Community Health Project, Inc.
Lobbying client
Community Health Project, Inc. does business as Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, an LGBTQ-focused health center that traces back more than 50 years to two volunteer clinics that merged in 1983, including the nation's first community-based HIV clinic, and today runs locations in Chelsea, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. It has filed 36 lobbying disclosures since 2024, registered citywide through Collective Public Affairs Consulting and the Law Offices of Domenic M. Recchia Jr., pressing for city discretionary and health and mental hygiene budget funding across the fiscal 2024 through 2026 cycles.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 36
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $186,120
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $17,647,202 · 101 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2015 (13 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $342,823 · Christine Smoot-Lowers, Chief Operations & Business Strategy Officer
- Based in
- New York, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Collective Public Affairs Consulting, Inc. Lobbyist firm
- Law Offices of Domenic M. Recchia Jr. Lobbyist firm
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Advocacy for City Council discretionary funding Advocacy for agency budget increases including
- Budget - Discretionary and capital funding to support the health care services of Callen-Lorde; Local Legislation (including introduction) - supporting or opposing local legislation that will support…
- Budget - FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET
- Budget - FISCAL YEAR 2025 HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE BUDGET
- Budget - FISCAL YEAR 2026 HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE BUDGET
- Budget - Funding for health care
- Budget - Lobbying for individual and discretionary funds
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Gender-Affirming Care for TGNCNBI Youth Gender-Affirming Care for TGNCNBI Youth · Dhmh · FY2026 $1,500,000
- Gender-Affirming Care for TGNCNBI Youth Gender-Affirming Care for TGNCNBI Youth · Dhmh · FY2027 $1,500,000
- Supports for Persons Involved in the Sex Trade Supports for Persons Involved in the Sex Trade · MOCJ · FY2020 $650,000
- Supports for Persons Involved in the Sex Trade Supports for Persons Involved in the Sex Trade · MOCJ · FY2021 $650,000
- Supports for Persons Involved in the Sex Trade Supports for Persons Involved in the Sex Trade · MOCJ · FY2022 $650,000
- Supports for Persons Involved in the Sex Trade Supports for Persons Involved in the Sex Trade · DYCD · FY2023 $650,000
- Supports for Persons Involved in the Sex Trade Supports for Persons Involved in the Sex Trade · DYCD · FY2024 $650,000
- Supports for Persons Involved in the Sex Trade Supports for Persons Involved in the Sex Trade · DYCD · FY2025 $650,000
- Supports for Persons Involved in the Sex Trade Supports for Persons Involved in the Sex Trade · DYCD · FY2026 $650,000
- Supports for Persons Involved in the Sex Trade Supports for Persons Involved in the Sex Trade · DYCD · FY2027 $650,000
- Callen Lorde Health Center Callen Lorde Health Center · DOHMH · FY2016 $500,000
- HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care · Dhmh · FY2027 $284,668
- Trans Equity Programs Trans Equity Programs · Dhmh · FY2027 $280,000
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2023 $258,594
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2024 $258,594
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2025 $258,594
- HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care (Formerly Ending the Epidemic and HIV/AIDS Faith Community Based Initiative) HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care (Formerly Ending the Epidemic and HIV/AIDS Faith Community Based Initiative) · Dhmh · FY2026 $258,594
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2022 $207,500
- Trans Equity Programs Trans Equity Programs · Dhmh · FY2023 $180,000
- Trans Equity Programs Trans Equity Programs · Dhmh · FY2024 $180,000
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 FY2021-2022 · 2 awards $10,000
- Ritchie Torres FY2020 · 1 award $5,000
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.
- Christine Smoot-Lowers Chief Operations & Business Strategy Officer $342,823
- Anthony Fortenberry Chief Population Health Officer $318,433
- Asa Radix Snr Director., Research And Education $294,452
- Serena Chang Chief Behavioral Health Officer $291,292
- Uri Belkind Interim Medical Director $276,269
- Andrew Goodman Director Of Clinical Informatics $263,708
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +15% 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 Wendy Stark · 2.33% of revenue $322,632
- FY2021 Wendy Stark · 2.48% of revenue $356,518
- FY2022 Wendy Stark · 2.8% of revenue $365,603
- FY2023 Christine Smoot-Lowers · 2.02% of revenue $342,823
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 Health and Human Services 93.224 Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $12,052,158
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Grant $4,967,058
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.696 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Grant $4,000,000
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.145 HIV-Related Training and Technical Assistance · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $3,771,837
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.829 Section 223 Demonstration Programs to Improve Community Mental Health Services · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Grant $3,455,850
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.153 Coordinated Services and Access to Research for Women, Infants, Children, and Youth · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $3,263,138
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.940 HIV Prevention and Surveillance Activities-Health Department Based · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Grant $2,081,155
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.224 Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $991,500
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.224 Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $600,000
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.530 Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $500,000
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.918 Grants to Provide Outpatient Early Intervention Services with Respect to HIV Disease · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $167,564
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.527 Grants for New and Expanded Services under the Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $159,957
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.145 HIV-Related Training and Technical Assistance · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $150,000
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.145 HIV-Related Training and Technical Assistance · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $150,000
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.145 HIV-Related Training and Technical Assistance · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $150,000
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.527 Grants for New and Expanded Services under the Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $23,023
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.526 Grants for Capital Development in Health Centers · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $0