Boys & Girls Club of Harlem, Inc.

Lobbying client

Boys & Girls Club of Harlem is a Harlem-based youth-services nonprofit founded in 1980, affiliated with the national Boys & Girls Clubs of America network, that runs programs for local youth out of its West 145th Street site and partners with the NYC Department of Education and the Department of Youth and Community Development. Since 2024 it has registered citywide with the City Council rather than targeting specific members, filing 15 lobbying reports and reporting $91,250 in compensation, using Bolton-St. Johns as its lobbyist to seek city budget funding for its activities and programs. It has held $8,524,806.50 in city contracts since 2010, including $2,711,768 active as of August 2026.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
15
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$91,250
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$2,711,768 · 3 contracts
Awarded all-time
$8,524,806 · 33 since 2010, incl. expired
Paid to date
$5,070,686
Won without a fresh bid
85% of contract value · $7,264,844 · 19 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$704,206 · 43 awards
Funding history
Funded 17 years (FY2009–FY2027), including each of the last 11
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$206,465 · Sharon Joseph, CEO/Executive Director (former)

Represented by lobbyist firms

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 +42% 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.

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