Sure We Can, Inc.
Lobbying client
Sure We Can, Inc., Lobbying client. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Council members lobbied
- 4
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $15,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $111,000 awarded since 2010
- Paid to date
- $62,240
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $111,000 · 7 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $121,000 · 16 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 9 years (FY2011–FY2027), including each of the last 4
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $49,500 · Rosa Mite, Staff Representative
Lobbied these council members
- Jennifer Gutiérrez Council Member, District 34 (Brooklyn)
- Sandy Nurse Council Member, District 37 (Brooklyn)
- Julie Menin Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan)
- Shaun Abreu Council Member, District 7 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Diana Reyna Strategic Consulting, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Parks and Recreation City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - To seek support for discretionary expense funding to help further advance the community recycling redemption operations in Kings County
- City Council Oversight Hearing - Follow up meeting to discuss impact from the sanitation and solid waste management hearing on the FY26 Preliminary Budget in relation to the containerization of…
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 community recycling operations and education. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268801521 · ended 2026 $75,000
- Entitlement Assistance, Advocacy, and Support Service Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020131402660 · ended 2011 $10,000
- Funds will support development and maintenance of a garden Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620161429552 · ended 2016 $6,000
- This program support community composting facility Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191417905 · ended 2019 $5,000
- To support the operation of a composting facility. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020181421438 · ended 2018 $5,000
- Support the operation of a community composting facility. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020171417896 · ended 2017 $5,000
- Support the creation and operation of a composting facility. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020161408402 · ended 2016 $5,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local DYCD · FY2011 $10,000
- Local CM Gutierrez · DYCD · FY2024 $10,000
- Sure We Can Community Center CM Nurse · NYC Cleanup · DYCD · FY2024 $10,000
- Community Resource Center & Membership Outreach CM Gutierrez · DYCD · FY2025 $10,000
- Community Center CM Nurse · NYC Cleanup · DYCD · FY2025 $10,000
- Community Resource Center & Membership Outreach - Council District 34 CM Gutierrez · DYCD · FY2026 $10,000
- Community Resource Center & Membership Outreach - Council District 34 CM Gutierrez · DYCD · FY2027 $10,000
- East New York Recycling CM Nurse · NYC Cleanup · DYCD · FY2027 $10,000
- Urban Recyle Garden Parks Equity Initiative · DPR · FY2016 $6,000
- Local DYCD · FY2016 $5,000
- Local DYCD · FY2017 $5,000
- Local DYCD · FY2018 $5,000
- Local DYCD · FY2019 $5,000
- East New York CM Nurse · DYCD · FY2025 $5,000
- East New York Recycling CM Nurse · DYCD · FY2026 $5,000
- East New York Recycling CM Nurse · DYCD · FY2026 $5,000
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.
- Sandy Nurse FY2024-2027 · 6 awards $45,000
- Jennifer Gutiérrez FY2024-2027 · 4 awards $40,000
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.
- Rosa Mite Staff Representative $49,500
- Ryan Castalia Executive Director $49,500
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +48% 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 Ryan Castalia · 6.3% of revenue $36,000
- FY2021 Ryan Castalia · 2.76% of revenue $36,000
- FY2022 Ryan Castalia · 3.5% of revenue $45,000
- FY2023 Ryan Castalia · 2.72% of revenue $46,312
- FY2024 Rosa Mite · 4.19% of revenue $49,500
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
- Julie Menin It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Sandy Nurse It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction