AIDS Service Center of Lower Manhattan, Inc.
Lobbying client
AIDS Service Center of Lower Manhattan, Inc. is the registered legal name of the nonprofit that has operated publicly since 2017 as Alliance for Positive Change, which has served New Yorkers living with or at risk of HIV since 1990. It provides case management, housing assistance, harm reduction, HIV and hepatitis C testing, and mental health and workforce programs at sites across Manhattan. It has filed 15 disclosures since 2024, registered citywide, paying Fontas Advisors NY LLC $112,000 to lobby all 51 council members on securing city budget funding, and it currently holds about $13 million in active NYC contracts as of August 2026.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $120,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $13,000,934 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $17,292,151 · 25 since 2009, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $5,441,523
- Won without a fresh bid
- 26% of contract value · $4,541,892 · 24 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $5,943,169 · 139 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $399,456 · Sharen I Duke MPH, CEO/Executive Director
- Based in
- New York, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Fontas Advisors NY LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Secure Program Funding
- Budget - Secure program funding
- Budget - securing funding
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).
- HOPWA Singles - Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620258807009 $12,750,259
- AIDS Service Center, Purchase of initial outfitting Department of Design and Construction · CT185020248803612 $250,675
- To provide health education, peer coaching, for HIV Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620248808798 · ended 2026 $2,516,520
- EQUIPMENT PURCHASE FURNITURE, CHAIRS,(initial Outfitting) Department of Design and Construction · CT185020181410295 · ended 2023 $805,977
- COMPUTER SYSTEM AND OFFICE EQUIPMENT Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620101421302 · ended 2014 $253,000
- 850 HLDNAID5, Purch. initial outfit. furn. & equipment Department of Design and Construction · CT185020211424151 · ended 2026 $144,685
- EQUIPMENT Department of Design and Construction · CT185020161422925 · ended 2021 $118,405
- MOBILE VAN Department of Design and Construction · CT185020161426976 · ended 2021 $85,000
- Purchase of Office Equipment for AIDS Service Center Department of Design and Construction · CT185020191427137 · ended 2024 $58,052
- HIV/AIDS Prevention Education and Care Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620171407144 · ended 2017 $50,781
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.
- To provide health education, peer coaching, for HIV Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 4 payments $775,217
- To provide health education, peer coaching, for HIV Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 7 payments $683,767
- HOPWA Singles - Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 3 payments $322,280
- HOPWA Singles - Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2027 $283,339
- AIDS Service Center, Purchase of initial outfitting Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 $250,655
- 850 HLDNAID5, Purch. initial outfit. furn. & equipment Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 $144,685
- Purchase of Office Equipment for AIDS Service Center Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 $58,052
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2023 $413,264
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2024 $413,264
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2025 $413,264
- HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care (Formerly Ending the Epidemic and HIV/AIDS Faith Community Based Initiative) HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care (Formerly Ending the Epidemic and HIV/AIDS Faith Community Based Initiative) · Dhmh · FY2026 $413,264
- HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care HIV/AIDS Pathways to Care · Dhmh · FY2027 $413,264
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2022 $331,236
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2021 $263,227
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2019 $200,000
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2020 $200,000
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · DOHMH · FY2017 $128,736
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2018 $128,736
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2019 $128,736
- Ending the Epidemic Ending the Epidemic · Dhmh · FY2020 $128,736
- HASA Bottom-Up Program Peer Specialists Support · Dhmh · FY2026 $125,000
- HASA Bottom-Up Program Peer Specialists Support · Dhmh · FY2027 $125,000
- HIV/AIDS - End the Epidemic HIV/AIDS - End the Epidemic · DOHMH · FY2016 $99,936
- Viral Hepatitis Prevention Viral Hepatitis Prevention · Dhmh · FY2023 $83,594
- Viral Hepatitis Prevention Viral Hepatitis Prevention · Dhmh · FY2024 $83,594
- Viral Hepatitis Prevention Viral Hepatitis Prevention · Dhmh · FY2025 $83,594
- Viral Hepatitis Prevention Viral Hepatitis Prevention · Dhmh · FY2026 $83,594
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.
- Keith Powers FY2020-2026 · 7 awards $35,000
- Rivera FY2020-2025 · 6 awards $27,500
- Erik Bottcher FY2022-2026 · 5 awards $25,000
- Christopher Marte FY2022-2027 · 4 awards $20,000
- Chin FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Johnson FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Harvey D. Epstein FY2026 · 1 award $5,000
- Carl Wilson FY2027 · 1 award $5,000
- Virginia Maloney FY2027 · 1 award $5,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2023). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Sharen I Duke MPH CEO/Executive Director $399,456
- Brenda Starks-Ross COO/Dep Executive Director $251,218
- Marcy Thompson Chief Stategy Officer $198,115
- Ramona Cummings CPO Harm Reduction And Recovery Services $192,583
- Fulvia Alvelo CPO Linkage To Care And Outreach $190,377
- Judith Hederman Vice President Of Finance $169,895
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +80% from FY2020 to FY2023. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Sharen Duke · 2.69% of revenue $358,133
- FY2021 Sharen Duke · 3.16% of revenue $375,353
- FY2022 Sharen Duke · 3.52% of revenue $395,881
- FY2023 Sharen I Duke MPH · 5.58% of revenue $399,456
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 93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Grant $3,750,000
- 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 $2,500,000
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.940 HIV Prevention and Surveillance Activities-Health Department Based · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Grant $2,318,542
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.928 Special Projects of National Significance · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $1,080,000
- Department of Labor 17.289 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending · Employment and Training Administration · Grant $1,000,000
- 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 $1,000,000
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.493 Congressional Directives · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Grant $500,000