Behind the Book, Inc.
Lobbying client
Behind the Book, 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)
- 6
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $27,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $4,000 awarded since 2010
- Paid to date
- $3,496
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $4,000 · 1 contract
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $219,000 · 45 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2010 (18 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $149,760 · Andrew Frank To 102124, Executive Director
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Lemma Strategies Inc. Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- 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).
- Fundis are to support educational book program at school Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020131400559 · ended 2011 $4,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local DCLA · FY2018 $10,000
- Stephen McSweeney School (75X721) CM Marmorato · DCLA · FY2024 $10,000
- In-school Reading & Writing Programs CM Salaam · Cultural Immigrant Initiative · DCLA · FY2025 $10,000
- Anti-Poverty CM Salaam · Anti-Poverty · DCLA · FY2025 $8,000
- Local DCLA · FY2017 $7,500
- Literacy Program - Council District 7 CM Abreu · DCLA · FY2023 $6,500
- Local DOE · FY2011 $5,000
- Local DOE · FY2012 $5,000
- x440 DeWitt Clinton High School DOE · FY2013 $5,000
- Local DOE · FY2014 $5,000
- Local DCLA · FY2016 $5,000
- Local DCLA · FY2017 $5,000
- Local DCLA · FY2018 $5,000
- Local DCLA · FY2018 $5,000
- District 8 In-School Literacy Programs DCLA · FY2019 $5,000
- Local CM Ayala · DCLA · FY2020 $5,000
- Literacy Programs - Council District 8 CM Ayala · DCLA · FY2021 $5,000
- Local CM De La Rosa · DCLA · FY2022 $5,000
- Literacy Programs - Council District 8 CM Ayala · DCLA · FY2022 $5,000
- Literacy Program CM De La Rosa · DCLA · FY2023 $5,000
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 FY2020-2025 · 6 awards $30,000
- Carmen N. De La Rosa FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $30,000
- Yusef Salaam FY2025 · 2 awards $18,000
- Shaun Abreu FY2023-2024 · 2 awards $11,500
- Marmorato FY2024 · 1 award $10,000
- Rodriguez FY2020-2021 · 3 awards $7,000
- Elsie Encarnación FY2026 · 1 award $5,000
- Levine FY2020 · 1 award $3,500
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.
- Andrew Frank To 102124 Executive Director $149,760
- Anmarie Paul As Of 102224 Executive Director $136,929
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +228% 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 Jo Umans · 7.89% of revenue $87,383
- FY2021 Jo Umans · 6.73% of revenue $92,601
- FY2022 Andrew Frank · 6.6% of revenue $73,544
- FY2023 Andrew Frank · 34.29% of revenue $164,780
- FY2024 Andrew Frank To 102124 · 24.47% of revenue $149,760