Common Threads
Lobbying client
Common Threads, 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
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $77,950
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $390,350 awarded since 2018
- Paid to date
- $330,037
- Won without a fresh bid
- 53% of contract value · $205,000 · 4 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $571,000 · 23 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2020 (8 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $146,874 · Linda Novick O'Keefe, CEO
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Bolton-St. Johns, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Funding for special programs
- Budget - Funding for special programs and education
- Resolution - Miscellaneous Issues in NYC
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).
- Funding to support healthy cooking and nutrition education Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258800882 · ended 2023 $90,000
- Funding for healthy cooking and nutrition education Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228807239 · ended 2022 $55,000
- Funding will support for Healthy Cooking and Nutrition. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228801024 · ended 2021 $30,000
- To fund nutrition education program for kids and families. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020211407653 · ended 2020 $30,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020253104133 · ended 2025 $25,000
- -SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020213046147 · ended 2021 $25,000
- COMPETITIVE GRANT-COMMODITIES Department of Education · CT104020213022186 · ended 2021 $25,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020203003143 · ended 2020 $25,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020193099509 · ended 2019 $25,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020183094090 · ended 2018 $25,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2023 $75,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $75,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $75,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $75,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2022 $50,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2020 $25,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2021 $25,000
- Healthy Cooking and Nutrition Education for Children and Families CM Banks · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2025 $20,000
- Public School 062Q Chester Park School (27Q062) CM Schulman · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DYCD · FY2025 $20,000
- Intermediate School 59Q (29Q059) CM Williams · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DYCD · FY2026 $20,000
- Public School 62Q Chester Park School (27Q062) CM Schulman · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DYCD · FY2026 $20,000
- A Greener NYC CM Moya · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2024 $15,000
- Healthy Cooking & Nutrition Education - Children and Families CM Moya · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2026 $13,000
- A Greener NYC CM Thomas-Henry · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2027 $13,000
- Healthy Cooking and Nutrition Education for Children and Families - Council District 21 CM Moya · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2023 $10,000
- Local CM Lancman · DYCD · FY2020 $5,000
- Public School JHS 217 Robert A Van Wyck Middle School CM Gennaro · DYCD · FY2021 $5,000
- Local CM Gennaro · DYCD · FY2022 $5,000
- Public School 200Q Pomonok School CM Gennaro · DYCD · FY2023 $5,000
- Public School 200Q Pomonok School CM Gennaro · DYCD · FY2024 $5,000
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.
- Lynn C. Schulman FY2025-2026 · 2 awards $40,000
- Moya FY2023-2026 · 3 awards $38,000
- James F. Gennaro FY2021-2026 · 6 awards $30,000
- Chris Banks FY2025 · 1 award $20,000
- Nantasha M. Williams FY2026 · 1 award $20,000
- Shanel Thomas-Henry FY2027 · 1 award $13,000
- Lancman FY2020 · 1 award $5,000
- Carmen N. De La Rosa FY2026 · 1 award $5,000
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.
- Linda Novick O'Keefe CEO $146,874
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed -35% 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 Linda Novick O'Keefe · 6.42% of revenue $146,572
- FY2021 Linda Novick O'Keefe · 3.37% of revenue $140,641
- FY2022 Linda Novick O'Keefe · 3.4% of revenue $139,608
- FY2023 Linda Novick O'Keefe · 3.48% of revenue $146,874