Building Skills NY
Lobbying client
Building Skills NY, 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)
- 15
- Lobbyist firm(s)
- In-house
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $13,000 awarded since 2022
- Paid to date
- $13,000
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $13,000 · 1 contract
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $28,000 · 6 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 3 years (FY2023–FY2025); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $305,062 · David Meade, Executive Director
Holds contracts at
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Funding for Building Skills training program
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 provide for skills for specialty trades training. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238808040 · ended 2023 $13,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Construction Career Accelerator CM Bronx Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $5,000
- Construction Career Accelerator CM Ayala · DYCD · FY2023 $5,000
- Anti-Poverty CM Marmorato · Anti-Poverty · DYCD · FY2024 $5,000
- Construction Career Accelerator - Council District 8 CM Ayala · DYCD · FY2024 $5,000
- Construction Career Accelerator - Council District 8 CM Ayala · DYCD · FY2025 $5,000
- Local CM Velazquez · DYCD · FY2023 $3,000
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 FY2023-2025 · 3 awards $15,000
- Marmorato FY2024 · 1 award $5,000
- Velazquez FY2023 · 1 award $3,000
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.
- David Meade Executive Director $305,062
- Tatanisia Lumley Director of Training & Operations $149,657
- Rose Fathers Director of Business Services $143,080
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +55% 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 David Meade · 37.93% of revenue $224,696
- FY2021 David Meade · 38.38% of revenue $254,696
- FY2022 David Meade · 27.69% of revenue $258,577
- FY2023 David Meade · 39.48% of revenue $295,422
- FY2024 David Meade · 39.13% of revenue $305,062