Educational Video Center, Inc.
Lobbying client
Educational Video Center, 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)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $150,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $375,000 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $2,623,333 · 14 since 2008, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $2,069,618
- Won without a fresh bid
- 47% of contract value · $1,237,500 · 5 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $2,314,777 · 120 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2021 (7 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $130,417 · Ambreen Qureshi, Executive Director
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Educational program funding.
- Budget - NYC Fiscal Year 2026 Operating Budget -- program funding.
- Budget - New York City Fiscal Year 2027 Operating Budget - Program 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).
- PD for School Leaders and Teachers Department of Education · MA104020239379140 $375,000
- To support various youth and community development services. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258804711 · ended 2026 $787,500
- PD for School Leaders and Teachers Department of Education · MA104020169672456 · ended 2020 $555,833
- Professional Development for School Leaders and Teachers Department of Education · MA104020099975751 · ended 2013 $305,000
- Fund computer-based training and learning technical skills Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238808642 · ended 2023 $210,000
- To provide computer training & learning technical skills Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238801145 · ended 2022 $145,000
- To fund after-school programs in the arts and athletic activ Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238801939 · ended 2022 $60,000
- To support computer traiining and Tech skills programs. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238805031 · ended 2021 $35,000
- COMPETITIVE GRANT-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020253091778 · ended 2025 $25,000
- 3 BIDS-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020253034995 · ended 2025 $25,000
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.
- To support various youth and community development services. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 3 payments $207,500
- To provide computer training & learning technical skills Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $145,000
- Fund computer-based training and learning technical skills Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 2 payments $139,789
- To support various youth and community development services. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 3 payments $139,484
- To fund after-school programs in the arts and athletic activ Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $45,000
- To support computer traiining and Tech skills programs. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $31,389
- 3 BIDS-SERVICES Department of Education · FY2025 $25,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Afterschool Enrichment Initiative Afterschool Enrichment Initiative · DYCD · FY2022 $45,000
- Afterschool Enrichment Initiative Afterschool Enrichment Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $45,000
- Afterschool Enrichment Initiative Afterschool Enrichment Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $45,000
- Afterschool Enrichment Initiative Afterschool Enrichment Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $45,000
- Afterschool Enrichment Initiative Afterschool Enrichment Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $45,000
- Artificial Intelligence Community Engagement Artificial Intelligence Community Engagement · DYCD · FY2026 $36,000
- Artificial Intelligence Community Engagement Artificial Intelligence Community Engagement · DYCD · FY2027 $36,000
- Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative CM Gennaro · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2022 $30,000
- Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative CM Gennaro · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $30,000
- MS72Q & Redwood Middle School CM Adams · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $30,000
- Youth Media Arts - Council District 24 CM Gennaro · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $30,000
- Council District 24 CM Gennaro · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $30,000
- Council District 24 CM Gennaro · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $30,000
- Council District 24 CM Gennaro · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $30,000
- Intermediate School 230 (30Q230) CM Dromm · Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2021 $20,000
- Art and Design High School (02M630) CM Powers · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2022 $20,000
- Bronx Collaborative High School (10X351) CM Dinowitz · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2022 $20,000
- High School for Youth and Community Development at Erasmus (17K537) CM Joseph · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2022 $20,000
- Innovation Diploma Plus (03M404) CM Brewer · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2022 $20,000
- Midwood High School (22K405) CM Louis · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2022 $20,000
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.
- James F. Gennaro FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $180,000
- Althea V. Stevens FY2024-2026 · 9 awards $180,000
- Rita C. Joseph FY2022-2027 · 7 awards $130,000
- Farah N. Louis FY2022-2027 · 7 awards $130,000
- Eric Dinowitz FY2022-2027 · 8 awards $120,000
- Gale A. Brewer FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $120,000
- Shaun Abreu FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $120,000
- Shekar Krishnan FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $120,000
- Amanda C. Farías FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $100,000
- Oswald J. Feliz FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $100,000
- Keith Powers FY2022-2025 · 4 awards $80,000
- Adams FY2022-2026 · 5 awards $80,000
- Kamillah Hanks FY2023-2026 · 4 awards $80,000
- Erik Bottcher FY2022-2026 · 5 awards $75,000
- Sanchez FY2022-2025 · 4 awards $60,000
- Sandra Ung FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $50,000
- Yusef Salaam FY2025-2026 · 3 awards $45,000
- Jennifer Gutiérrez FY2022-2023 · 2 awards $40,000
- Carmen N. De La Rosa FY2022 · 2 awards $30,000
- Dromm FY2021 · 1 award $20,000
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.
- Ambreen Qureshi Executive Director $130,417
- Mary Grueser Deputy Director $97,417
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +109% 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 Ambreen Qureshi · 7.88% of revenue $109,127
- FY2021 Ambreen Qureshi · 11.08% of revenue $111,948
- FY2022 Ambreen Qureshi · 19.94% of revenue $121,605
- FY2023 Ambreen Qureshi · 19.04% of revenue $130,417
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
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $50,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $50,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $50,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $30,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $25,000