iMentor, Incorporated

Lobbying client

A youth-mentoring nonprofit founded in 1999 that pairs New York City high schoolers with volunteer adult mentors for multi-year relationships aimed at getting students through college, and that now also operates in Baltimore and Chicago. It filed 12 lobbying disclosures in 2024 and 2025, lobbying all 51 council members through Mirram Group LLC on budget funding for its programming, and held $1.5 million in active city contracts as of August 2026, part of $6.4 million in contracts since 2007.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
12
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$157,500
Industry (per city contracts)
Professional Services
City contracts (active)
$1,500,000 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$6,394,588 · 28 since 2007, incl. expired
Paid to date
$9,381,888
Won without a fresh bid
54% of contract value · $3,431,238 · 13 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$222,100 · 16 awards
Funding history
Funded 5 years (FY2011–FY2027), including each of the last 4
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$429,399 · Heather Wathington PHD, Chief Executive Officer

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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.

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.

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 +51% 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.

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