The Center at West Park Inc.
Lobbying client
The Center at West Park 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)
- 2
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $32,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $37,500 awarded since 2023
- Paid to date
- $3,128
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $37,500 · 1 contract
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $100,000 · 5 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2024 (4 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $335,000 · Debra Hirshman, Executive Director
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Cojo Strategies LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Determination regarding real property - LPC Determination at 165 West 86th Street
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).
- Funds will be used to organize and host an inclusive teen. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268805793 · ended 2026 $37,500
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Subsidized Rehearsal Space & Rentals CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $60,000
- Inclusive Teen Concert CM Brewer · DYCD · FY2024 $10,000
- Inclusion Concert CM Brewer · DYCD · FY2025 $10,000
- Inclusion Concert CM Brewer · DYCD · FY2026 $10,000
- Inclusion Concert CM Brewer · DCLA · 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.
- Gale A. Brewer FY2024-2027 · 4 awards $40,000
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.
- Debra Hirshman Executive Director $335,000
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +1201% from FY2021 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.
- FY2021 Scott Pyne · 6.2% of revenue $25,750
- FY2022 Zachary Tomlinson · 21.79% of revenue $65,250
- FY2023 Debra Hirshman · 9.41% of revenue $127,115
- FY2024 Debra Hirshman · 11.52% of revenue $335,000