National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City, Inc.

Lobbying client

NAMI-NYC is the New York City affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, running free peer-led classes, support groups and a helpline for people affected by mental illness and their families, alongside advocacy work. Since 2024 the group has filed 30 lobbying disclosures through two firms, Hollis Public Affairs and The Wright Group NY, lobbying all 51 City Council members on budget appropriations and on legislation to decriminalize mental illness. The organization has also held $6.64M in city contracts since 2015, with $2.62M still active as of August 2026.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
30
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$121,871
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$2,621,216 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$6,637,423 · 8 since 2015, incl. expired
Paid to date
$3,535,487
Won without a fresh bid
100% of contract value · $6,637,423 · 8 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$2,205,000 · 18 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2024 (4 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$232,489 · Matt Kudish, Fmr Executive Director To 4/2025
Based in
New York, NY

Represented by lobbyist firms

Holds contracts at

Funded by these agencies

What they lobbied on

subjects from their filings

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).

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.

Discretionary funding received

City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.

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.

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.

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

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