Nazareth Housing Inc.
Lobbying client
A Manhattan nonprofit founded in 1983 that provides homelessness prevention services, supportive housing, and food pantry assistance to low-income New Yorkers. In city lobbying filings, Nazareth Housing registered citywide and has filed 15 disclosures since 2024, paying The Elk Street Group $60,000 to lobby 51 City Council members on affordable housing budget issues and food pantry assistance funding. It currently holds active city contracts totaling about $8.5 million.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $60,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $8,479,185 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $17,484,813 · 27 since 2009, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $11,575,039
- Won without a fresh bid
- 57% of contract value · $9,987,096 · 24 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,798,509 · 70 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 18 years (FY2009–FY2027), including each of the last 15
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $198,250 · Rachel Levine, Executive Director
- Based in
- Bronx, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- The Elk Street Group, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Consumer Affairs City agency
- Department of Homeless Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Homeless Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Affordable housing issues (NYC) Food pantry assistance
- Budget - Affordable housing issues in NYC
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).
- Renewal and Allowance for Thorpe House Department of Homeless Services · CT107120248800393 $8,479,185
- Workforce Enhancement FY23 - Thorpe House Department of Homeless Services · CT107120191402737 · ended 2023 $7,460,717
- Tier II Shelter Svcs. for Homeless Families at 2252 Crotona Department of Homeless Services · CT107120191401308 · ended 2018 $908,002
- Funding supports food and hygiene product purchases Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258806410 · ended 2026 $237,000
- Fund food & hygiene product purchases for operational cost Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238808773 · ended 2023 $63,200
- To support operations of the Housing and Food Pantry Project Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020218800595 · ended 2021 $63,110
- Funds will support Housing Stability, Eviction & food pantry Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238801230 · ended 2022 $53,111
- Funding will support the operations of the Housing Stability Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201411360 · ended 2020 $37,111
- OFE: (FEC) VENDORS Department of Consumer Affairs · CT186620111452824 · ended 2012 $25,000
- PROVISION TO SUPPORT A FULL TIME COORDINATOR FOR LIFE LAB. Department of Homeless Services · CT107120181405986 · ended 2017 $20,000
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.
- Renewal and Allowance for Thorpe House Department of Homeless Services · FY2026 · 13 payments $1,496,433
- Renewal and Allowance for Thorpe House Department of Homeless Services · FY2025 · 7 payments $1,269,996
- SHELTER SVCS. FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES AT 2252 CROTONA AVE. BX Department of Homeless Services · FY2021 · 12 payments $1,217,424
- Renewal and Allowance for Thorpe House Department of Homeless Services · FY2024 · 9 payments $965,711
- SHELTER SVCS. FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES AT 2252 CROTONA AVE. BX Department of Homeless Services · FY2022 · 7 payments $731,335
- Provision of funding for Security Prevailing Wage Adjustment Department of Homeless Services · FY2023 · 5 payments $432,711
- SHELTER SVCS. FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES AT 2252 CROTONA AVE. BX Department of Homeless Services · FY2023 · 3 payments $420,960
- SHELTER SVCS. FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES AT 2252 CROTONA AVE. BX Department of Homeless Services · FY2020 · 6 payments $377,613
- PROVIDE SHELTER SVCS. FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES AT THORPE RES. Department of Homeless Services · FY2020 · 2 payments $291,711
- Workforce Enhancement FY23 - Thorpe House Department of Homeless Services · FY2025 · 3 payments $229,636
- Provision of funding for Security Prevailing Wage Adjustment Department of Homeless Services · FY2024 · 2 payments $175,633
- Workforce Enhancement FY23 - Thorpe House Department of Homeless Services · FY2026 $153,642
- Renewal and Allowance for Thorpe House Department of Homeless Services · FY2027 $64,656
- To support operations of the Housing and Food Pantry Project Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 $51,935
- Funds will support Housing Stability, Eviction & food pantry Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 $50,049
- Funding supports food and hygiene product purchases Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 $43,120
- Fund food & hygiene product purchases for operational cost Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 $33,711
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative CM Feliz · Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · MOCJ · FY2022 $86,000
- Park Avenue Thorpe Supportive Housing Support Project Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · MOCJ · FY2018 $85,000
- Park Avenue Thorpe Supportive Housing Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · MOCJ · FY2019 $85,000
- Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative CM Torres · Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · MOCJ · FY2020 $85,000
- Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative CM Feliz · Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · MOCJ · FY2021 $85,000
- Thorpe Family Residence Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · MOCJ · FY2017 $60,000
- Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · MOCJ · FY2022 $60,000
- Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · MOCJ · FY2023 $60,000
- Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · MOCJ · FY2024 $60,000
- Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2025 $60,000
- Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2026 $60,000
- Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2027 $60,000
- Council District 15 CM Feliz · Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · MOCJ · FY2023 $50,000
- Council District 15 CM Feliz · Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · MOCJ · FY2024 $50,000
- Council District 15 CM Feliz · Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2025 $50,000
- Council District 15 CM Feliz · Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2026 $50,000
- Council District 15 CM Feliz · Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2027 $50,000
- Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · MOCJ · FY2019 $45,000
- Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · MOCJ · FY2020 $45,000
- Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · MOCJ · FY2021 $45,000
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.
- Oswald J. Feliz FY2021-2027 · 7 awards $421,000
- Rivera FY2020-2025 · 8 awards $96,000
- Ritchie Torres FY2020 · 1 award $85,000
- Harvey D. Epstein FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $32,000
- Christopher Marte FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $27,000
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.
- Rachel Levine Executive Director $198,250
- Sibyl-Michelle Akins Controller $83,130
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed -12% 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.
- FY2020 Mary Kay Orr · 11.05% of revenue $121,808
- FY2021 Mary Kay Orr · 7.06% of revenue $138,981
- FY2022 Rachel Levine · 5.79% of revenue $163,154
- FY2023 Rachel Levine · 7.19% of revenue $198,250
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
- Department of the Treasury 21.009 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program · Internal Revenue Service · Grant $32,000
- Department of the Treasury 21.009 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program · Internal Revenue Service · Grant $29,000
- Department of the Treasury 21.009 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program · Internal Revenue Service · Grant $29,000
- Department of the Treasury 21.009 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program · Internal Revenue Service · Grant $27,000
- Department of the Treasury 21.009 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program · Internal Revenue Service · Grant $26,600