Friends of Pool Inc
Lobbying client
Friends of Pool Inc, Lobbying client. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $118,750 awarded since 2022
- Paid to date
- $61,525
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $118,750 · 3 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $150,500 · 16 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 7 years (FY2017–FY2027), including each of the last 5
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $134,258 · Kara Meyer, Managing Director.
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Fontas Advisors NY LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Determination regarding real property - East River Swim
- Determination regarding real property - East River Swim Facility
- Determination regarding real property - siting of new swimming pool
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).
- support the Bluefish Program, a free learn-to-swim program Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268805359 · ended 2026 $93,750
- support the Bluefish Program a free learn-to-swim program Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248803923 · ended 2023 $20,000
- To support the Bluefish Program a free learn-to-swim program Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238807123 · ended 2023 $5,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $20,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2024 $20,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2025 $20,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $20,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $20,000
- Summer Bluefish CM Marte · Youth · DYCD · FY2023 $5,000
- Youth CM Rivera · Youth · DYCD · FY2024 $5,000
- Summer Bluefish CM Marte · Youth · DYCD · FY2024 $5,000
- Summer Bluefish CM Marte · Youth · DYCD · FY2025 $5,000
- Swim Lessons - Council District 2 CM Rivera · Youth · DYCD · FY2025 $5,000
- Bluefish Program CM Marte · Youth · DYCD · FY2026 $5,000
- Swim Lessons - Council District 2 CM Epstein · Youth · DYCD · FY2026 $5,000
- Summer Bluefish Program CM Marte · Youth · DYCD · FY2027 $5,000
- Swim Lessons - Council District 2 CM Epstein · Youth · DYCD · FY2027 $5,000
- Local DYCD · FY2018 $3,500
- Local DYCD · FY2017 $2,000
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.
- Christopher Marte FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $25,000
- Rivera FY2024-2025 · 2 awards $10,000
- Harvey D. Epstein FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $10,000
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.
- Kara Meyer Managing Director. $134,258
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +13% 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 Kara Meyer · 92.06% of revenue $89,781
- FY2021 Kara Meyer · 16.64% of revenue $109,708
- FY2022 Kara Meyer · 15.38% of revenue $132,509
- FY2023 Kara Meyer · 17.01% of revenue $134,258