Amigos del Museo del Barrio
Lobbying client
A separately incorporated nonprofit tied to El Museo del Barrio, the East Harlem museum of Puerto Rican, Latin American and Caribbean art founded in 1969, and listed as a grant recipient by foundations that also fund the museum. It has filed 15 lobbying disclosures since 2024, registered citywide and reaching all 51 council members through Mirram Group, on city budget funding for its programming, and holds a $212,000 city contract.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $300,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $212,050 awarded since 2010
- Paid to date
- $123,038
- Won without a fresh bid
- 32% of contract value · $67,050 · 11 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,995,500 · 134 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2011 (17 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $348,631 · Patrick Charpenel, Executive Director
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Mirram Group LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Budget Funding Support
- Budget - Budget Funding for Programming
- Budget - Funding for Programming
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).
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020263096048 · ended 2026 $25,000
- FMS INTEGRATION Department of Education · CT104020203063271 · ended 2020 $25,000
- 3 BIDS-COMMODITIES Department of Education · CT104020193047865 · ended 2019 $25,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020163074433 · ended 2016 $25,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020143054018 · ended 2014 $25,000
- E SCHIFF, (212)676-6082, [email protected] Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020141426830 · ended 2014 $20,000
- To fund Making Connections youth arts program. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020171406826 · ended 2016 $10,000
- To provide support for the museum after school program in a Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020161402212 · ended 2015 $10,000
- Long-Term multi-session programs designed to Link El Museo's Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020131401202 · ended 2012 $9,000
- 4R8 - Older Adult Meal Case Management & Transportation Department for the Aging · CT112520238807265 · ended 2023 $7,500
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local CM Speaker · DCLA · FY2026 $150,000
- Local CM Speaker · DCLA · FY2027 $150,000
- Local DCLA · FY2015 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2016 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2017 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2018 $100,000
- PS 19 Marino P. Jeantet School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCA · FY2012 $20,000
- Public School 222 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2013 $20,000
- PS14 Fairview Schools Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2013 $20,000
- P.S. 196 Ten Eyck Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2013 $20,000
- Public School 222 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2014 $20,000
- Public School 222 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2015 $20,000
- Public School 222 Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2016 $20,000
- Public School 307Q Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2016 $20,000
- Public School 307Q Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- PS89Q Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- PS 196K Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2018 $20,000
- P.S. 89Q Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2018 $20,000
- Public School 149M Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2018 $20,000
- PS 307Q Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2018 $20,000
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.
- Shekar Krishnan FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $120,000
- Ayala FY2020-2025 · 11 awards $104,500
- Shaun Abreu FY2023-2027 · 8 awards $90,000
- Tiffany L. Cabán FY2023-2026 · 5 awards $75,000
- Moya FY2020 · 2 awards $40,000
- Perkins FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Dromm FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Keith Powers FY2020-2026 · 7 awards $35,000
- Yusef Salaam FY2025-2027 · 4 awards $35,000
- Julie Menin FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $28,000
- Jordan FY2022 · 1 award $20,000
- Elsie Encarnación FY2026 · 2 awards $20,000
- Virginia Maloney FY2027 · 1 award $20,000
- Kallos FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $6,000
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.
- Patrick Charpenel Executive Director $348,631
- Carlos Galvez Deputy Executive Director $254,987
- Heather Norgard Director Of Development $244,259
- Evelyn Rivera Director Of Finance & Administration $202,903
- Rodrigo Teixeria Lopes Moura Chief Curator $181,671
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +39% 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 Patrick Charpenel · 5.83% of revenue $248,109
- FY2021 Patrick Charpenel · 17.39% of revenue $260,656
- FY2022 Patrick Charpenel · 22.4% of revenue $300,642
- FY2023 Patrick Charpenel · 26.69% of revenue $348,631
Community project funding secured by (FY2024)
Members of New York's congressional delegation named as requestors of an enacted FY2024 community project for this organization, in the House Appropriations Committee's own final project tables. Each figure is the amount APPROPRIATED for that project, not money paid out to this organization to date.
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand Amigos del Museo del Barrio, Inc., NY, to expand bilingual, arts-based educational programming and support education initiatives · NY · Labor, Health and Human Services, Education $500,000
- Charles E. Schumer Amigos del Museo del Barrio, Inc., NY, to expand bilingual, arts-based educational programming and support education initiatives · NY · Labor, Health and Human Services, Education $500,000