025 · 9 payments $11,569,285
- Job Placement Initiative Department of Small Business Services · FY2026 · 18 payments $6,424,210
- Job training and placement services for various population Department of Small Business Services · FY2024 · 6 payments $4,878,788
- Funds for trainings, job placement, and technical assistance Department of Small Business Services · FY2021 · 7 payments $4,177,470
- to provide a mix of job training and placement services Department of Small Business Services · FY2022 · 7 payments $4,036,740
- To Provide a mix of job training & job placement services. Department of Small Business Services · FY2022 · 6 payments $3,513,795
- WORKFORCE REVITALIZATION PROGRAM Department of Small Business Services · FY2020 · 7 payments $2,734,285
- To provide career readiness, training and job development Department of Social Services · FY2025 · 15 payments $2,090,708
- to provide a mix of job training and placement services Department of Small Business Services · FY2023 · 3 payments $2,005,407
- To provide career readiness, training and job development Department of Social Services · FY2024 · 9 payments $1,232,916
- Time Ext - Career Readiness, Training and Job Development Department of Social Services · FY2026 $1,120,000
- To provide career readiness, training and job development Department of Social Services · FY2026 · 3 payments $753,182
- COVID-19 Resource Navigators for Test + Trace Corps Department of Environmental Protection · FY2022 · 2 payments $508,785
- To Provide a mix of job training & job placement services. Department of Small Business Services · FY2021 · 3 payments $450,605
- COVID-19 Resource Navigators for Test + Trace Corps Department of Environmental Protection · FY2021 $29,176
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Jobs To Build On Jobs To Build On · CUNY · FY2009 $5,000,000
- Jobs To Build On Jobs To Build On · Dsbs · FY2011 $3,600,000
- Consortium for Workers Education (CWE) Consortium for Workers Education (CWE) · Dsbs · FY2009 $2,284,000
- Consortum for Workers Education Consortum for Workers Education · Dsbs · FY2010 $2,284,000
- Consortium for Worker Education (CWE) Consortium for Worker Education (CWE) · Dsbs · FY2011 $1,200,000
- Local ACS · FY2009 $350,000
- Working Parents for A Working NY Working Parents for A Working NY · ACS · FY2009 $300,000
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.
- Joseph Mcdermott President $276,923
- Florence Wong Chief Financial Officer $269,104
- Bernadette Kelly Vice President $260,490
- Glenda Williams Assistant Executive Direct $182,341
- Debora Buxton Deputy Executive Director Edu $179,675
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +1% 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 Joseph Mcdermott · 4.65% of revenue $259,148
- FY2021 Joseph Mcdermott · 6.42% of revenue $326,385
- FY2022 Joseph Mcdermott · 4.74% of revenue $310,803
- FY2023 Joseph Mcdermott · 5.23% of revenue $297,822
- FY2024 Joseph Mcdermott · 4.08% of revenue $276,923