Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow, Inc.

Lobbying client

A Brooklyn-based nonprofit founded in 1983 to serve at-risk youth in Sunset Park, now providing workforce development including youth employment and job training, adult ESOL and high school equivalency classes, and career-sector training in fields like healthcare administration and IT. It registered citywide with 15 lobbying filings since 2024, reaching all 51 council members on budget funding for its youth and adult workforce and education programs, and it holds about $15.5 million in active city contracts as of August 2026.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
15
Lobbyist firm(s)
In-house
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$4,140
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$15,530,581 · 6 contracts
Awarded all-time
$86,463,084 · 105 since 2008, incl. expired
Paid to date
$71,667,394
Won without a fresh bid
63% of contract value · $54,146,786 · 88 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$6,808,656 · 179 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$160,000 · Greg Rideout, Co-CEO
Based in
Brooklyn, NY

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 -2% 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.

Sources