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
- Bolton-St. Johns, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Budget Request to fund activities and programs
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).
- FY25 Renewal Community Schools Services - R1341 Department of Education · CT104020258803241 $1,716,915
- Student Support Services Department of Education · MA104020259575435 $600,000
- NDA Renewal FY26 Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800537 $394,853
- R1341 - Community Schools Services Expansion Department of Education · CT104020238802921 · ended 2024 $1,716,915
- Fund after school services at participating Community School Department of Education · CT104020209062410 · ended 2024 $1,680,000
- Learning Lab programming during COVID 19 Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020211415196 · ended 2021 $1,074,205
- NDA High School Youth Educational Support Manhattan 10 Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238800676 · ended 2025 $374,962
- Funding to support the Project Learn program in CD7. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258803701 · ended 2026 $168,750
- Funding to support Project Learn programming in CD9 Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020181418913 · ended 2018 $72,000
- Funds to support youth programming.; Funding to supp Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228802360 · ended 2021 $66,110
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.
- Fund after school services at participating Community School Department of Education · FY2021 · 2 payments $672,000
- Learning Lab programming during COVID 19 Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 · 6 payments $489,918
- FY25 Renewal Community Schools Services - R1341 Department of Education · FY2026 · 2 payments $466,898
- Fund after school services at participating Community School Department of Education · FY2022 · 3 payments $387,931
- Learning Lab programming during COVID 19 Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 4 payments $374,585
- Fund after school services at participating Community School Department of Education · FY2025 · 2 payments $336,000
- R1341 - Community Schools Services Expansion Department of Education · FY2025 · 2 payments $320,491
- FY25 Renewal Community Schools Services - R1341 Department of Education · FY2025 $183,138
- Extended School Day Violence Prevention Program Department of Education · FY2020 · 2 payments $110,000
- NDA High School Youth Educational Support Manhattan 10 Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 2 payments $101,341
- NDA High School Youth Educational Support Manhattan 10 Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 2 payments $89,405
- R1341 - Community Schools Services Expansion Department of Education · FY2023 $66,793
- Funds to support youth programming.; Funding to supp Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 $61,949
- NDA Renewal FY26 Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2027 $55,123
- NDA Renewal FY26 Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 $52,622
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · FY2020 · 2 payments $50,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · FY2022 · 2 payments $50,000
- Funding to support Project Learn for Residents in CD9. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $46,833
- Funding to support the Project Learn program in CD7. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 $45,000
- Fund after school services at participating Community School Department of Education · FY2023 $42,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2026 $50,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $40,000
- Project Learn CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2023 $30,000
- Project Learn CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2024 $30,000
- Project Learn CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $30,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2017 $25,000
- Project Learn Youth · DYCD · FY2018 $25,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2018 $25,000
- Local DYCD · FY2019 $25,000
- Project Learn @ PS 186M CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2020 $25,000
- Project Learn CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2021 $25,000
- Project Learn CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2022 $25,000
- STEM Education CM Salaam · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $25,000
- Boroughwide Needs Initiative CM Manhattan Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DYCD · FY2021 $21,110
- Public School 194M Countee Cullen (05M194) CM Salaam · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DYCD · FY2026 $20,000
- Public School 194M Countee Cullen (05M194) CM Salaam · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DYCD · FY2027 $20,000
- Youth Youth · DYCD · FY2017 $15,000
- Youth CM Abreu · Youth · DYCD · FY2023 $15,000
- Youth CM Abreu · Youth · DYCD · FY2024 $15,000
- Project Learn - Council District 7 CM Abreu · Youth · DYCD · FY2025 $15,000
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.
- Shaun Abreu FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $87,500
- Yusef Salaam FY2025-2027 · 5 awards $77,500
- Levine FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $20,000
- Perkins FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $17,500
- Jordan FY2022 · 1 award $10,000
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.
- Sharon Joseph CEO/Executive Director (former) $206,465
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.
- FY2020 Dominique Jones · 6.97% of revenue $145,010
- FY2021 Sharon Joseph · 5.38% of revenue $138,846
- FY2022 Sharon Joseph · 4.64% of revenue $138,846
- FY2023 Sharon Joseph · 6.45% of revenue $206,465