New York Academy of Sciences
Lobbying client
New York Academy of Sciences, 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)
- 6
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $78,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Goods
- City contracts
- none running as of 2026-08-22, $55,492 registered to start later · $1,060,492 awarded since 2007
- Paid to date
- $969,151
- Won without a fresh bid
- 88% of contract value · $935,492 · 3 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $50,000 · 4 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2025 (3 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $744,847 · Nicholas B Dirks, President & CEO
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Kasirer LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Education City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - New York City Budget 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).
- PWMNYORKA - Purchase of initial outfitting equipment Department of Design and Construction · CT185020278801655 · starts 2026-08 $55,492
- equipment for confrencing center Department of Design and Construction · CT185020090003698 · ended 2013 $440,000
- Furniture for NY Academy of Sciences Department of Design and Construction · CT185020080011428 · ended 2012 $440,000
- 3 BIDS-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020173027051 · ended 2017 $25,000
- 3 BIDS-SERVICES-15871 Department of Education · CT104020163051117 · ended 2016 $25,000
- 3 BIDS-SERVICES-11730 Department of Education · CT104020153024441 · ended 2015 $25,000
- CANCEL PER V. GONZALEZ Department of Education · CT104020143049550 · ended 2015 $25,000
- 3 BIDS-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020143015885 · ended 2014 $25,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Soundview Academy for Culture and Scholarship (08X448) CM Farias · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DYCD · FY2025 $20,000
- Youth STEM Programs CM Zhuang · Youth · DYCD · FY2025 $10,000
- Youth STEM Programs CM Zhuang · Youth · DYCD · FY2026 $10,000
- Scientist-in-Residence (SiR) Program - Council District 43 CM Zhuang · Youth · DYCD · FY2027 $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.
- Susan Zhuang FY2025-2027 · 3 awards $30,000
- Amanda C. Farías FY2025 · 1 award $20,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2023). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Nicholas B Dirks President & CEO $744,847
- Giancarlo Bonagura EVP & COO (Thru 6/30/2024) $347,282
- Robin B Stephenson SVP, Advancement $306,898
- Ainsley A Goulborne Chief Administrative Officer $286,705
- Brooke Urquhart Grindlinger Cso, Life Sciences Conf & Awards $272,082
- Douglas Braaten Cso, Publications $257,219
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +17% from FY2020 to FY2023. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Nicholas Dirks · 12.21% of revenue $379,307
- FY2021 Nicholas Dirks · 9.63% of revenue $663,500
- FY2022 Nicholas Dirks · 9.58% of revenue $657,967
- FY2023 Nicholas B Dirks · 12.67% of revenue $744,847
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 93.837 Cardiovascular Diseases Research · National Institutes of Health · Grant $10,000