The YWCA of Brooklyn, Inc.

Lobbying client

YWCA Brooklyn is a Downtown Brooklyn nonprofit that provides more than 300 units of permanent affordable housing for low-income women, many of whom were previously homeless, along with services for survivors of gender-based violence, a college access and leadership program for girls of color, and community advocacy work. The group filed 15 lobbying disclosures since 2024, lobbying all 51 City Council members through Hollis Public Affairs on subjects tied to securing program funding, with $180,000 paid to lobbyists over that period. It has drawn $6.23M in city contracts since 2016, with $1.5M still active as of August 2026.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
15
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$180,000
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$1,500,000 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$6,234,350 · 25 since 2016, incl. expired
Paid to date
$4,174,286
Won without a fresh bid
100% of contract value · $6,234,350 · 25 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$6,815,892 · 74 awards
Funding history
Funded 12 years (FY2013–FY2027), including each of the last 10
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$243,919 · Martha Kamber, CEO & President

Represented by lobbyist firms

Holds contracts at

Funded by these agencies

What they lobbied on

subjects from their filings

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).

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.

Discretionary funding received

City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.

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.

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.

Officer pay over time

Total officer pay changed +35% 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.

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