Concern for Independent Living, Inc.
Lobbying client
A nonprofit supportive-housing provider founded in 1972 on Long Island that expanded into New York City in 2011, developing housing in Brooklyn and the Bronx for veterans, people with disabilities and low-income and homeless individuals. It has filed 15 lobbying disclosures since 2024 through Ostroff Associates, Inc., registered citywide across all 51 council districts, on local legislation related to housing and supportive services, reporting no lobbyist compensation in our records. The group also holds active city contracts totaling roughly $11.48 million.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $11,484,375 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $11,484,375 · 1 since 2023, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $2,158,980
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $100,000 · 2 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2026 (2 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $847,830 · Ralph Fasano, Executive Director
- HPD housing capital financed
- $9,000,000 · via 990 Schedule R
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Ostroff Associates, Inc. Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - issues related to housing and supportive services
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).
- NY 15/15 Congregate Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620238804765 $11,484,375
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.
- NY 15/15 Congregate Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 7 payments $802,010
- NY 15/15 Congregate Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 3 payments $550,522
- NY 15/15 Congregate Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 · 4 payments $356,137
- NY 15/15 Congregate Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2027 $331,287
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Peer Specialists Support Peer Specialists Support · Dhmh · FY2026 $50,000
- Peer Specialists Support Peer Specialists Support · Dhmh · FY2027 $50,000
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.
- Ralph Fasano Executive Director $847,830
- Elizabeth Lunde Chief Operating Officer $624,518
- Elizabeth Weinbaum Senior Associate Executive Director $221,160
- Robin Smith Associate Executive Director Of Lioperations $199,104
- James Mutton Associate Executive Director Of Nyc Operations $185,222
- Sandra Carrasquillo Associate Executive Director, HR $181,348
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +60% 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 Ralph Fasano · 3.67% of revenue $456,029
- FY2021 Ralph Fasano · 3.35% of revenue $466,903
- FY2022 Ralph Fasano · 3.14% of revenue $496,257
- FY2023 Ralph Fasano · 3.28% of revenue $515,933
- FY2024 Ralph Fasano · 4.23% of revenue $847,830