Playwrights Horizons, Inc.
Lobbying client
Playwrights Horizons, Inc., Lobbying client. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Council members lobbied
- 6
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Standardized Services
- City contracts (active)
- $901,048 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $3,018,829 · 12 since 2011, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $2,045,643
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $3,018,829 · 12 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,262,500 · 32 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2015 (13 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $233,491 · Leslie Marcus, Managing Director
- Based in
- New York, NY
Lobbied these council members
- Harvey D. Epstein Council Member, District 2 (Manhattan)
- Julie Menin Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Geto & de Milly Inc. Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Adrienne Adams
- Carlina Rivera
- Erik Bottcher
- Keith Powers
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - IN CONNECTION WITH FY26 MUNICIPAL FUNDING
- Budget - IN CONNECTION WITH FY27 MUNICIPAL FUNDING REQUESTS
- Budget - MUNICIPAL FUNDING REQUESTS FOR FY25
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).
- Purchase of (5) equipment systems for Playwrights Horizons Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620268803795 $901,048
- Theatrical Equipment Systems for Playwrights Horizons Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620161409122 · ended 2020 $436,361
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620201418860 · ended 2020 $278,750
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620211423401 · ended 2021 $273,750
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620191415979 · ended 2019 $218,750
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620181415395 · ended 2018 $187,500
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620171411526 · ended 2017 $168,040
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620161409609 · ended 2016 $130,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620151412038 · ended 2015 $108,300
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620121419726 · ended 2012 $106,500
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.
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2021 · 2 payments $190,750
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2020 · 2 payments $178,750
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2022 $54,750
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2020 $125,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2021 $125,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2022 $125,000
- Arts Access CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2023 $125,000
- Arts Access CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2024 $125,000
- Arts Access CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2025 $125,000
- Arts Access CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2026 $125,000
- Arts Access CM Speaker · DCLA · FY2027 $125,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2019 $75,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2018 $50,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2017 $30,000
- Local DCLA · FY2015 $7,500
- Local DCLA · FY2016 $5,000
- Local DCLA · FY2017 $5,000
- Local DCLA · FY2018 $5,000
- Local DCLA · FY2019 $5,000
- Local CM Rivera · DCLA · FY2020 $5,000
- Local CM Johnson · DCLA · FY2020 $5,000
- Local CM Rivera · DCLA · FY2021 $5,000
- Arts Access Program CM Johnson · DCLA · FY2021 $5,000
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.
- Rivera FY2020-2025 · 6 awards $30,000
- Erik Bottcher FY2022-2026 · 5 awards $25,000
- Johnson FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Harvey D. Epstein FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $10,000
- Carl Wilson FY2027 · 1 award $5,000
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.
- Leslie Marcus Managing Director $233,491
- Adam Greenfield Artistic Director $190,648
- Carol Fishman General Manager $184,903
- Benjamin Weisman Development Director $148,862
- Nicole Wee Theater Director $136,603
- Susan Ferziger Associate Director. Of Development $115,248
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +15% 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 Tim Sanford · 14.21% of revenue $383,982
- FY2021 Tim Sanford · 9.61% of revenue $294,051
- FY2022 Leslie Marcus · 10.4% of revenue $229,630
- FY2023 Leslie Marcus · 9.35% of revenue $233,491
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
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $30,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $25,000