The New York Foundling
Lobbying client
The New York Foundling is one of New York City's oldest child welfare organizations, founded in 1869 by the Sisters of Charity, providing foster care, residential treatment, mental health services, and family support programs across the five boroughs and Puerto Rico. The organization holds approximately $359 million in active NYC city contracts as of August 2026. With 30 filings since 2024 registered citywide, it lobbied all 51 council districts through Bolton-St. Johns on budget funding for child abuse prevention, mental health services, and its broader programs and operations.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 30
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $303,340
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $359,427,546 · 28 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $1,286,351,180 · 123 since 2010, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $817,651,893
- Won without a fresh bid
- 65% of contract value · $840,215,023 · 87 contracts
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Bolton-St. Johns, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Budget requests for miscellaneous services and assistance to people in need.
- Budget - Building relationships with key state and city elected officials and agencies. Assist with developing and achieving key legislative and budgetary priorities
- Budget - Funding for education
- Budget - Funding for special programs and education for individuals in needC
- Budget - Humans service provider for youth
- 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).
- Enhanced Family Foster Care (EFFC) Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800955 $139,689,066
- Residential Care Services Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800394 $52,373,257
- College Choice Support Services Administration for Children's Services · CT106820268800077 $29,328,348
- Prevention Services Renewal Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800027 $15,753,811
- Prevention Services Renewal Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800084 $12,679,529
- Supported Housing - Scattered Sites Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620190002086 $9,776,474
- Prevention Services Renewal Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800079 $7,658,314
- Prevention Services Renewal Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800068 $7,388,147
- Prevention Services Renewal Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800067 $6,953,438
- Prevention Services Renewal Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800083 $6,941,326
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.
- Enhanced Family Foster Care (EFFC) Administration for Children's Services · FY2024 · 26 payments $21,117,426
- Family Foster Care - NAE Administration for Children's Services · FY2023 · 25 payments $18,268,345
- Family Foster Care Administration for Children's Services · FY2022 · 54 payments $18,075,207
- Enhanced Family Foster Care (EFFC) Administration for Children's Services · FY2026 · 26 payments $17,998,541
- Enhanced Family Foster Care (EFFC) Administration for Children's Services · FY2025 · 33 payments $17,690,949
- Family Foster Care Administration for Children's Services · FY2021 · 46 payments $17,539,698
- Fostering College Success Initiative Administration for Children's Services · FY2024 · 10 payments $7,047,463
- Residential Care Services Administration for Children's Services · FY2026 · 22 payments $6,916,255
- Residential Care Services Administration for Children's Services · FY2024 · 23 payments $5,832,828
- Residential Care Services Administration for Children's Services · FY2025 · 18 payments $5,632,079
- Treament Family Foster Care Administration for Children's Services · FY2022 · 18 payments $5,392,450
- SFC - Treatment FFC Administration for Children's Services · FY2021 · 15 payments $4,744,520
- College Choice Support Services Administration for Children's Services · FY2027 · 2 payments $4,687,395
- College Choice Program - Extension Administration for Children's Services · FY2025 · 4 payments $3,774,742
- RESIDENTIAL CARE SERVICES Administration for Children's Services · FY2021 · 13 payments $3,703,717
- Treatment Family Foster Care - NAE Administration for Children's Services · FY2023 · 13 payments $3,652,988
- Prevention Services - FFT Adaptations - Brooklyn Administration for Children's Services · FY2026 · 10 payments $3,430,088
- Prevention Services - FFT Adaptations Administration for Children's Services · FY2023 · 19 payments $3,363,766
- Prevention Services - FFT Adaptations - Queens Administration for Children's Services · FY2026 · 13 payments $3,166,232
- Prevention Services Renewal Administration for Children's Services · FY2027 · 2 payments $3,125,160
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 $67,267,824
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.600 Head Start · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $66,486,700
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.600 Head Start · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $35,626,289
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.600 Head Start · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $33,976,147
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.356 Head Start Disaster Recovery · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $8,280,167
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.600 Head Start · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $6,755,725
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.356 Head Start Disaster Recovery · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $6,423,872
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.356 Head Start Disaster Recovery · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $5,615,651
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.600 Head Start · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $4,083,771
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.600 Head Start · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $2,680,496
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.356 Head Start Disaster Recovery · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $2,647,161
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.600 Head Start · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $2,300,112
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Grant $2,000,000
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.600 Head Start · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $1,653,789
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.356 Head Start Disaster Recovery · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $1,649,209
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.356 Head Start Disaster Recovery · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $840,889
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.356 Head Start Disaster Recovery · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $585,371
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.356 Head Start Disaster Recovery · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $361,463