The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
Lobbying client
The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Lobbying client. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Council members lobbied
- 5
- Filings (since 2024)
- 6
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $57,500
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Standardized Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $2,452,700 awarded since 2007
- Paid to date
- $3,002,675
- Won without a fresh bid
- 48% of contract value · $1,182,700 · 10 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $298,500 · 28 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 7 years (FY2009–FY2015); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $168,302 · Chad Cooper, Executive Director
Lobbied these council members
- Linda Lee Council Member, District 23 (Queens)
- Nantasha M. Williams Council Member, District 27 (Queens)
- Crystal Hudson Council Member, District 35 (Brooklyn)
- Shahana K. Hanif Council Member, District 39 (Brooklyn)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Kline Public Strategies LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
- Department of Education City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Justin Brannan
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Advocacy for capital funding for the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.
- Budget - City Council discretionary funding to support free programs and services at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. Capital funding to support the expansion of the Brooklyn Conservatory of…
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).
- Arts Education Services Department of Education · MA104020139373674 · ended 2018 $870,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620141412197 · ended 2014 $351,990
- ARTS EDUCATION SERVICES Department of Education · MA104020099975303 · ended 2012 $250,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620191415621 · ended 2019 $178,850
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620191427788 · ended 2019 $120,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620181422504 · ended 2018 $111,200
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620171412743 · ended 2017 $106,860
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620151414735 · ended 2015 $104,800
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620161412626 · ended 2016 $100,500
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620181422511 · ended 2018 $100,000
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.
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2020 · 2 payments $131,770
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Middle School 126K Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2011 $20,000
- Public School 34 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2012 $20,000
- Public School 126 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2012 $20,000
- Public School 217 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2012 $20,000
- P.S. 217 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2013 $20,000
- Public School 295 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2013 $20,000
- PS 16 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2014 $20,000
- P.S. 217 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2014 $20,000
- P.S. 217 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- PS 246 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- PS 16 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- Local DCA · FY2010 $10,000
- Local DCLA · FY2013 $10,000
- Local DCLA · FY2014 $10,000
- Local DCA · FY2009 $7,500
- Local DCA · FY2011 $3,500
- Local DCA · FY2012 $3,500
- Local DCA · FY2012 $3,500
- Local DCA · FY2012 $3,500
- Local DCLA · FY2013 $3,500
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.
- Chad Cooper Executive Director $168,302
- Rose Chrichton-White Director Of Marketing & Development $141,138
- Shameeza Chandarpal Director Of Finance $132,159
- Adam Johnston Director Of Special Projects $107,593
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +286% 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 Chad Cooper · 2.71% of revenue $142,155
- FY2021 Chad Cooper · 2.57% of revenue $151,534
- FY2022 Chad Cooper · 4.0% of revenue $160,634
- FY2023 Chad Cooper · 6.62% of revenue $168,302
Where their influence converges
Outside interests connected to this official through more than one independent channel — drawn straight from the records the rest of the site already shows. “Lobbied them” = a lobbying filing that named the member. “Outside spending” = an independent-expenditure committee the interest funds spent in
- Crystal Hudson It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Linda Lee It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Nantasha M. Williams It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Shahana K. Hanif It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
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 Housing and Urban Development 14.251 Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants · Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Grant $2,000,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $50,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $45,000