Urban Health Plan, Inc.
Lobbying client
Urban Health Plan is a network of federally qualified community health centers based in the South Bronx, founded in 1974, that serves more than 89,000 patients a year across primary care, mental health, and school-based health sites in the Bronx, Queens, and Harlem. It has filed 14 disclosures since 2024, lobbying all 51 council members through Mirram Group on budget funding for community health programming, and holds about $7.65 million in active city Health Department contracts as of August 2026, including for maternal and child health and health access outreach.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 14
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $84,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $7,650,000 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $20,319,912 · 68 since 2010, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $11,761,720
- Won without a fresh bid
- 63% of contract value · $12,810,412 · 63 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $12,721,662 · 215 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 16 years (FY2011–FY2027), including each of the last 12
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $998,976 · Paloma Hernandez, President And CEO
- Based in
- Bronx, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Mirram Group LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Small Business Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Small Business Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Budget Funding Support
- Budget - Funding request for community health programming
- Budget - health related community programming
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).
- School Based Health Center Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620211420236 $7,500,000
- School Based Health Centers Reproductive Health Project for Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620258802253 $150,000
- Access Health Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620248807569 · ended 2026 $3,187,699
- To provide and address the medical and mental health. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620191423611 · ended 2021 $1,347,175
- To support food pantry services and Club TIA for youth event Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258803199 · ended 2026 $900,000
- This contract provides assistance to small businesses Department of Small Business Services · CT180120258801857 · ended 2026 $700,455
- To Support Basic literacy, English for ESOL Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248807952 · ended 2026 $693,750
- Maternal and child health services aid expectant mothers Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620201422981 · ended 2020 $351,562
- City Council Funds Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620228803911 · ended 2021 $306,605
- Support community programming events and distributions Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238801836 · ended 2022 $223,416
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.
- Access Health Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 11 payments $1,152,426
- Access Health Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 4 payments $739,230
- To provide and address the medical and mental health. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 · 3 payments $496,310
- To provide and address the medical and mental health. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 · 6 payments $373,025
- School Based Health Center Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 · 9 payments $372,912
- Maternal and child health services aid expectant mothers Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 $351,561
- School Based Health Center Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 6 payments $321,976
- City Council Funds Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 · 2 payments $298,745
- School Based Health Center Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2023 · 7 payments $264,588
- To support food pantry services and Club TIA for youth event Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 3 payments $257,983
- School Based Health Center Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 2 payments $257,630
- Support youth events activities and programming. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 3 payments $213,291
- School Based Health Center Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 · 4 payments $193,200
- Support community programming events and distributions Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $184,378
- To Support Basic literacy, English for ESOL Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 2 payments $184,192
- This contract provides assistance to small businesses Department of Small Business Services · FY2026 · 3 payments $168,273
- Outreach and education efforts regarding healthcare access Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2021 · 3 payments $144,034
- Outreach and Education efforts regarding healthcare access Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 · 3 payments $118,293
- City Council Funding Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 · 3 payments $90,527
- To support food pantry services and Club TIA for youth event Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2027 $90,500
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Maternal and Child Health Services Maternal and Child Health Services · Dhmh · FY2023 $280,469
- Maternal and Child Health Services Maternal and Child Health Services · Dhmh · FY2024 $280,469
- Maternal and Child Health Services Maternal and Child Health Services · Dhmh · FY2025 $280,469
- Healthy Beginnings (Formerly Child Health and Wellness and Maternal and Child Health Services) Healthy Beginnings (Formerly Child Health and Wellness and Maternal and Child Health Services) · Dhmh · FY2026 $280,469
- Healthy Beginnings Healthy Beginnings · Dhmh · FY2027 $280,469
- Access Health Initiative Access Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2024 $246,803
- Access Health Initiative Access Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2025 $246,803
- Access Health Initiative Access Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2026 $246,803
- Access Health Initiative Access Health Initiative · Dhmh · FY2027 $246,803
- Maternal and Child Health Services Maternal and Child Health Services · Dhmh · FY2022 $225,000
- Maternal and Child Health Services Maternal and Child Health Services · Dhmh · FY2020 $191,320
- Maternal and Child Health Services Maternal and Child Health Services · Dhmh · FY2021 $191,250
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2018 $185,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2019 $185,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2020 $185,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2022 $185,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $185,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $185,000
- Adult Literacy Pilot Project Adult Literacy Pilot Project · DYCD · FY2025 $185,000
- Adult Literacy Forward (Formerly Adult Literacy Pilot Project) Adult Literacy Forward (Formerly Adult Literacy Pilot Project) · DYCD · FY2026 $185,000
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.
- Salamanca FY2020-2025 · 58 awards $1,470,664
- Justin E. Sanchez FY2026 · 13 awards $448,944
- Justin E. Sanchez FY2027 · 4 awards $95,000
- Shanel Thomas-Henry FY2027 · 1 award $20,000
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.
- Paloma Hernandez President And CEO $998,976
- Berenice Diaz Chief Financial Officer $587,505
- Wilfrido Castillo Associate Medical Director. Of Ob/Gyn $576,125
- Samuel De Leon VP And CMO $485,538
- Michael Napoli Gynecologist $428,057
- Joe Baez Psychiatrist $370,657
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +33% 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 Wilfrido Castillo · 2.45% of revenue $603,029
- FY2021 Wilfrido Castillo · 2.07% of revenue $632,943
- FY2022 Wilfrido Castillo · 2.16% of revenue $588,572
- FY2023 Paloma Hernandez · 2.32% of revenue $879,680
- FY2024 Paloma Hernandez · 2.15% of revenue $998,976
Federal awards
Federal awards made directly to this organization in fiscal years 2023 through 2026. Each amount is what the federal government has OBLIGATED on that award as recorded on USAspending.gov as of 2026-08-31 — money committed, not money paid out. These are prime awards only: federal money this
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.224 Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $62,906,151
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.224 Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $17,126,250
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.493 Congressional Directives · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $3,000,000
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.493 Congressional Directives · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $2,106,950
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.224 Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $1,829,932
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.526 Grants for Capital Development in Health Centers · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $1,507,489
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.527 Grants for New and Expanded Services under the Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $837,765
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.493 Congressional Directives · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $500,000
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.530 Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $495,000
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.527 Grants for New and Expanded Services under the Health Center Program · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $182,887
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $150,000
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.493 Congressional Directives · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $56,666
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.493 Congressional Directives · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $43,334
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.493 Congressional Directives · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $0