Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City
Lobbying client
Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City is a youth mentoring nonprofit that pairs adult volunteers with young people across the five boroughs, tracing its roots to 1904 as the founding member of the national Big Brothers Big Sisters movement. In NYC Council lobbying records the organization has filed 15 disclosures since 2024, reporting contact with 43 council members through Kasirer LLC on city budget funding.
- Council members lobbied
- 43 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $180,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $19,377,583 awarded since 2007
- Paid to date
- $17,779,115
- Won without a fresh bid
- 92% of contract value · $17,820,583 · 19 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $16,910,100 · 152 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $250,755 · Alicia Guevara Thru 82024, Chief Executive Officer
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Kasirer LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Budget Funding
- Budget - Budget funding
- Budget - New York City Budget 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).
- To support mentoring youth development programs for NYC Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248806934 · ended 2026 $4,635,000
- Funds to support mentoring and academic program in CD 4. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191412136 · ended 2019 $1,256,500
- Funds for academic support and workplace training. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020171412829 · ended 2017 $1,247,500
- Funds will be used support group mentoring in the community Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020221417312 · ended 2022 $1,240,500
- To fund youth mentoring programs in community based program. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201409139 · ended 2020 $1,239,000
- Funds to support the mentoring program for youth. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020181409678 · ended 2018 $1,239,000
- To support youth with mentoring and development program Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238805663 · ended 2023 $1,236,000
- Funding will support mentoring services for New York Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228800931 · ended 2021 $1,058,000
- OST Middle School Expansion Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020151402786 · ended 2018 $984,000
- Funds to support mentoring services for NYC youth. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020161417975 · ended 2016 $899,500
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 mentoring youth development programs for NYC Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 10 payments $1,144,143
- To support mentoring youth development programs for NYC Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 11 payments $1,102,769
- To support youth with mentoring and development program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 11 payments $1,084,974
- Funding will support mentoring services for New York Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 12 payments $954,501
- To fund youth mentoring programs in community based program. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 · 6 payments $891,584
- Funds will be used support group mentoring in the community Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 11 payments $883,965
- To support mentoring youth development programs for NYC Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 3 payments $567,554
- Funds will be used support group mentoring in the community Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 $310,125
- To fund youth mentoring programs in community based program. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 · 3 payments $226,355
- Funds to support mentoring and academic program in CD 4. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 $185,957
- To support youth with mentoring and development program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 2 payments $150,961
- To support mentoring youth development programs for NYC Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2027 $81,040
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City · DYCD · FY2017 $1,200,000
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City · DYCD · FY2018 $1,200,000
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City · DYCD · FY2019 $1,200,000
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City · DYCD · FY2020 $1,200,000
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City · DYCD · FY2022 $1,200,000
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City · DYCD · FY2023 $1,200,000
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City · DYCD · FY2024 $1,200,000
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City · DYCD · FY2025 $1,200,000
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City · DYCD · FY2026 $1,200,000
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City · DYCD · FY2027 $1,200,000
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City · DYCD · FY2021 $1,020,000
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City · DYCD · FY2016 $850,000
- Local DYCD · FY2010 $450,000
- Local DYCD · FY2011 $450,000
- Local DYCD · FY2012 $425,000
- Local DYCD · FY2013 $425,000
- Big Brothers Big Sisters Big Brothers Big Sisters · DYCD · FY2014 $400,000
- Local DYCD · FY2009 $300,000
- Mentoring & Development CM Farias · Youth · DYCD · FY2023 $10,000
- Youth Youth · DYCD · FY2015 $8,000
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.
- Keith Powers FY2020-2026 · 8 awards $40,000
- Mercedes Narcisse FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $25,000
- Erik Bottcher FY2022-2026 · 5 awards $24,000
- Kevin C. Riley FY2022-2025 · 4 awards $20,000
- Borelli FY2020-2022 · 3 awards $19,000
- Rose FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Ampry-Samuel FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Cabrera FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Kamillah Hanks FY2022-2023 · 2 awards $10,000
- Amanda C. Farías FY2023 · 1 award $10,000
- Johnson FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $9,000
- Rivera FY2020-2023 · 5 awards $7,000
- Chin FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $7,000
- Yusef Salaam FY2025 · 1 award $7,000
- Darlene Mealy FY2022 · 1 award $5,000
- Pierina Ana Sanchez FY2022 · 1 award $5,000
- Virginia Maloney FY2027 · 1 award $5,000
- Ty Hankerson FY2027 · 1 award $5,000
- Carl Wilson FY2027 · 1 award $5,000
- Christopher Marte FY2022 · 1 award $3,500
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.
- Alicia Guevara Thru 82024 Chief Executive Officer $250,755
- Laurie Lessage Chief Financial Officer $215,283
- Michael Coughlin CPO & Executive Director As Of 6/30/25 $187,702
- Danielle Guerra Alden VP Special Events & Donor Cultivation $170,591
- Priya Singh Chief Corporate Officer $159,122
- Salome Jean Chief HR & Ops Officer $156,669
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed -13% 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.
- FY2020 Alicia Guevara · 19.87% of revenue $321,419
- FY2021 Alicia Guevara · 10.19% of revenue $329,166
- FY2022 Alicia Guevara · 16.22% of revenue $328,517
- FY2023 Alicia Guevara Thru 82024 · 15.63% of revenue $370,784
- FY2024 Alicia Guevara Thru 82024 · 15.44% of revenue $250,755