Safe Passage Project Corporation
Lobbying client
Safe Passage Project Corporation is a nonprofit that provides free lawyers and social workers to unaccompanied immigrant children and youth in New York City and Long Island facing deportation, helping them pursue asylum and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. It filed 15 lobbying disclosures since 2024, reporting $184,500 in compensation and registering citywide across all 51 council districts through Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno LLC, seeking human-services funding in the city's fiscal year 2026 and 2027 operating budgets. It has $1.12 million in active city contracts as of August 2026 and $11.7 million since 2016.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $184,500
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $1,125,000 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $11,726,756 · 9 since 2016, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $6,607,382
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $11,726,756 · 9 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $15,906,812 · 26 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2017 (11 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $253,126 · Angela Fernandez, Executive Director
- Based in
- New York, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Social Services City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Social Services City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Human services program funding.
- Budget - New York City Fiscal Year 2026 Operating Budget -- program funding.
- Budget - New York City Fiscal Year 2027 Operating Budget -- program 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).
- Provision of immigrant legal services Department of Social Services · CT106920268805862 $1,125,000
- Prov. of legal counsel for children in removal & legal svcs Department of Social Services · CT106920258802238 · ended 2026 $5,693,656
- Prov of legal counsel for children in removal proceedings Department of Social Services · CT106920248802101 · ended 2023 $1,051,800
- Prov of legal services to adults with children Department of Social Services · CT106920228807318 · ended 2022 $1,051,800
- Provision of funding of legal counsel services. Department of Social Services · CT106920218801273 · ended 2021 $1,021,800
- Legal Services to Unaccompanied Minors and Families Department of Social Services · CT106920201424319 · ended 2020 $1,021,800
- Prov of legal Services for Unaccompanied Minors & Families Department of Social Services · CT106920201401278 · ended 2019 $320,900
- Provision of counsel and social services to children in NY. Department of Social Services · CT106920191400618 · ended 2018 $280,000
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Services. Department of Social Services · CT106920181415878 · ended 2017 $160,000
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.
- Prov. of legal counsel for children in removal & legal svcs Department of Social Services · FY2025 · 4 payments $1,185,605
- Legal Services to Unaccompanied Minors and Families Department of Social Services · FY2020 · 3 payments $765,730
- legal service provider. Tier 1, tier 2 and tier 2 removal defense cases Department of Social Services · FY2024 $484,194
- Prov of legal Services for Unaccompanied Minors & Families Department of Social Services · FY2020 $320,900
- Prov of legal counsel for children in removal proceedings Department of Social Services · FY2024 · 3 payments $263,002
- Provision of funding of legal counsel services. Department of Social Services · FY2022 · 2 payments $194,472
- SPP shall provide: 10 T1 cases, 52 T2 cases, 200 T2RD cases Department of Social Services · FY2021 $194,031
- Prov of legal services to adults with children Department of Social Services · FY2023 · 2 payments $193,451
- SPP shall provide: 10 T1 cases, 52 T2 cases, 200 T2RD cases Department of Social Services · FY2022 $177,839
- SPP shall provide: Full Rep. Tier I cases (10), 52 Full Rep. Tier II cases (52), and Tier II Removal Defence cases (200) Department of Social Services · FY2021 $115,044
- SPP shall provide: 10 T1 cases, 52 T2 cases, 200 T2RD cases. Department of Social Services · FY2022 $91,316
- SPP shall provide: 10 T1 cases, 52 T2 cases, 200 T2RD cases. Department of Social Services · FY2023 $72,750
- SPP shall provide: Full Rep. Tier I cases (10), 52 Full Rep. Tier II cases (52), and Tier II Removal Defence cases (200) Department of Social Services · FY2020 $62,463
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2027 $3,540,056
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2026 $2,488,256
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2023 $1,051,800
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2024 $1,051,800
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2025 $1,051,800
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2026 $1,051,800
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2020 $1,021,800
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2021 $1,021,800
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2022 $1,021,800
- School-Based Immigrant Rapid Response Legal Access School-Based Immigrant Rapid Response Legal Access · Dss/hra · FY2027 $550,000
- School-Based Immigrant Rapid Response Legal Access School-Based Immigrant Rapid Response Legal Access · Dss/hra · FY2026 $500,000
- Special Immigration Juvenile Status (SIJS) Special Immigration Juvenile Status (SIJS) · Dss/hra · FY2026 $300,000
- Special Immigration Juvenile Status (SIJS) Special Immigration Juvenile Status (SIJS) · Dss/hra · FY2027 $300,000
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2018 $280,000
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2019 $280,000
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2017 $160,000
- School-Based Immigrant Rapid Response Legal Access School-Based Immigrant Rapid Response Legal Access · Dss/hra · FY2026 $50,000
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2019 $40,900
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2022 $30,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2025 $25,000
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.
- Erik Bottcher FY2024-2026 · 3 awards $30,000
- Carl Wilson FY2027 · 1 award $10,000
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.
- Angela Fernandez Executive Director $253,126
- Tania Gabrielle Cohen Managing Attorney $176,737
- Alexandra Rizio Managing Attorney $166,191
- Sadyia Khalique - Secretary Director Of People & Operations $165,371
- Rachel Jordan Interim Managing Attorney $154,889
- Shevon Lewis Interim Managing Attorney-Li $137,477
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +195% 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 Richard Leimsider · 7.87% of revenue $162,617
- FY2021 Desiree C Hernandez Sanchez · 8.3% of revenue $130,325
- FY2022 Desiree C Hernandez Sanchez · 10.5% of revenue $165,502
- FY2023 Angela Fernandez · 23.36% of revenue $243,996
- FY2024 Angela Fernandez · 11.81% of revenue $253,126