Fund for the City of New York, Inc.

Lobbying client

The Fund for the City of New York is an independent nonprofit established in 1968 by the Ford Foundation to improve the quality of life for New Yorkers, operating programs that include interest-free cash-flow loans to government agencies and nonprofits (more than $1.45 billion distributed since 1976), fiscal sponsorship, and the Sloan Public Service Awards recognizing exceptional city employees. With one filing in 2025, the Fund retained James F. Capalino & Associates to engage five council members on budget funding for its programs.

Council members lobbied
5
Filings (since 2024)
78
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$826,966
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$10,354,056 · 10 contracts
Awarded all-time
$380,862,752 · 384 since 2007, incl. expired
Paid to date
$302,094,095
Won without a fresh bid
87% of contract value · $332,564,828 · 276 contracts
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$413,664 · Lisette Nieves, Board Member/President
Based in
New York, NY

Lobbied these council members

Represented by lobbyist firms

Holds contracts at

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).

Programs it routes city money to

This organization is a fiscal sponsor — a conduit that receives city money and passes it to sponsored projects, shown by the payment's purpose or award's program (largest first). These are the projects' funds, not the sponsor's own. Linked rows have their own profile here. Payments shown are roughly

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 +34% 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

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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