Settlement Housing Fund, Inc.
Lobbying client
A New York City nonprofit affordable housing developer founded in 1969 that has built more than 63 projects with over 8,700 apartments serving roughly 25,000 low- and middle-income residents in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. It filed 4 lobbying disclosures in 2025 through Higgins Quasebarth & Partners related to a community board transportation matter before a city agency.
- Council members lobbied
- None named (agencies/administration)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 4
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $4,636
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $158,447,262 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $162,794,289 · 9 since 2014, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $20,252,430
- Won without a fresh bid
- 4% of contract value · $5,764,619 · 8 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,932,460 · 7 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 6 years (FY2015–FY2020); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $316,588 · Judith Herbstman, President
- Based in
- New York, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Higgins Quasebarth & Partners, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Social Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Social Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Determination of Board or Commission - Community Board #10 (M) Transportation
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).
- Allowance FY51 - Master Leasing-Homeless & At-Risk Persons Department of Social Services · CT106920211424196 $157,029,670
- Renewal+ Allowance - Case Coordination (106 units) Department of Social Services · CT106920268800010 $1,417,592
- FY26 - Allowance Cluster Conversion Program. Department of Social Services · CT106920201406393 · ended 2026 $2,414,567
- Youth Build Comprehensive Program Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020151423163 · ended 2015 $393,560
- To support leadership development programs to youngsters Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020210003166 · ended 2020 $385,000
- Funds to be used for the YouthBuild Development Program. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191419190 · ended 2019 $385,000
- Funds for the YouthBuild Program Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020190003154 · ended 2018 $370,100
- Funds to support the YouthBuild program. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020161413866 · ended 2016 $328,800
- Funds for the YouthBuild Program. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020171419730 · ended 2017 $70,000
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.
- Prov. of Master Leasing for Homeless and At Risk Persons Department of Social Services · FY2023 · 15 payments $2,850,853
- Prov. of Master Leasing for Homeless and At Risk Persons Department of Social Services · FY2024 · 17 payments $2,686,066
- Allowance FY51 - Master Leasing-Homeless & At-Risk Persons Department of Social Services · FY2026 · 11 payments $2,194,295
- Prov. of Master Leasing for Homeless and At Risk Persons Department of Social Services · FY2022 · 9 payments $2,051,305
- Allowance FY51 - Master Leasing-Homeless & At-Risk Persons Department of Social Services · FY2025 · 10 payments $1,226,936
- Prov. of Master Leasing for Homeless and At Risk Persons Department of Social Services · FY2025 · 2 payments $777,167
- To support leadership development programs to youngsters Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 · 3 payments $359,970
- Provision of Case Coordination for Cluster Conversion Progra Department of Social Services · FY2023 · 7 payments $266,719
- Provision of Case Coordination for Cluster Conversion Progra Department of Social Services · FY2022 · 6 payments $244,628
- Provision of Case Coordination for Cluster Conversion Progra Department of Social Services · FY2024 · 6 payments $227,689
- Renewal+ Allowance - Case Coordination (106 units) Department of Social Services · FY2027 $200,000
- FY26 - Allowance Cluster Conversion Program. Department of Social Services · FY2026 · 3 payments $190,076
- Funds to be used for the YouthBuild Development Program. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 · 2 payments $129,859
- Provision of Case Coordination for Cluster Conversion Progra Department of Social Services · FY2021 · 2 payments $116,127
- Provision of Case Coordination for Cluster Conversion Progra Department of Social Services · FY2025 $104,728
- FY26 - Allowance Cluster Conversion Program. Department of Social Services · FY2025 · 3 payments $93,296
- Funds for the YouthBuild Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 · 2 payments $73,282
- Funds for the YouthBuild Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 $58,286
- Funds to be used for the YouthBuild Development Program. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 $28,465
- Renewal+ Allowance - Case Coordination (106 units) Department of Social Services · FY2026 $28,376
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- DREAMS YouthBuild NYC Youth Build Project Initiative · DYCD · FY2015 $393,560
- YouthBuild Project Initiative YouthBuild Project Initiative · DYCD · FY2020 $385,000
- YouthBuild Project Initiative YouthBuild Project Initiative · DYCD · FY2018 $370,100
- YouthBuild Project Initiative YouthBuild Project Initiative · DYCD · FY2019 $370,100
- NYC YouthBuild Project Initiative NYC YouthBuild Project Initiative · DYCD · FY2016 $328,800
- YouthBuild Project Initiative YouthBuild Project Initiative · DYCD · FY2017 $70,000
- YouthBuild Project Initiative YouthBuild Project Initiative · DYCD · FY2019 $14,900
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.
- Judith Herbstman President $316,588
- Richard Johns Chief Operating Officer $240,062
- Jacqueline Tom General Counsel $218,733
- Michael Gaboury Director Of Real Estate De $217,328
- Rigaud Noel Executive Director $217,120
- James Huang Director Of Construction $195,653
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +24% 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 Alexa Sewell · 21.93% of revenue $293,947
- FY2021 Alexa Sewell · 15.37% of revenue $303,643
- FY2022 Alexa Sewell · 7.45% of revenue $324,690
- FY2023 Alexa Sewell · 12.4% of revenue $328,408
- FY2024 Judith Herbstman · 14.01% of revenue $316,588