New York Sun Works, Inc.
Lobbying client
New York Sun Works, 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)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $130,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $4,256,375 awarded since 2011
- Paid to date
- $3,347,998
- Won without a fresh bid
- 31% of contract value · $1,306,375 · 7 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $2,125,000 · 158 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2018 (10 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $196,826 · Manuela Zamora, Executive Director
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Lemma Strategies Inc. Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Capital and Discretionary Budget Funding
- Budget - Funding
- Budget - NYC Capital and Expense Budget Resolutions
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).
- City Council funding for three fiscal years is not guarantee Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268804334 · ended 2026 $834,375
- Funds will support Hydroponic Classrooms for STEM education Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258802744 · ended 2023 $222,500
- To support green classroom curriculum in CD 34 schools Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248804615 · ended 2022 $151,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020263146015 · ended 2026 $25,000
- SOLE VENDOR-COMMODITIES Department of Education · CT104020263144775 · ended 2026 $25,000
- SOLE VENDOR-COMMODITIES Department of Education · CT104020263131250 · ended 2026 $25,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020253102999 · ended 2025 $25,000
- SOLE VENDOR-COMMODITIES Department of Education · CT104020253088547 · ended 2025 $25,000
- SOLE VENDOR-COMMODITIES Department of Education · CT104020253085615 · ended 2025 $25,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020253044170 · ended 2025 $25,000
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.
- City Council funding for three fiscal years is not guarantee Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 3 payments $276,987
- Funds will support Hydroponic Classrooms for STEM education Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 2 payments $218,341
- To support green classroom curriculum in CD 34 schools Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 $137,886
- SOLE VENDOR-COMMODITIES Department of Education · FY2020 $25,000
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · FY2020 $25,000
- COMPETITIVE GRANT-SERVICES Department of Education · FY2025 $25,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Hydroponic Classroom CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DOE · FY2027 $100,000
- Hydroponics Classrooms CM Queens Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DOE · FY2020 $50,000
- Learning Classrooms CM Queens Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DOE · FY2021 $45,000
- Learning Classrooms CM Queens Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DOE · FY2022 $41,000
- Joan of Arc Campus CM Brewer · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2022 $35,000
- Hydroponic Classrooms - Queens CM Queens Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DOE · FY2023 $35,000
- STEM & Climate Education - Council District 21 CM Moya · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2026 $27,000
- Hydroponic Science Labs A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2018 $25,000
- Hydroponic Science Labs at PS85Q, PS70Q, PS84Q, and IS126Q. A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2019 $25,000
- A Greener NYC CM Caban · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2022 $24,000
- Programming - Council District 22 CM Caban · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2023 $24,000
- Hydroponic Education Programming - Council District 22 CM Caban · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2024 $24,000
- Hydroponic Education Programming - Council District 22 CM Caban · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2025 $24,000
- Hydroponic Education Programming - Council District 22 CM Caban · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2026 $24,000
- Hydroponic Education Programming - Council District 22 CM Caban · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2027 $24,000
- STEM & Climate Education - Council District 21 CM Moya · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2024 $22,500
- STEM & Climate Education - Council District 21 CM Moya · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2025 $22,500
- A Greener NYC CM Constantinides · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2020 $20,000
- Cypress Hills Community School P.S./I.S. 89 (K089) and P.S. 065 (K065) CM Nurse · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2022 $20,000
- Council District 38 CM Aviles · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2023 $20,000
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.
- Moya FY2021-2026 · 10 awards $153,000
- Tiffany L. Cabán FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $144,000
- Jennifer Gutiérrez FY2022-2027 · 14 awards $120,500
- Gale A. Brewer FY2022-2027 · 11 awards $115,000
- Alexa Avilés FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $100,000
- Mercedes Narcisse FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $100,000
- Sandy Nurse FY2022-2027 · 10 awards $90,000
- Lincoln Restler FY2024-2027 · 6 awards $80,000
- Shahana K. Hanif FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $72,000
- Joann Ariola FY2023-2027 · 8 awards $72,000
- Julie Menin FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $67,000
- Christopher Marte FY2025-2027 · 3 awards $60,000
- Crystal Hudson FY2022-2027 · 5 awards $55,000
- Vickie Paladino FY2024-2027 · 11 awards $55,000
- Yusef Salaam FY2024-2026 · 6 awards $50,000
- Lynn C. Schulman FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $48,000
- Ayala FY2022-2025 · 4 awards $40,000
- Shaun Abreu FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $40,000
- Oswald J. Feliz FY2023-2027 · 2 awards $35,000
- Costa Constantinides FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $30,000
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.
- Manuela Zamora Executive Director $196,826
- Megan Nordgren Director. Of Development & Gov. Relations $139,204
- David Hazan Director. Of Program Operations Officer $122,846
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +345% 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 Manuela Zamora · 5.76% of revenue $103,168
- FY2021 Cecilia Manuela Zamora · 3.43% of revenue $114,380
- FY2022 Cecilia Manuela Zamora · 3.29% of revenue $165,849
- FY2023 Cecilia Manuela Zamora · 4.63% of revenue $180,998
- FY2024 Manuela Zamora · 7.82% of revenue $196,826
Community project funding requested by (FY2026)
Members who asked the House Appropriations Committee to fund a FY2026 community project for this organization. These are requests, not awards: the FY2026 bills were enacted, but the committee has not published final FY2026 project tables, so whether any of these was funded is not shown here. Each
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez STEM through Hydroponic Farming Program · 157 Columbus Avenue, Suite 432, New York, New York, 10023 · Commerce Justice Science $525,000
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 Education 84.215 Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects · Department of Education $800,000
- Department of Education 84.215 Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects · Department of Education $800,000
- Department of Agriculture 10.310 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) · National Institute of Food and Agriculture · Grant $500,000
- Department of Education 84.215 Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects · Department of Education $500,000
- Environmental Protection Agency 66.951 Environmental Education Grants Program · Environmental Protection Agency · Grant $100,000
- Department of Agriculture 10.226 Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom · National Institute of Food and Agriculture · Grant $49,720