New York Common Pantry, Inc.
Lobbying client
A hunger-relief nonprofit founded in 1980 by a group of East Harlem churches and synagogues, now running food pantries and hot-meal programs in East Harlem and the Bronx along with senior nutrition and case-management services. It filed 30 lobbying disclosures since 2024, the most of any client in this batch, lobbying all 51 council members through London House LLC on program funding, and held $787,000 in active city contracts as of August 2026, part of $6.1 million in contracts since 2012.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 30
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $152,428
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $787,464 · 8 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $6,113,551 · 31 since 2012, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $4,758,513
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $6,113,551 · 31 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $5,776,317 · 154 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2016 (12 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $427,925 · Grimaldi Stephen, Executive Director
Represented by lobbyist firms
- London House LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Sanitation City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Ask City Council for financial support for our public programscity
- Budget - Meet/speak with Council Members
- Budget - Program Funding
- Budget - Secure program funding
- Budget - We request funding for our programs from elected officials.; Budget - We are in communication with City Council staff regarding budgeting for our nonprofit programs
- Budget - securing funding
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).
- HRXNCOMV2, Purchase of 1 refrig. cargo van and 1 box truck Department of Design and Construction · CT185020268804686 $199,003
- Purchase of Mobile Pantry Truck for NY Common Pantry Inc. Department of Design and Construction · CT185020258801429 $107,130
- HRMNPNTRY, Purchase of Mobile Pantry Truck Department of Design and Construction · CT185020258801081 $100,000
- HRXNCOMV, Purchase of Box Truck for New York Common Pantry Department of Design and Construction · CT185020248806013 $77,393
- Purchase of one refrigerated box truck Department of Design and Construction · CT185020248804542 $77,393
- HRMNCOMV, Purchase of a Box Truck for New York Common Pantry Department of Design and Construction · CT185020248806015 $77,000
- HRDNNYCOP, Reimbursement of Refrigerated Box Truck Department of Design and Construction · CT185020228804459 $75,620
- HRMNCOMN, the purchase of one Cargo Van Department of Design and Construction · CT185020268804830 $73,925
- Funding will support food provision programs. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258802172 · ended 2026 $2,623,425
- Funding will support operating expenses for food pantries. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238807073 · ended 2023 $447,819
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.
- Funding will support food provision programs. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 4 payments $1,284,608
- Funding will support food provision programs. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 2 payments $763,324
- Funding will support operating expenses for food pantries. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 $266,114
- Funds will support food provision programs Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $237,307
- COVID-19 Emergency Food Funding Program Department of Sanitation · FY2021 · 2 payments $134,000
- To provide food provision programs. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 $125,717
- Prov of SNAP & emergency food assistance benefits education Department of Social Services · FY2026 · 2 payments $118,000
- Funding will support operating expenses for food pantries. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $111,955
- FUND FOOD PROVISION PROGRAMS. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 $90,449
- HRDNNYCOP, Reimbursement of Refrigerated Box Truck Department of Social Services · FY2024 $75,620
- To support food programs for the needy. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 $74,814
- Funding to assist NYC asylum seekers with workforce dev. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 $70,000
- Prov of technical assistance to low-income indiv. and fam. Department of Social Services · FY2024 $59,000
- Prov of SNAP and emergency food assistance Department of Social Services · FY2024 $59,000
- Prov of SNAP & emergency food assistance benefits education Department of Social Services · FY2025 $59,000
- FUND FOOD PROVISION PROGRAMS. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 $50,249
- Funding will support operating expenses for food pantries. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 $47,724
- To support food programs for the needy. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 $31,380
- 31R - support district based senior services. Department for the Aging · FY2025 $30,000
- To support food programs for the needy. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $25,602
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Feeding Our Communities Feeding Our Communities · DYCD · FY2026 $400,000
- Feeding Our Communities Feeding Our Communities · DYCD · FY2027 $400,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $200,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $200,000
- Local DYCD · FY2018 $125,000
- Food Pantries CM Bronx Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2023 $100,002
- Food Pantries CM Bronx Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2024 $100,001
- Local DYCD · FY2016 $100,000
- Local DYCD · FY2017 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2019 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2020 $100,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2021 $100,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2022 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $100,000
- Welcome NYC Welcome NYC · DYCD · FY2023 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $100,000
- Welcome NYC Welcome NYC · DYCD · FY2024 $100,000
- Bronx Boroughwide Impact CM Bronx Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2025 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $100,000
- Welcome NYC Welcome NYC · DYCD · FY2025 $100,000
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.
- Ayala FY2021-2025 · 12 awards $176,000
- Elsie Encarnación FY2026-2027 · 4 awards $125,000
- Oswald J. Feliz FY2024-2027 · 4 awards $110,000
- Althea V. Stevens FY2023-2027 · 6 awards $90,000
- Shirley Aldebol FY2026-2027 · 3 awards $80,000
- Pierina Ana Sanchez FY2026 · 1 award $65,000
- Shaun Abreu FY2025-2027 · 3 awards $42,000
- Keith Powers FY2020-2026 · 7 awards $35,000
- Eric Dinowitz FY2025 · 1 award $20,000
- Julie Menin FY2025-2027 · 3 awards $15,000
- Yusef Salaam FY2026 · 1 award $7,500
- Justin E. Sanchez FY2027 · 1 award $7,000
- Marmorato FY2025 · 1 award $5,000
- Virginia Maloney FY2027 · 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.
- Grimaldi Stephen Executive Director $427,925
- Secon Judith Deputy Executive Director $227,893
- Murtha Deana Senior Director-Institutional Giving $156,022
- Onaifo Greg Senior Director Of Finance $149,872
- Al-Amin Muhammad Managing Director Of Programs $138,352
- Nazario-Baltar Zoraya Managing Director Of Operations $128,718
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +64% 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 Grimaldi Stephen · 3.69% of revenue $323,815
- FY2021 Grimaldi Stephen · 3.29% of revenue $323,301
- FY2022 Grimaldi Stephen · 5.14% of revenue $345,241
- FY2023 Grimaldi Stephen · 4.87% of revenue $362,993
- FY2024 Grimaldi Stephen · 5.05% of revenue $427,925
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 Agriculture 10.331 Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program · National Institute of Food and Agriculture · Grant $500,000