Volunteers of Legal Service, Inc.
Lobbying client
Volunteers of Legal Service, Inc., Lobbying client. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 5
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $49,500
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $37,500 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $1,009,471 · 17 since 2015, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $727,221
- Won without a fresh bid
- 94% of contract value · $949,471 · 16 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $968,721 · 52 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2016 (12 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $237,792 · Abja Midha, Executive Director
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Hollis Public Affairs, Inc. Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Small Business Services City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Social Services City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - securing funding for programs
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).
- Funding to support economic development. Department of Small Business Services · CT180120268803155 $37,500
- Prov of legal services for New York City veterans Department of Social Services · CT106920248804606 · ended 2026 $487,500
- Prov. of legal svcs for NYC veterans on a range of matters Department of Social Services · CT106920238806954 · ended 2023 $120,000
- 3A8 -support district based senior services. Department for the Aging · CT112520248808266 · ended 2026 $93,750
- Commercial Lease Worshop Consultant Services Department of Small Business Services · CT180120161421601 · ended 2017 $60,000
- 3A8 - Provide seniors with pro-bono legal services. Department for the Aging · CT112520228803324 · ended 2021 $46,110
- 3A8 - to support legal services for the elderly Department for the Aging · CT112520228807778 · ended 2022 $40,000
- FUNDS SUPPORT CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES FOR SENIORS IN MANHATTAN Department for the Aging · CT112520201423867 · ended 2020 $36,111
- PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE CLINICS FOR LOW-INCOME SENIORS Department for the Aging · CT112520181408793 · ended 2018 $16,000
- 3A8 - support the VOLS Elderly Project Department for the Aging · CT112520238805890 · ended 2023 $15,000
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.
- Prov of legal services for New York City veterans Department of Social Services · FY2025 · 4 payments $136,500
- Prov. of legal svcs for NYC veterans on a range of matters Department of Social Services · FY2024 $120,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Legal Services for Veterans Legal Services for Veterans · Dss/hra · FY2023 $120,000
- Legal Services for Veterans Legal Services for Veterans · Dss/hra · FY2024 $120,000
- Legal Services for Veterans Legal Services for Veterans · Dss/hra · FY2025 $120,000
- Legal Services for Veterans Legal Services for Veterans · Dss/hra · FY2026 $120,000
- Legal Services for Veterans Legal Services for Veterans · Dss/hra · FY2027 $120,000
- Elderly Project CM Manhattan Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DFTA · FY2020 $21,111
- Elderly Project CM Manhattan Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DFTA · FY2021 $21,110
- Neighborhood Development Grant Initiative CM Lancman · Neighborhood Development Grant Initiative · SBS · FY2020 $10,000
- Elderly Project CM Chin · Support Our Seniors · DFTA · FY2021 $10,000
- Neighborhood Development Grant Initiative CM Gennaro · Neighborhood Development Grant Initiative · SBS · FY2022 $10,000
- Elderly Project Initiative - Council District 1 CM Marte · Support Our Seniors · DFTA · FY2022 $10,000
- Legal Services - Council DIstrict 6 CM Brewer · Support Our Seniors · DFTA · FY2022 $10,000
- Assist Veterans - Council District 30 CM Holden · Anti-Poverty · Dss/hra · FY2023 $10,000
- VOLS Senior Law Project CM Brewer · Support Our Seniors · DFTA · FY2023 $10,000
- Assist Veterans - Council District 30 CM Holden · Anti-Poverty · Dss/hra · FY2024 $10,000
- Senior Law Project CM Brewer · Support Our Older Adults · DFTA · FY2024 $10,000
- Volunteers of Legal Service, Inc. CM Hudson · Support Our Older Adults · DFTA · FY2024 $10,000
- Legal Service for Veterans - Council District 30 CM Holden · Community Safety and Victim Services · Dss/hra · FY2025 $10,000
- Senior Law Project CM Brewer · Support Our Older Adults · DFTA · FY2025 $10,000
- Senior Law Project - Council District 35 CM Hudson · Support Our Older Adults · DFTA · FY2025 $10,000
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.
- Gale A. Brewer FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $60,000
- Crystal Hudson FY2024-2027 · 4 awards $40,000
- Ayala FY2020-2025 · 6 awards $30,000
- Holden FY2023-2025 · 3 awards $30,000
- Chin FY2020-2021 · 3 awards $20,000
- Phil Wong FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $20,000
- Amanda C. Farías FY2025-2027 · 3 awards $18,000
- Christopher Marte FY2022 · 2 awards $15,000
- Kallos FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Lancman FY2020 · 1 award $10,000
- James F. Gennaro FY2022 · 1 award $10,000
- Elsie Encarnación FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $10,000
- Jordan FY2022 · 1 award $5,000
- Julie Menin FY2022 · 1 award $5,000
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.
- Abja Midha Executive Director $237,792
- Amy Bonderoff Director, Development & Communications $165,842
- Stephanie Taylor Director, Incarcerated Mothers Law Project $164,942
- Peter Kempner Legal Director $161,735
- Andrea Tan Project Director-Microenterprise $126,327
- Elisa Tustian Project Director, Senior Law $107,713
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +14% 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 Sara Effron · 21.56% of revenue $178,506
- FY2021 Abja Midha · 23.74% of revenue $171,599
- FY2022 Abja Midha · 17.0% of revenue $201,462
- FY2023 Abja Midha · 19.27% of revenue $209,556
- FY2024 Abja Midha · 35.35% of revenue $237,792