Junior Achievement of New York, Inc.
Lobbying client
Junior Achievement of New York runs K-12 financial-literacy, work-readiness, and entrepreneurship programs, reaching about 57,000 students a year across New York City, Long Island, and the Lower Hudson Valley through roughly 4,700 volunteer classroom instructors. It has filed 15 lobbying disclosures since 2024, registered citywide through Hollis Public Affairs, on city budget funding for its programs, and has drawn $3.3 million in city contracts since 2018, though none are currently active.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $186,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $3,270,715 awarded since 2018
- Paid to date
- $3,181,099
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $3,270,715 · 10 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $3,880,442 · 76 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 10 years (FY2015–FY2027), including each of the last 9
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $296,516 · Betty Garger, President & CEO
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Hollis Public Affairs, Inc. Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - securing funding
- Budget - securing funding for programs
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).
- Funds will support Junior Achievement's programs and service Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248807096 · ended 2026 $2,208,401
- Support in school time financial literacy program Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248801338 · ended 2023 $588,907
- Support enhancement in-class and afterschool programs. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238801200 · ended 2022 $114,907
- Support programming at Schools Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228802722 · ended 2021 $109,500
- Funds for computer based learning in each of the 51 CD. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201416569 · ended 2020 $82,000
- Support programing in each of the 51 Council Districts. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238801085 · ended 2022 $65,000
- To support financial literacy classes and civics education Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201400077 · ended 2019 $41,000
- To provide leadership development training programs Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201400078 · ended 2019 $31,000
- DISCRETIONARY-YS Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201414672 · ended 2020 $25,000
- To promote and teach financial literacy Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228800460 · ended 2021 $5,000
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.
- Funds will support Junior Achievement's programs and service Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 5 payments $939,562
- Funds will support Junior Achievement's programs and service Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 9 payments $672,437
- Support in school time financial literacy program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 $568,907
- Support enhancement in-class and afterschool programs. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $114,907
- Support programming at Schools Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 2 payments $88,154
- Support programing in each of the 51 Council Districts. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $65,000
- To support financial literacy classes and civics education Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 $30,000
- Funds will support Junior Achievement's programs and service Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2027 $28,171
- To provide leadership development training programs Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 $25,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $700,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $700,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $650,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $500,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $500,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2022 $50,000
- Young Women's Leadership Development Young Women's Leadership Development · DYCD · FY2023 $26,907
- Young Women's Leadership Development Young Women's Leadership Development · DYCD · FY2024 $26,907
- Young Women's Leadership Development Young Women's Leadership Development · DYCD · FY2025 $26,907
- Young Women's Leadership Development Young Women's Leadership Development · DYCD · FY2026 $26,907
- Young Women's Leadership Development Young Women's Leadership Development · DYCD · FY2027 $26,907
- Young Women's Leadership Development Young Women's Leadership Development · DYCD · FY2019 $25,000
- Young Women's Leadership Development Young Women's Leadership Development · DYCD · FY2020 $25,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2021 $25,000
- Council District 27 CM Williams · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2022 $25,000
- Young Women's Leadership Development Young Women's Leadership Development · DYCD · FY2022 $25,000
- Young Women's Leadership Development Young Women's Leadership Development · DYCD · FY2021 $22,500
- The Campus Magnet Complex Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2019 $20,000
- Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative CM Miller · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2020 $20,000
- Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative CM Ulrich · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2020 $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.
- Brannan FY2020-2026 · 6 awards $58,000
- Adams FY2020-2026 · 7 awards $56,000
- Linda Lee FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $50,000
- Miller FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $35,000
- Lynn C. Schulman FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $30,000
- Nantasha M. Williams FY2022 · 1 award $25,000
- Ulrich FY2020 · 1 award $20,000
- Gjonaj FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $20,000
- Amanda C. Farías FY2022 · 1 award $20,000
- Joann Ariola FY2022 · 1 award $20,000
- Rita C. Joseph FY2023 · 1 award $20,000
- Gale A. Brewer FY2024-2025 · 2 awards $20,000
- Rivera FY2021-2024 · 6 awards $18,000
- Koslowitz FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $15,000
- Selvena N. Brooks-Powers FY2021-2023 · 3 awards $15,000
- Kamillah Hanks FY2024-2026 · 3 awards $15,000
- Diaz FY2021 · 1 award $10,000
- Susan Zhuang FY2024 · 1 award $10,000
- Kayla Santosuosso FY2027 · 1 award $10,000
- Donovan Richards FY2020 · 1 award $5,000
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.
- Betty Garger President & CEO $296,516
- Steven Sherrick SR.VP Development & Communications $198,302
- Christopher Malin CFO, VP Finance & Admin $181,285
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +27% 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 Joseph A Peri · 14.79% of revenue $238,394
- FY2021 Renee M Colombo Until 22222 · 19.27% of revenue $172,093
- FY2022 Betty Garger · 10.59% of revenue $270,644
- FY2023 Betty Garger · 19.54% of revenue $281,830
- FY2024 Betty Garger · 17.89% of revenue $296,516