Expanded Schools, Inc.
Lobbying client
ExpandED Schools is a New York City nonprofit that supports afterschool and expanded-learning-time programs in public schools, founded in 1998 as The After-School Corporation (TASC) before rebranding as its focus shifted toward integrating community partners into an extended school day. Since 2024 it has filed 30 lobbying disclosures, using Bolton-St. Johns to lobby 11 council members on public funding for its afterschool programs, including a citywide discretionary funding request, and it has held $87.6 million in city contracts since 2012, with $954,971 active as of August 2026.
- Council members lobbied
- 11
- Filings (since 2024)
- 30
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $74,763
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $954,971 · 3 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $87,581,138 · 72 since 2012, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $80,855,493
- Won without a fresh bid
- 92% of contract value · $80,773,711 · 47 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $61,645,525 · 27 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2016 (12 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $325,011 · Saskia Traill, President & CEO
Lobbied these council members
- Eric Dinowitz Council Member, District 11 (Bronx)
- Althea V. Stevens Council Member, District 16 (Bronx)
- Justin E. Sanchez Council Member, District 17 (Bronx)
- Linda Lee Council Member, District 23 (Queens)
- Shekar Krishnan Council Member, District 25 (Queens)
- Nantasha M. Williams Council Member, District 27 (Queens)
- Lynn C. Schulman Council Member, District 29 (Queens)
- Lincoln Restler Council Member, District 33 (Brooklyn)
- Mercedes Narcisse Council Member, District 46 (Brooklyn)
- Julie Menin Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan)
- Shaun Abreu Council Member, District 7 (Manhattan)
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 - Public Funding Allocations for ExpandED affiliated programs ; Budget - Public Funding Allocations for City contracted programs and services related to ExpandED's work; Budget - Public…
- Budget - Support for citywide discretionary ask ($5.55mil)
- Budget - Support for funding in afterschool programs
- Resolution - Miscellaneous Business related to Expanded Schools
- Resolution - Miscellaneous business related to Expanded Schools
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).
- Whole School Reform Services Department of Education · MA104020239378540 $500,000
- SYEP NAQ Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268806559 $304,971
- System-wide Program Evaluation Services Department of Education · MA104020249478370 $150,000
- To support afterschool program providers. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258805546 · ended 2026 $15,000,000
- Middle School Quality Initiative Exteneded Day Pilot Program Department of Education · CT104020149454476 · ended 2015 $4,713,910
- Funds will provide high quality arts and athletic activities Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238801830 · ended 2022 $4,000,150
- Funds afterschool Programs, academic enrichment and support Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248803362 · ended 2023 $4,000,000
- To Provide afterschool program providers Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201422998 · ended 2020 $4,000,000
- Provides high-quality arts, athletic activities and academic Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191416684 · ended 2019 $4,000,000
- Provide After school education and Enrichment programs. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020181415616 · ended 2018 $4,000,000
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.
- To support afterschool program providers. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 2 payments $5,054,345
- To support afterschool program providers. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 5 payments $4,054,551
- Funds afterschool Programs, academic enrichment and support Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 $3,938,685
- Funds will provide high quality arts and athletic activities Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $3,844,238
- This initiative funds afterschool programs Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 3 payments $3,372,195
- Extended school day program under the Middle School Quality Department of Education · FY2021 $1,550,000
- Literacy Tutoring for Select Middle Schools Department of Education · FY2025 · 2 payments $1,516,626
- Literacy Tutoring for Select Middle Schools Department of Education · FY2020 · 2 payments $1,433,305
- Extended school day program under the Middle School Quality Department of Education · FY2022 $1,420,375
- Extended school day program under the Middle School Quality Department of Education · FY2023 $1,413,838
- ExpandED Schools - Middle School Quality Initiative (MSQI) Department of Education · FY2026 $1,350,000
- Provides high-quality arts, athletic activities and academic Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 $1,272,686
- To Provide afterschool program providers Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 · 2 payments $1,151,233
- ExpandED Schools to provide Literacy Tutoring for Select M.S Department of Education · FY2024 · 2 payments $908,097
- To Provide afterschool program providers Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 $727,869
- To support afterschool program providers. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2027 $663,962
- Provide Career-Connected Learning Initiative Programs Department of Education · FY2025 $609,476
- DYCD ONLINE Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 5 payments $388,649
- Task Order for COMPASS SEL MEASUREMENT Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 2 payments $300,000
- FY23 DYCD ONLINE NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 6 payments $272,803
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Afterschool Enrichment Initiative Afterschool Enrichment Initiative · DYCD · FY2017 $4,000,000
- Afterschool Enrichment Initiative Afterschool Enrichment Initiative · DYCD · FY2018 $4,000,000
- Afterschool Enrichment Initiative Afterschool Enrichment Initiative · DYCD · FY2019 $4,000,000
- Afterschool Enrichment Initiative Afterschool Enrichment Initiative · DYCD · FY2020 $4,000,000
- Afterschool Enrichment Initiative Afterschool Enrichment Initiative · DYCD · FY2022 $4,000,000
- Afterschool Enrichment Initiative Afterschool Enrichment Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $4,000,000
- Afterschool Enrichment Initiative Afterschool Enrichment Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $4,000,000
- Afterschool Enrichment Initiative Afterschool Enrichment Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $4,000,000
- Afterschool Enrichment Initiative Afterschool Enrichment Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $4,000,000
- Afterschool Enrichment Initiative Afterschool Enrichment Initiative · DYCD · FY2021 $3,400,000
- TASC After-Three Initiative TASC After-Three Initiative · DYCD · FY2016 $3,000,000
- MS Extra MS Extra · DOE · FY2016 $1,550,000
- Educational Programs for Students Educational Programs for Students · DOE · FY2017 $1,550,000
- Educational Programs for Students Educational Programs for Students · DOE · FY2018 $1,550,000
- Educational Programs for Students Educational Programs for Students · DOE · FY2019 $1,550,000
- Educational Programs for Students Educational Programs for Students · DOE · FY2020 $1,550,000
- Educational Programs for Students Educational Programs for Students · DOE · FY2022 $1,550,000
- Educational Programs for Students Educational Programs for Students · DOE · FY2023 $1,550,000
- Educational Programs for Students Educational Programs for Students · DOE · FY2024 $1,550,000
- Educational Programs for Students Educational Programs for Students · DOE · FY2025 $1,550,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2024). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Saskia Traill President & CEO $325,011
- Rashida Ladner Seward Chief Program Officer $264,032
- Chirag Shah Chief Financial Officer $243,865
- Daniele L Baierlein Chief Advancement Officer $229,014
- Candace Brazier-Thurman Chief Operating Officer $207,330
- Jessica Donner Executive Director Of Programs $199,806
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +40% from FY2020 to FY2024. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Saskia Traill · 10.47% of revenue $274,452
- FY2021 Saskia Traill · 7.98% of revenue $289,047
- FY2022 Saskia Traill · 7.32% of revenue $297,703
- FY2023 Saskia Traill · 10.93% of revenue $305,827
- FY2024 Saskia Traill · 12.82% of revenue $325,011
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
- Althea V. Stevens It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Eric Dinowitz It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Julie Menin It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Linda Lee It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Lynn C. Schulman It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Mercedes Narcisse 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
- Shekar Krishnan 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 Education 84.411 Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund) · Department of Education · Grant $3,332,506