Central Park Conservancy, Inc.

Lobbying client

The private nonprofit that has managed Central Park under contract with the City of New York since 1998, the Central Park Conservancy funds roughly 75 percent of the park's $65 million annual operating budget and has invested more than $800 million in restoration since its founding in 1980. It holds more than $267 million in active city contracts as of August 2026 and filed 45 disclosures since 2024 through Cojo Strategies LLC and Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, LLC, lobbying Council Member Lynn C. Schulman on Int 0967-2024, a proposal to ban horse-drawn cabs in New York City.

Council members lobbied
2
Filings (since 2024)
45
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$577,410
Industry (per city contracts)
Standardized Services
City contracts (active)
$267,000,000 · 2 contracts
Awarded all-time
$691,428,694 · 22 since 2005, incl. expired
Paid to date
$399,386,414
Won without a fresh bid
85% of contract value · $586,903,273 · 11 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$514,800 · 1 awards
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$1,286,350 · Ms Elizabeth W Smith, Ex-Officio (President/CEO)
Based in
New York, NY

Lobbied these council members

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What they lobbied on

subjects from their filings

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).

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.

Discretionary funding received

City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.

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.

Officer pay over time

Total officer pay changed +47% 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.

Where their influence converges

Outside interests connected to this official through more than one independent channel — drawn straight from the records the rest of the site already shows. “Lobbied them” = a lobbying filing that named the member. “Outside spending” = an independent-expenditure committee the interest funds spent in

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

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