Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking, Inc.
Lobbying client
Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking, Inc., Lobbying client. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Council members lobbied
- 23
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $135,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $5,626,275 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $7,659,906 · 27 since 2011, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $3,619,967
- Won without a fresh bid
- 7% of contract value · $520,500 · 10 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $2,504,625 · 152 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 16 years (FY2010–FY2027), including each of the last 15
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $218,964 · Stephanie Walter, Chief Prgm O
Lobbied these council members
- Carmen N. De La Rosa Council Member, District 10 (Manhattan)
- Eric Dinowitz Council Member, District 11 (Bronx)
- Althea V. Stevens Council Member, District 16 (Bronx)
- Tiffany L. Cabán Council Member, District 22 (Queens)
- Linda Lee Council Member, District 23 (Queens)
- Nantasha M. Williams Council Member, District 27 (Queens)
- Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Council Member, District 31 (Queens)
- Crystal Hudson Council Member, District 35 (Brooklyn)
- Chi A. Ossé Council Member, District 36 (Brooklyn)
- Sandy Nurse Council Member, District 37 (Brooklyn)
- Alexa Avilés Council Member, District 38 (Brooklyn)
- Shahana K. Hanif Council Member, District 39 (Brooklyn)
- Rita C. Joseph Council Member, District 40 (Brooklyn)
- Darlene Mealy Council Member, District 41 (Brooklyn)
- Chris Banks Council Member, District 42 (Brooklyn)
- Farah N. Louis Council Member, District 45 (Brooklyn)
- Mercedes Narcisse Council Member, District 46 (Brooklyn)
- Kayla Santosuosso Council Member, District 47 (Brooklyn)
- David M. Carr Council Member, District 50 (Staten Island/Brooklyn)
- Julie Menin Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan)
- Yusef Salaam Council Member, District 9 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- CMW Strategies LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Adrienne Adams
- Carlina Rivera
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Funding
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).
- Train and Earn RFP Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258806476 $5,476,275
- Student Support Services Department of Education · MA104020279770800 $150,000
- OST Middle School Expansion Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020151407382 · ended 2018 $1,163,131
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620201426720 · ended 2020 $160,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620211426060 · ended 2021 $140,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620191421579 · ended 2019 $140,000
- To provide filmmaking training to students. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248803380 · ended 2023 $40,000
- 3 BIDS-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020263082773 · ended 2026 $25,000
- 3 BIDS-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020253007395 · ended 2025 $25,000
- FY 25 YEAR END PRIOR YEAR CANCELLATIONS Department of Education · CT104020243113256 · ended 2026 $25,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2027 $50,000
- Local DCLA · FY2013 $24,000
- Free After School Filmmaking & Career Exploration for Youth - Council District 42 CM Banks · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DCLA · FY2026 $22,500
- Fredrick Douglas Academy Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- Public School 284K Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2017 $20,000
- Public School 284K Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2018 $20,000
- Fredrick Douglas Academy Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2018 $20,000
- Millenium Brooklyn High School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2018 $20,000
- Boys and Girls High School Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2019 $20,000
- Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2019 $20,000
- FDA VII Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2019 $20,000
- IS 171K Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2019 $20,000
- Middle School 172Q - Irwin Altman Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2019 $20,000
- Millenium Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2019 $20,000
- Mott Hall Bridges Academy Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2019 $20,000
- Boys and Girls High School (16K455) CM Cornegy · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2020 $20,000
- Brooklyn Collaborative CM Lander · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2020 $20,000
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School (20K505) CM Yeger · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2020 $20,000
- Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School (23K514) CM Ampry-Samuel · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2020 $20,000
- Intermediate School 171K (19K171) CM D. Diaz · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · 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.
- Shahana K. Hanif FY2022-2027 · 23 awards $460,000
- Mercedes Narcisse FY2022-2027 · 11 awards $220,000
- Chi A. Ossé FY2022-2027 · 17 awards $195,000
- Kalman Yeger FY2020-2025 · 7 awards $140,000
- Sandy Nurse FY2022-2026 · 7 awards $140,000
- Althea V. Stevens FY2023-2026 · 7 awards $122,500
- Linda Lee FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $120,000
- Alexa Avilés FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $100,000
- Lander FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $80,000
- Cornegy FY2020-2021 · 6 awards $70,000
- Ampry-Samuel FY2020-2021 · 3 awards $60,000
- Chris Banks FY2025-2027 · 3 awards $52,500
- D. Diaz FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Grodenchik FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- Eric Dinowitz FY2024-2027 · 4 awards $40,000
- Shirley Aldebol FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $40,000
- Simcha Felder FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $40,000
- Darlene Mealy FY2022-2026 · 2 awards $30,000
- Christopher Marte FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $25,000
- Amanda C. Farías FY2023 · 1 award $20,000
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.
- Stephanie Walter Chief Prgm O $218,964
- John Williams Chief Executive. $217,100
- Regan Hales Chief Op Off $173,973
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +306% 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 John Williams · 5.85% of revenue $150,422
- FY2021 John Williams · 8.23% of revenue $153,359
- FY2022 John Williams · 8.81% of revenue $192,541
- FY2023 John Williams · 4.32% of revenue $193,232
- FY2024 Stephanie Walter · 15.53% of revenue $218,964
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
- Althea V. Stevens It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 3 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Carmen N. De La Rosa It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Chi A. Ossé It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Crystal Hudson It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Eric Dinowitz It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Farah N. Louis It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Julie Menin It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Linda Lee It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Mercedes Narcisse It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Nantasha M. Williams It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Rita C. Joseph It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Shahana K. Hanif It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
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 $40,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $30,000