The Fresh Air Fund
Lobbying client
The Fresh Air Fund, 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)
- $150,000
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $250,000 awarded since 2015
- Paid to date
- $126,073
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $5,000 · 1 awards
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $376,082 · Lisa Gitelson, Chief Executive Officer
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Hollis Public Affairs, Inc. Lobbyist firm
- The Wright Group NY, Inc Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
Affiliated organizations (shared leadership)
- Housing Works, Inc. City-funded organization
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - securing funding
- Budget - securing funding for programs
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).
- VENDOR SAYS NO OPEN BALANCE. CANCEL Department of Education · CT104020233019761 · ended 2023 $25,000
- VENDOR SAYS NO BALANCE. Department of Education · CT104020223082697 · ended 2023 $25,000
- FMS INTEGRATION Department of Education · CT104020203067368 · ended 2020 $25,000
- CHANGE NOTICE Department of Education · CT104020203035534 · ended 2020 $25,000
- CHANGE NOTICE Department of Education · CT104020203029976 · ended 2020 $25,000
- SENIOR TRIP Department of Education · CT104020203015539 · ended 2021 $25,000
- ALREADY PAID PER JENNIFER 1/22/20 Department of Education · CT104020193097104 · ended 2020 $25,000
- 3 BIDS-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020183010989 · ended 2018 $25,000
- FY17 GL 441 CANCELLATION Department of Education · CT104020163061291 · ended 2018 $25,000
- FMS INTEGRATION Department of Education · CT104020153007834 · ended 2016 $25,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Summer Spaces CM Ayala · Youth · DYCD · FY2023 $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.
- Ayala FY2023 · 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.
- Lisa Gitelson Chief Executive Officer $376,082
- Alpha Conteh Chief Financial Officer $305,467
- Elizabeth Portland Chief Development And Community $292,376
- Michael Clarke Chief Operating Officer $291,878
- Deborah Asirifi Chief Program Officer (Outgoing) $262,366
- Sandhya R Boyd General Counsel $214,919
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +27% from FY2021 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.
- FY2021 Fatima Shama · 8.67% of revenue $343,361
- FY2022 Alpha Conteh · 12.22% of revenue $283,842
- FY2023 Lisa Gitelson · 12.55% of revenue $348,332
- FY2024 Lisa Gitelson · 9.12% of revenue $376,082