Student Leadership Network, Inc.
Lobbying client
The nonprofit, formerly known as the Young Women's Leadership Network, that runs the Young Women's Leadership Schools, a network of New York City public all-girls secondary schools, along with the co-ed CollegeBound Initiative for college-access programming. It has filed 15 lobbying disclosures since 2024 through Kasirer LLC, lobbying 10 council members on city budget funding for its programs. It holds $9 million in active city contracts as of August 2026, part of $14.9 million in city contracts since 2017.
- Council members lobbied
- 10
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $188,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $9,000,000 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $14,927,749 · 17 since 2017, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $8,242,834
- Won without a fresh bid
- 39% of contract value · $5,777,749 · 10 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $2,576,034 · 80 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2017 (11 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $346,131 · Yolonda Marshall, Chief Executive Officer
Lobbied these council members
- Carmen N. De La Rosa Council Member, District 10 (Manhattan)
- Eric Dinowitz Council Member, District 11 (Bronx)
- Oswald J. Feliz Council Member, District 15 (Bronx)
- Althea V. Stevens Council Member, District 16 (Bronx)
- Tiffany L. Cabán Council Member, District 22 (Queens)
- Linda Lee Council Member, District 23 (Queens)
- Sandy Nurse Council Member, District 37 (Brooklyn)
- Rita C. Joseph Council Member, District 40 (Brooklyn)
- Julie Menin Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan)
- Elsie Encarnación Council Member, District 8 (Manhattan/Bronx)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Kasirer LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Budget Funding
- Budget - Budget funding
- Budget - New York City 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).
- Student Support Services Department of Education · MA104020279770710 $9,000,000
- Student Support Services Department of Education · MA104020239378781 · ended 2026 $5,100,000
- To support Student leadership network programming Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248807732 · ended 2026 $236,779
- To Provide College Access Services for The Juan Morel Campos Department of Education · CT104020229263285 · ended 2019 $99,500
- To support leadership development training programs Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238806886 · ended 2023 $63,141
- To support leadership development training programs Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228807497 · ended 2022 $53,141
- To support leadership development training programs Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201418394 · ended 2020 $49,375
- This program offers leadership training for young women. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201400262 · ended 2019 $49,375
- College Access Services at IN-Tech Academy10X368 Department of Education · CT104020229263436 · ended 2019 $46,000
- This initiative supports leadership development training. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020218801161 · ended 2021 $44,438
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.
- This program offers leadership training for young women. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 $48,975
- To support Student leadership network programming Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 $47,699
- To Provide College Access Services for The Juan Morel Campos Department of Education · FY2022 $44,500
- To support leadership development training programs Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $39,351
- To support leadership development training programs Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 $37,006
- COLLEGE/CAREER READINESS SERVICES Department of Education · FY2020 $36,000
- To support leadership development training programs Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 $28,413
- To support Student leadership network programming Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 $25,949
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- College Bound Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DOE · FY2022 $200,000
- College Bound Initiative CM Speaker · DOE · FY2020 $175,000
- CollegeBound Initiative CM Speaker · DOE · FY2021 $175,000
- College Bound Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DOE · FY2023 $150,000
- College Bound Initiative CM Speaker · DOE · FY2024 $150,000
- College Bound Initiative CM Speaker · DOE · FY2025 $150,000
- College Bound Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DOE · FY2026 $150,000
- College Bound Initiative CM Speaker · DOE · FY2027 $150,000
- College Bound Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DOE · FY2018 $110,000
- College Bound Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DOE · FY2019 $110,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DOE · FY2017 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DOE · FY2022 $100,000
- Young Women's Leadership Development Young Women's Leadership Development · DYCD · FY2023 $53,141
- Young Women's Leadership Development Young Women's Leadership Development · DYCD · FY2024 $53,141
- Young Women's Leadership Development Young Women's Leadership Development · DYCD · FY2025 $53,141
- Young Women's Leadership Development Young Women's Leadership Development · DYCD · FY2026 $53,141
- Young Women's Leadership Development Young Women's Leadership Development · DYCD · FY2027 $53,141
- Young Women's Leadership Development Young Women's Leadership Development · DYCD · FY2020 $49,375
- Young Women's Leadership Development Young Women's Leadership Development · DYCD · FY2022 $49,375
- Young Women's Leadership Development Young Women's Leadership Development · DYCD · FY2021 $44,438
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.
- Oswald J. Feliz FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $110,000
- Tiffany L. Cabán FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $30,000
- Amanda C. Farías FY2022-2024 · 3 awards $20,000
- Kamillah Hanks FY2024-2027 · 4 awards $20,000
- Carmen N. De La Rosa FY2024-2027 · 4 awards $20,000
- Althea V. Stevens FY2022-2024 · 3 awards $15,000
- Vanessa Gibson FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Diaz FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Costa Constantinides FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Antonio Reynoso FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Jennifer Gutiérrez FY2022 · 1 award $5,000
- Yusef Salaam FY2025 · 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.
- Yolonda Marshall Chief Executive Officer $346,131
- Jon Roure Chief Innovation Officer $263,463
- Beth Cohen Senior Managing Director. Of Growth $221,471
- Laura Rebell Gross SR. Managing Director. Of Girls Education $207,698
- Sara Clarke Chief Operating Officer $204,418
- Aaron Hawn Managing Director., Research, Insights $160,184
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +18% 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 Yolonda Marshall · 12.23% of revenue $271,981
- FY2021 Yolonda Marshall · 10.87% of revenue $275,189
- FY2022 Yolonda Marshall · 6.67% of revenue $291,988
- FY2023 Yolonda Marshall · 11.23% of revenue $332,970
- FY2024 Yolonda Marshall · 10.5% of revenue $346,131
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 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Carmen N. De La Rosa 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
- 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
- Rita C. Joseph It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction