Hope Community, Inc.
Lobbying client
An East Harlem affordable housing and community development nonprofit founded in 1968 that has developed and manages more than 1,250 affordable apartments across roughly 78 buildings, alongside cultural and social service programs in the neighborhood. It filed 5 lobbying disclosures in 2024 through Kasirer LLC, reaching council member Diana Ayala on real estate approvals before a city board or commission.
- Council members lobbied
- 1
- Filings (since 2024)
- 5
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $60,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $20,786,343 awarded since 2007
- Paid to date
- $19,590,943
- Won without a fresh bid
- 54% of contract value · $11,318,372 · 9 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $25,000 · 1 awards
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $177,536 · Walter M Roberts, Executive Director
- Based in
- New York, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Kasirer LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Homeless Services City agency
- Department of Small Business Services City agency
- Housing Preservation and Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Homeless Services City agency
- Housing Preservation and Development City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Diana Ayala
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Determination of Board or Commission - Real Estate Issues
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).
- TIER II SHLTR FOR FAMILIES AT JENNIE A CLARKE RES E 100TH ST Department of Homeless Services · CT107120080001843 · ended 2012 $9,467,971
- TIER II SHELTER FOR FAMILIES AT JENNIE A. CLARKE RESIDENCE Department of Homeless Services · CT107120130000107 · ended 2017 $9,166,072
- Tier II Shelter Svcs. for Families at Jennie A. Clarke Res. Department of Homeless Services · CT107120181418837 · ended 2017 $1,125,260
- HPDs EHV Housing Navigator Program Housing Preservation and Development · CT180620248802824 · ended 2023 $861,023
- AVENUE NYC FY 11 GRANT Department of Small Business Services · CT180120111427558 · ended 2011 $75,000
- CDBG - Avenue NYC Commercial Revitalization Grant Department of Small Business Services · CT180120121441254 · ended 2012 $32,517
- CDBG FY13 Avenue NYC Commercial Revitalization Department of Small Business Services · CT180120131409739 · ended 2013 $25,000
- CITY COUNCIL FY11 DISCRETIONARY (FY11 1843) Department of Small Business Services · CT180120111449126 · ended 2011 $25,000
- FY21 Manhattan Borough President Local Initiatives Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620221415631 · ended 2021 $5,000
- FY21 Manhattan Borough President Local Initiatives Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620221418796 · ended 2021 $3,500
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.
- TIER II SHELTER FOR FAMILIES AT JENNIE A. CLARKE RESIDENCE Department of Homeless Services · FY2020 $169,265
- HPDs EHV Housing Navigator Program Housing Preservation and Development · FY2026 · 3 payments $100,910
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local Dsbs · FY2011 $25,000
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.
- Walter M Roberts Executive Director $177,536
- Norman Williams III Director Of Real Estate Development $141,891
- Craig Lawrence Harty Director Of Maintenance Ops. $102,816
- Lorenzo Cesare Director Of Finance $94,677
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed -13% 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 Walter M Roberts · 6.51% of revenue $150,792
- FY2021 Walter M Roberts · 2.46% of revenue $143,171
- FY2022 Walter M Roberts · 4.02% of revenue $156,087
- FY2023 Walter M Roberts · 11.5% of revenue $177,536