The Queens Borough Public Library

Lobbying client

Queens Public Library is one of New York City's three public library systems, serving roughly 2.3 million residents through more than 60 branches across the borough. Since 2024 it has filed 15 lobbying registrations with the City Council reaching nine members, on library funding in the city budget, reporting $2,795.43 in lobbying compensation and no outside lobbying firm, indicating the filings were handled by in-house staff. The library also receives city funding through contracts, $5.4 million active as of August 2026 and $24.1 million total since 2009.

Council members lobbied
9
Filings (since 2024)
15
Lobbyist firm(s)
In-house
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$2,795
Industry (per city contracts)
Construction Services
City contracts (active)
$5,400,544 · 3 contracts
Awarded all-time
$24,063,583 · 29 since 2009, incl. expired
Paid to date
$16,381,479
Won without a fresh bid
91% of contract value · $22,006,167 · 24 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$95,502,406 · 327 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$358,760 · Dennis Walcott, President & CEO
Based in
Jamaica, NY

Lobbied these council members

Holds contracts at

Funded by these agencies

What they lobbied on

subjects from their filings

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).

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.

Discretionary funding received

City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.

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.

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.

Officer pay over time

Total officer pay changed +33% 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.

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

Community project funding requested by (FY2026)

Members who asked the House Appropriations Committee to fund a FY2026 community project for this organization. These are requests, not awards: the FY2026 bills were enacted, but the committee has not published final FY2026 project tables, so whether any of these was funded is not shown here. Each

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

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