Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
Lobbying client
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House is a settlement house founded in 1894 on Manhattan's Upper East Side, one of the oldest in the country, that provides food pantries, senior services, supportive housing, and adult education to about 16,000 low-income and elderly New Yorkers a year. It has filed 15 disclosures since 2024, lobbying all 51 council members through Mirram Group for city budget funding of its programming, and our data shows about $46.4 million in active city contracts as of August 2026 tied to it.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $255,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $46,415,124 · 4 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $222,350,387 · 116 since 2008, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $172,600,860
- Won without a fresh bid
- 68% of contract value · $152,299,450 · 106 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $7,968,397 · 233 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $425,255 · Warren B Scharf, Executive Director
- Based in
- New York, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Mirram Group LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Homeless Services City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Homeless Services City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Budget Funding Support
- Budget - Budget support for programming
- Budget - Funding for Programming
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).
- Renewal + Allowance - Park Avenue Armory- 7 units Department of Homeless Services · CT107120258800353 $25,367,395
- Supportive Housing and Peer Advocacy Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620238800211 $14,418,112
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · CT112520278800178 $5,663,609
- 25% Allowance Amendment - Casa Mutua Department of Social Services · CT106920228802116 $966,008
- Allowance Amendment FY24 - Park Avenue Armory Department of Homeless Services · CT107120200000111 · ended 2024 $24,316,581
- PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES Department for the Aging · CT112520228804581 · ended 2024 $13,951,580
- PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · CT112520200000146 · ended 2023 $13,376,186
- Shelter Services for Adults at Park Avenue Armory Shelter Department of Homeless Services · CT107120140000661 · ended 2018 $12,989,413
- UPK - Universal Prekindergarten Services Department of Education · CT104020189852136 · ended 2026 $12,757,220
- TO OPERATE THE MICA/ MENTAL SHELTER AT PARK AVE FOR WOMEN Department of Homeless Services · CT107120090001468 · ended 2013 $12,110,976
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.
- Renewal + Allowance - Park Avenue Armory- 7 units Department of Homeless Services · FY2026 · 12 payments $4,766,007
- Renewal + Allowance - Park Avenue Armory- 7 units Department of Homeless Services · FY2025 · 10 payments $4,319,773
- PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES Department for the Aging · FY2023 · 14 payments $4,245,126
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · FY2026 · 12 payments $4,116,842
- Allowance Amendment FY24 - Park Avenue Armory Department of Homeless Services · FY2024 · 10 payments $3,803,430
- PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES Department for the Aging · FY2024 · 12 payments $3,450,762
- COVID19 EXP- SHLTR SRVS- SNGLE HMLSS ADLTS PARK AVE ARMORY Department of Homeless Services · FY2022 · 13 payments $3,268,655
- Renewal + Allowance - Park Avenue Armory- 7 units Department of Homeless Services · FY2027 · 2 payments $2,978,056
- To provide Security Prevailing Wage Adjustment and ICR Department of Homeless Services · FY2023 · 11 payments $2,895,883
- PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · FY2023 · 16 payments $2,699,987
- PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · FY2021 · 13 payments $2,491,582
- PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · FY2022 · 15 payments $2,485,454
- Shltr Srvcs for Single Adults @ Park Ave Mental Health Shltr Department of Homeless Services · FY2020 · 10 payments $2,228,508
- PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES Department for the Aging · FY2025 · 9 payments $2,157,832
- PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · FY2020 · 10 payments $2,101,698
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · FY2027 · 2 payments $2,038,729
- Shltr Srvcs for Single Adults @ Park Ave Mental Health Shltr Department of Homeless Services · FY2021 · 9 payments $1,892,604
- CASE MANAGEMENT FOR OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · FY2024 · 8 payments $1,671,338
- Supportive Housing and Peer Advocacy Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 9 payments $1,453,081
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · FY2025 · 6 payments $1,411,797
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2010 $191,131
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2020 $167,284
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2021 $167,284
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2022 $167,284
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2023 $167,284
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2024 $167,284
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2025 $167,284
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2026 $167,284
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2027 $167,284
- Local DFTA · FY2012 $125,000
- Local DFTA · FY2013 $125,000
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2019 $117,284
- CCC Community Housing Preservation Strategies · HPD · FY2027 $111,726
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2018 $105,556
- Geriatric Mental Health Initiative Geriatric Mental Health Initiative · DOHMH · FY2009 $100,000
- Geriatric Mental Health Initiative Geriatric Mental Health Initiative · DOHMH · FY2010 $100,000
- Geriatric Mental Health Geriatric Mental Health · Dhmh · FY2023 $100,000
- Geriatric Mental Health Geriatric Mental Health · Dhmh · FY2024 $100,000
- Older Adults Mental Health Older Adults Mental Health · Dhmh · FY2025 $100,000
- Older Adults Mental Health (Formerly Geriatric Mental Health) Older Adults Mental Health (Formerly Geriatric Mental Health) · Dhmh · FY2026 $100,000
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.
- Julie Menin FY2022-2027 · 22 awards $445,000
- Keith Powers FY2020-2026 · 22 awards $280,000
- Kallos FY2020-2021 · 8 awards $130,000
- Virginia Maloney FY2027 · 3 awards $30,000
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.
- Warren B Scharf Executive Director $425,255
- Mark Andermanis Chief Operating Officer $365,154
- Clara Dordulaw Chief Accounting Officer $321,015
- Rachel Bender Chief Program Officer $260,821
- Derek Samuelson Director of Advancement $215,564
- Teresa Stewart Director. Early Childhood Center $183,842
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +82% 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 Warren B Scharf · 5.47% of revenue $344,602
- FY2021 Warren B Scharf · 6.01% of revenue $337,586
- FY2022 Warren B Scharf · 9.49% of revenue $415,577
- FY2023 Warren B Scharf · 8.64% of revenue $403,623
- FY2024 Warren B Scharf · 9.28% of revenue $425,255
Federal awards
Federal awards made directly to this organization in fiscal years 2023 through 2026. Each amount is what the federal government has OBLIGATED on that award as recorded on USAspending.gov as of 2026-08-31 — money committed, not money paid out. These are prime awards only: federal money this
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.600 Head Start · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $9,781,181
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.600 Head Start · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $6,767,662
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.600 Head Start · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $211,144