Brooklyn Kindergarten Society

Lobbying client

The Brooklyn Kindergarten Society, founded in 1891 as the Brooklyn Free Kindergarten Association, runs early childhood learning centers in public housing developments in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Brownsville and Weeksville Gardens, serving about 400 children and families a year. It filed 15 disclosures since 2024, a citywide registration reaching all 51 council members through Bolton-St. Johns, LLC seeking budget funding for education and school programs, with reported compensation of $100,000 and $133.9 million in city contracts since 2009 in our data, about $425,000 of it currently active as of August 2026.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
15
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$107,000
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$425,000 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$133,980,559 · 39 since 2009, incl. expired
Paid to date
$93,224,295
Won without a fresh bid
38% of contract value · $50,581,501 · 23 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$834,585 · 18 awards
Funding history
Funded 7 years (FY2012–FY2027), including each of the last 6
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$248,995 · Melisha Jackman, Executive Director.
Based in
Brooklyn, NY

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Funded by these agencies

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 (FY2023). 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 +25% 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.

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