Ackerman Institute for the Family
Lobbying client
Ackerman Institute for the Family, Lobbying client. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Council members lobbied
- 48 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 6
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $90,000 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $4,204,705 · 39 since 2011, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $2,691,943
- Won without a fresh bid
- 92% of contract value · $3,859,705 · 25 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $4,448,366 · 36 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2017 (11 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $243,786 · Martha Fling, Former President/CEO To 2/2024
- Based in
- New York, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Collective Public Affairs Consulting, Inc. Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Lobbying for individual and discretionary funds
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).
- Trainings for clinicians Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620268801413 $90,000
- Variou Program Initiatives Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620248805805 · ended 2026 $1,515,255
- To provide program for transgender youth and families. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248807514 · ended 2026 $542,500
- Trans Equity Programs Initiative Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620201419547 · ended 2020 $250,000
- City Council Funding Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620228803666 · ended 2021 $212,500
- Health, family & community support transgender youths.. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620191417388 · ended 2019 $200,000
- FY23 Discretionary award to support LGBTQ Services Department of Education · CT104020258802918 · ended 2023 $100,000
- City Council Funding to decrease health disparities Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620228803913 · ended 2021 $81,250
- LIFE and SAFETY - Vendor will provide various Mental Health Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620211407562 · ended 2021 $81,000
- To fund the Gender Family Project. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201425726 · ended 2020 $75,000
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.
- Variou Program Initiatives Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 4 payments $436,218
- Trans Equity Programs Initiative Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2021 · 2 payments $240,000
- Variou Program Initiatives Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 4 payments $214,853
- Health, family & community support transgender youths.. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 · 4 payments $199,964
- City Council Funding Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2023 · 2 payments $137,250
- City Council Funding Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 $61,750
- To fund the Gender Family Project. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 $54,350
- This program support the Gender Conefernce East Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 $53,402
- FY23 Discretionary award to support LGBTQ Services Department of Education · FY2025 $35,789
- To provide funding for the Gender Family Project. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $31,442
- City Council Funding to decrease health disparities Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 $30,117
- To provide program for transgender youth and families. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 $27,514
- To provide program for transgender youth and families. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 $25,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- LGBTQIA+ Youth Support and Services LGBTQIA+ Youth Support and Services · DYCD · FY2026 $355,000
- LGBTQIA+ Youth Support and Services LGBTQIA+ Youth Support and Services · DYCD · FY2027 $355,000
- Trans Equity Programs Trans Equity Programs · Dhmh · FY2023 $305,000
- Trans Equity Programs Trans Equity Programs · Dhmh · FY2024 $305,000
- Trans Equity Programs Trans Equity Programs · Dhmh · FY2025 $305,000
- Trans Equity Programs Trans Equity Programs · Dhmh · FY2020 $250,000
- Trans Equity Programs Trans Equity Programs · Dhmh · FY2022 $250,000
- Trans Equity Programs Trans Equity Programs · Dhmh · FY2021 $212,500
- Trans Equity Programs Trans Equity Programs · Dhmh · FY2019 $200,000
- LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Curriculum LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Curriculum · DOE · FY2024 $133,334
- LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Curriculum LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Curriculum · DOE · FY2025 $133,334
- LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Curriculum LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Curriculum · DOE · FY2026 $133,334
- LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Supports for Students LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Supports for Students · DOE · FY2027 $133,334
- LGBTQ Inclusive Curriculum LGBTQ Inclusive Curriculum · DOE · FY2022 $100,000
- LGBTQ Inclusive Curriculum LGBTQ Inclusive Curriculum · DOE · FY2023 $100,000
- Immigrant Health Initiative Immigrant Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2023 $79,255
- Immigrant Health Initiative Immigrant Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2024 $79,255
- Immigrant Health Initiative Immigrant Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2025 $79,255
- Immigrant Health Initiative Immigrant Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2026 $79,255
- Immigrant Health Initiative Immigrant Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2027 $79,255
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.
- Martha Fling Former President/CEO To 2/2024 $243,786
- Frederica Wald Chief External Affairs Develop. $203,811
- Marlene Watson Director Of Training $192,189
- Adi Loebl Presidentceo From 6/2025; Med Director To 10/2024 $143,202
- Michele Burfeind Director Of Finance $137,280
- Andrew White Director Of Admissions $121,943
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed -3% 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 Martha Fling · 21.84% of revenue $285,035
- FY2021 Martha Fling · 20.72% of revenue $313,069
- FY2022 Martha Fling · 29.11% of revenue $314,994
- FY2023 Martha Fling · 28.24% of revenue $322,284
- FY2024 Martha Fling · 25.94% of revenue $243,786