Emerald Isle Immigration Center, Inc.
Lobbying client
Emerald Isle Immigration Center is a nonprofit based in Woodside, Queens, founded in 1988 to help immigrants, particularly the Irish diaspora, with citizenship applications, visa questions, and other immigration matters, and it also runs senior, employment, and mental health support services from offices in Queens and the Bronx. In NYC lobbying filings it has registered citywide rather than targeting specific council members, filing 14 disclosures since 2024 through the lobbying firm Bolton-St. Johns, LLC. Its stated subjects are building relationships with elected officials and securing city and state funding for immigrant assistance programs.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $149,607
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $25,000 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $9,136,489 · 65 since 2010, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $8,218,789
- Won without a fresh bid
- 95% of contract value · $8,670,129 · 58 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $9,522,681 · 173 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $113,200 · Siobhan Dennehy, Executive Director
- Based in
- Woodside, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Bolton-St. Johns, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Building relationships with elected officials and securing city and state funding
- Budget - Funding for assistance to immigrants and special programs
- Resolution - Miscellaneous Issues in NYC
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).
- FY26 CLOSE RELATED TAKEDOWNS PER PRGRM OFFICES Department of Education · CT104020263158824 $25,000
- Prov of legal services & ESL programs for recent immigrants Department of Social Services · CT106920248804582 · ended 2026 $1,136,250
- Various Health Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620248806603 · ended 2026 $758,055
- 6WQ - immigration legal support and referral services Department for the Aging · CT112520258804497 · ended 2026 $504,533
- Prov of legal services for recent immigrants Department of Social Services · CT106920238801002 · ended 2022 $313,000
- Prov of legal svcs for recent immigrants Department of Social Services · CT106920238806896 · ended 2023 $303,000
- To provide legal services for recent immmigrants. Department of Social Services · CT106920218801593 · ended 2021 $288,000
- Immigrant Services Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020161404442 · ended 2018 $278,757
- To provide Immigrant Related Legal Services Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020121403439 · ended 2011 $183,250
- Provision of Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Services Department of Social Services · CT106920201407847 · ended 2020 $178,000
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.
- Various Health Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 4 payments $312,748
- Prov of legal svcs for recent immigrants Department of Social Services · FY2024 · 3 payments $204,960
- Prov of legal services & ESL programs for recent immigrants Department of Social Services · FY2024 · 3 payments $196,979
- Prov of legal services & ESL programs for recent immigrants Department of Social Services · FY2026 · 3 payments $139,015
- Provision of Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Services Department of Social Services · FY2020 · 3 payments $133,510
- Prov of legal services & ESL programs for recent immigrants Department of Social Services · FY2025 · 2 payments $129,031
- TO SUPPORT CENTER ACTIVITIES SUCH AS COMPUTER EDUCATION Department for the Aging · FY2022 $115,220
- Provision of funding to support the agency's immigration. Department of Social Services · FY2020 · 3 payments $93,513
- To provide legal services for recent immmigrants. Department of Social Services · FY2021 · 2 payments $88,246
- Prov of legal services for recent immigrants Department of Social Services · FY2023 $81,853
- Conducts outreach & education regarding healthcare access Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2021 $78,125
- Various Health Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 2 payments $64,742
- Outreach to Health Care Access Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 $53,125
- To provide legal services for recent immmigrants. Department of Social Services · FY2022 $52,981
- Provision of Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Services Department of Social Services · FY2021 $44,490
- 6WQ - To support senior services and programming Department for the Aging · FY2022 $36,816
- Purchase of IT equipment for Emerald Isle Immigration Ctr. Department of Social Services · FY2020 $35,122
- Provision of funding to support the agency's immigration. Department of Social Services · FY2021 $31,487
- Access Health Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 $25,781
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Immigrant Opportunities Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2027 $278,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2026 $200,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2027 $200,000
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Immigrant Opportunities Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2016 $178,000
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Immigrant Opportunities Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2017 $178,000
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Immigrant Opportunities Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2018 $178,000
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Immigrant Opportunities Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2019 $178,000
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Immigrant Opportunities Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2020 $178,000
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Immigrant Opportunities Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2021 $178,000
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Immigrant Opportunities Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2022 $178,000
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Immigrant Opportunities Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2023 $178,000
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Immigrant Opportunities Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2024 $178,000
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Immigrant Opportunities Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2025 $178,000
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Immigrant Opportunities Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2026 $178,000
- Immigrant Opportunity Initiative (IOI) Immigrant Opportunity Initiative (IOI) · DYCD · FY2009 $160,000
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative (IOI) Immigrant Opportunities Initiative (IOI) · DYCD · FY2013 $160,000
- Immigrant Opportunity Initiative (IOI) Immigrant Opportunity Initiative (IOI) · DYCD · FY2010 $150,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2025 $150,000
- Local DYCD · FY2009 $125,000
- Local DYCD · FY2010 $125,000
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.
- Julie Won FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $62,500
- Eric Dinowitz FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $60,000
- Cohen FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $20,000
- Dromm FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $20,000
- Jimmy Van Bramer FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $15,000
- Moya FY2020-2024 · 2 awards $15,000
- Holden FY2020-2025 · 3 awards $13,500
- Shekar Krishnan FY2022 · 1 award $10,000
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.
- Siobhan Dennehy Executive Director $113,200
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +9% 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 Siobhan Dennehy · 6.27% of revenue $104,139
- FY2021 Siobhan Dennehy · 5.96% of revenue $120,060
- FY2022 Siobhan Dennehy · 6.43% of revenue $109,660
- FY2023 Siobhan Dennehy · 4.07% of revenue $113,200
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 Homeland Security 97.010 Citizenship Education and Training · U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · Grant $450,000
- 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 $330,055
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.647 Social Services Research and Demonstration · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $60,000
- Department of the Treasury 21.009 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program · Internal Revenue Service · Grant $30,000
- Department of the Treasury 21.009 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program · Internal Revenue Service · Grant $27,254
- Department of the Treasury 21.009 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program · Internal Revenue Service · Grant $10,000
- Department of the Treasury 21.009 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program · Internal Revenue Service · Grant $6,500