Read Alliance, Inc.
Lobbying client
Read Alliance, Inc., Lobbying client. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Council members lobbied
- 8
- Filings (since 2024)
- 11
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $100,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $204,000 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $1,995,100 · 28 since 2013, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $2,348,579
- Won without a fresh bid
- 43% of contract value · $865,350 · 12 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $527,500 · 48 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2018 (10 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $283,559 · Danielle Guindo, Executive Director
Lobbied these council members
- Eric Dinowitz Council Member, District 11 (Bronx)
- James F. Gennaro Council Member, District 24 (Queens)
- Nantasha M. Williams Council Member, District 27 (Queens)
- Chris Banks Council Member, District 42 (Brooklyn)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- CMW Strategies LLC 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
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Adrienne Adams
- Diana Ayala
- Justin Brannan
- Kristy Marmorato
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).
- Student Support Services Department of Education · MA104020259577190 $204,000
- Tutoring/homework Assistance Department of Education · MA104020209078726 · ended 2025 $625,000
- Student Support Services Department of Education · MA104020139374721 · ended 2018 $159,750
- Funding to support Read Alliance School Year Summer Reading Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248808383 · ended 2026 $123,750
- Funds to support social work, tutoring and Read program Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020161411000 · ended 2016 $104,600
- Educational Services Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020151420456 · ended 2015 $89,000
- To support READ 2.0 in CD 14 & 8 and program cost in CD 28. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201407535 · ended 2019 $74,500
- Funds for tutors at READ programs in District 8. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020171417596 · ended 2017 $60,500
- Funds will support books and tutors Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020218800501 · ended 2021 $47,000
- To support READ 2.0 in Council District 14. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201425427 · ended 2020 $44,500
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.
- To support READ 2.0 in CD 14 & 8 and program cost in CD 28. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 $74,500
- To support the school year and summer reading program. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 $35,000
- To support READ 2.0 in Council District 14. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 $33,375
- Funds will support books and tutors Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 $32,900
- Funding to support Read Alliance School Year Summer Reading Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 $31,500
- COMPETITIVE GRANT-SERVICES Department of Education · FY2020 $25,000
- -SERVICES Department of Education · FY2022 $25,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Reading Programs in the Bronx DYCD · FY2019 $30,000
- NYC Reads CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $24,000
- NYC Reads CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $24,000
- NYC Reads CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2025 $23,000
- NYC Reads CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $22,500
- NYC Reads CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $22,500
- Anti-Poverty Anti-Poverty · DYCD · FY2019 $20,000
- Public School 279X CM Cabrera · Anti-Poverty · DYCD · FY2020 $20,000
- Public School 279X CM Cabrera · Anti-Poverty · DYCD · FY2021 $20,000
- Reading Program - Council District 27 CM Williams · DYCD · FY2026 $20,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $20,000
- Public School 279X DYCD · FY2018 $15,000
- Public School 279X CM Sanchez · Anti-Poverty · DYCD · FY2022 $15,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $15,000
- Summer Reading Program - Council District 27 CM Williams · DYCD · FY2027 $15,000
- Local DYCD · FY2019 $12,500
- South Jamaica Reads CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2020 $12,500
- South Jamaica Reads CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2021 $12,500
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2022 $12,500
- Council District 27 CM Williams · DYCD · FY2025 $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.
- Nantasha M. Williams FY2025-2027 · 3 awards $45,000
- Cabrera FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $40,000
- James F. Gennaro FY2025-2027 · 3 awards $30,000
- Ayala FY2020-2025 · 4 awards $24,000
- Adams FY2020-2022 · 4 awards $20,000
- Pierina Ana Sanchez FY2022 · 2 awards $20,000
- Kamillah Hanks FY2024-2027 · 4 awards $20,000
- Marmorato FY2025 · 1 award $10,000
- Eric Dinowitz FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $10,000
- Elsie Encarnación FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $10,000
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.
- Danielle Guindo Executive Director $283,559
- Yvette Russell Chief Strategy Offic $213,872
- Marcos Clander Snr Director Of Prog $129,310
- Valerie Burgos Director Of Implementation $119,262
- Patricia Maclean Director Of Developm $113,812
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +144% 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 Danielle Guindo · 10.08% of revenue $201,040
- FY2021 Danielle Guindo · 10.48% of revenue $217,829
- FY2022 Danielle Guindo · 13.99% of revenue $245,052
- FY2023 Danielle Guindo · 14.47% of revenue $275,527
- FY2024 Danielle Guindo · 19.54% of revenue $283,559
Where their influence converges
Outside interests connected to this official through more than one independent channel — drawn straight from the records the rest of the site already shows. “Lobbied them” = a lobbying filing that named the member. “Outside spending” = an independent-expenditure committee the interest funds spent in
- Eric Dinowitz It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- James F. Gennaro It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Nantasha M. Williams It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction