African Communities Together, Inc.
Lobbying client
African Communities Together, 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)
- 30
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $122,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $1,519,467 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $3,258,293 · 8 since 2018, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $1,389,576
- Won without a fresh bid
- 87% of contract value · $2,820,795 · 7 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $4,845,096 · 20 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 7 years (FY2018–FY2027), including each of the last 3
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $164,791 · Amaha Kassa, Executive Director
- Based in
- New York, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Hollis Public Affairs, Inc. Lobbyist firm
- The Wright Group NY, Inc Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Social Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Social Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Secure Program Funding
- Budget - Secure program funding
- 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).
- Provision of legal services for immigrants Department of Social Services · CT106920268804499 $1,406,967
- Provision of immigration legal services Department of Social Services · CT106920268804798 $112,500
- Funding will support the development of language services. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268802091 · ended 2023 $700,000
- Provision of Action NYC in CBO - Model 1 Department of Social Services · CT106920211420658 · ended 2023 $437,498
- Renewal - MOIA Legal Support Center Services in CBO -Model 1 Department of Social Services · CT106920268800943 · ended 2026 $292,945
- MOIA Legal Support Cent. Services - FY24 WEI - CBOs Model 1 Department of Social Services · CT106920248800833 · ended 2024 $268,383
- This program offers assistance non profit providers. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020211403722 · ended 2020 $20,000
- This program offers assistance to those in need. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201400261 · ended 2019 $20,000
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.
- Funding will support the development of language services. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 3 payments $685,846
- Outreach and Case Management Department of Social Services · FY2022 $151,684
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Language Services Worker Co-operatives Language Services Worker Co-operatives · DYCD · FY2023 $700,000
- Language Services Worker Cooperatives Language Services Worker Cooperatives · DYCD · FY2025 $700,000
- Language Services Worker Cooperatives Language Services Worker Cooperatives · DYCD · FY2026 $700,000
- Language Services Worker Cooperatives Language Services Worker Cooperatives · DYCD · FY2027 $700,000
- Language Access and Legal Services for Black Immigrants Language Access and Legal Services for Black Immigrants · DYCD · FY2026 $500,000
- Language Access and Legal Services for Black Immigrants Language Access and Legal Services for Black Immigrants · DYCD · FY2027 $500,000
- Asylum Seeker Legal Assistance Network (ASLAN) / Pro Se Plus Asylum Seeker Legal Assistance Network (ASLAN) / Pro Se Plus · Dss/hra · FY2026 $375,191
- Asylum Seeker Legal Assistance Network (ASLAN) / Pro Se Plus Asylum Seeker Legal Assistance Network (ASLAN) / Pro Se Plus · Dss/hra · FY2027 $375,191
- Welcome NYC (Formerly Key to the City and Welcome NYC) Welcome NYC (Formerly Key to the City and Welcome NYC) · DYCD · FY2026 $40,000
- Welcome NYC Welcome NYC · DYCD · FY2027 $40,000
- Artificial Intelligence Community Engagement Artificial Intelligence Community Engagement · DYCD · FY2026 $36,000
- Artificial Intelligence Community Engagement Artificial Intelligence Community Engagement · DYCD · FY2027 $36,000
- Protect NYC Families Protect NYC Families · Dss/hra · FY2025 $35,714
- Protect NYC Families Protect NYC Families · Dss/hra · FY2025 $30,000
- Welcome NYC Welcome NYC · DYCD · FY2025 $25,000
- Communities of Color Nonprofit Stabilization Fund Communities of Color Nonprofit Stabilization Fund · DYCD · FY2019 $20,000
- Communities of Color Nonprofit Stabilization Fund Communities of Color Nonprofit Stabilization Fund · DYCD · FY2020 $20,000
- Translation DYCD · FY2018 $5,000
- Local CM Salaam · DYCD · FY2026 $5,000
- African Language Services Cooperative Anti-Poverty · DYCD · FY2018 $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.
- Yusef Salaam FY2026 · 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.
- Amaha Kassa Executive Director $164,791
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +89% 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 Amaha Kassa · 2.87% of revenue $87,198
- FY2021 Amaha Kassa · 2.21% of revenue $100,332
- FY2022 Amaha Kassa · 1.72% of revenue $141,788
- FY2023 Amaha Kassa · 4.36% of revenue $139,161
- FY2024 Amaha Kassa · 3.02% of revenue $164,791