Chai Lifeline, Inc.
Lobbying client
Chai Lifeline, 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)
- 3
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $60,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $61,353 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $366,962 · 8 since 2018, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $274,903
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $366,962 · 8 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $692,859 · 37 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 13 years (FY2009–FY2027), including each of the last 9
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $538,163 · Stephen Scholar, Chief Executive Officer
Represented by lobbyist firms
- GrandRap Strategies LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Funding for special programs and assistance 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).
- HLDNCHAI, Purchase of IT equipment for Chai Lifeline Department of Design and Construction · CT185020228803993 $61,353
- HLDNCHLI, TWO TWELVE PASSENGER VANS FOR CHAI LIFELINE INC. Department of Design and Construction · CT185020228803163 · ended 2026 $111,000
- To supports food pantries supplies and operational expenses. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268805237 · ended 2026 $56,250
- Funding to support programming and services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620228803573 · ended 2021 $51,500
- Services such as hot meals and other food and medical items Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620201406678 · ended 2020 $30,000
- services for families of serious ill children in crisis Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620191427663 · ended 2019 $30,000
- * Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248801502 · ended 2023 $15,000
- * Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238801912 · ended 2022 $11,859
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.
- HLDNCHLI, TWO TWELVE PASSENGER VANS FOR CHAI LIFELINE INC. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 $75,725
- HLDNCHAI, Purchase of IT equipment for Chai Lifeline Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2023 $61,353
- Funding to support programming and services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2023 $51,500
- Services such as hot meals and other food and medical items Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 $30,000
- services for families of serious ill children in crisis Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 $30,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dhmh · FY2027 $55,000
- Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations · Dhmh · FY2022 $50,000
- Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Populations · Dhmh · FY2023 $50,000
- Local CM Felder · DYCD · FY2026 $50,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dhmh · FY2026 $50,000
- Local CM Felder · DYCD · FY2027 $50,000
- Local CM Deutsch · Dhmh · FY2021 $26,500
- Camp Simcha DYCD · FY2009 $25,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · Dhmh · FY2019 $25,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · Dhmh · FY2020 $25,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dhmh · FY2023 $25,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dhmh · FY2024 $25,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dhmh · FY2025 $25,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · Dhmh · FY2021 $20,000
- Local DYCD · FY2010 $15,000
- Food Pantries CM Brooklyn Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2023 $15,000
- Food Pantries CM Brooklyn Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2024 $14,000
- Food Distribution CD# 48 CM Brooklyn Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2025 $14,000
- Food Pantry CD# 48 CM Brooklyn Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2026 $14,000
- Food Pantries CM Brooklyn Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2022 $11,859
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.
- Simcha Felder FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $100,000
- Inna Vernikov FY2023-2025 · 3 awards $34,500
- Deutsch FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $31,500
- Farah N. Louis FY2021-2025 · 5 awards $25,000
- Mercedes Narcisse FY2022-2023 · 2 awards $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.
- Stephen Scholar Chief Executive Officer $538,163
- Israel Fried Bike4Chai/ Nj Executive Director $448,134
- Esther Bergman Chief Financial Officer $342,200
- Arye Adest Director Of Community Development $339,890
- Mordechai E Gobioff Director Of Client Service $317,602
- Matthew Yaniv Chief Marketing Officer $316,470
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +46% 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 Israel Fried · 12.35% of revenue $460,377
- FY2021 Stephen Scholar · 10.68% of revenue $457,027
- FY2022 Stephen Scholar · 14.1% of revenue $475,169
- FY2023 Stephen Scholar · 14.32% of revenue $588,835
- FY2024 Stephen Scholar · 12.61% of revenue $538,163