Brooklyn Children's Museum
Lobbying client
Brooklyn Children's Museum, 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)
- $150,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $949,281 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $3,855,083 · 11 since 2015, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $3,167,646
- Won without a fresh bid
- 80% of contract value · $3,099,254 · 7 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,906,150 · 100 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $237,168 · Atiba Edwards, President & CEO
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Hollis Public Affairs, Inc. Lobbyist firm
- The Wright Group NY, 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 Emergency Management City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - securing funding
- Budget - securing funding for museum programs
- Budget - securing funding for projects
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).
- COMPASS Programs NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800594 $949,281
- COMPASS programming at P.S. 189 Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228800792 · ended 2023 $719,086
- COMPASS afterschool activities at Brklyn Children's Museum Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191409981 · ended 2021 $714,927
- COMPASS Program Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248800599 · ended 2025 $700,914
- Comprehensive After School System of NYC Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020161403287 · ended 2018 $680,829
- 3 BIDS-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020263105883 · ended 2026 $25,000
- 3 BIDS-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020233104398 · ended 2023 $25,000
- CHANGE NOTICE Department of Education · CT104020203023175 · ended 2021 $25,000
- To support free Afterschool and Summer programs Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191407683 · ended 2018 $8,500
- To support the cost of field trips to BCM and other expens. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191421514 · ended 2019 $5,000
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.
- COMPASS programming at P.S. 189 Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 6 payments $393,643
- Lease: Utilize lease space in the complex to manage, administer, and operate various flexible COVID-19 vaccination sites. Department of Emergency Management · FY2023 $330,718
- COMPASS Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 4 payments $293,622
- COMPASS Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 6 payments $286,182
- COMPASS Programs NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 3 payments $281,600
- COMPASS afterschool activities at Brklyn Children's Museum Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 $44,372
- COMPASS Programs NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2027 $41,663
- COMPASS afterschool activities at Brklyn Children's Museum Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 $41,336
- Lease: Utilize lease space in the complex to manage, administer, and operate various flexible COVID-19 vaccination sites. Department of Emergency Management · FY2021 $27,867
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Free Field Trips Program CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2026 $350,000
- Brooklyn Children'S Museum OST · DYCD · FY2013 $140,000
- Brooklyn Children's Museum Out of School Time Restoration · DYCD · FY2014 $140,000
- Free Field Trips Program CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2025 $100,000
- Free Field Trips Program CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DCLA · FY2027 $100,000
- Brooklyn Children'S Museum OST · DYCD · FY2013 $88,645
- Brooklyn Children's Museum Out of School Time Restoration · DYCD · FY2014 $88,645
- Council Districts 41 CM Mealy · Cultural Immigrant Initiative · DCLA · FY2025 $50,000
- Field Trips Program - Council District 41 CM Mealy · Cultural Immigrant Initiative · DCLA · FY2026 $50,000
- Field Trips Program - Council District 41 CM Mealy · Cultural Immigrant Initiative · DCLA · FY2027 $50,000
- Local DCA · FY2009 $25,000
- Public School 005K Dr. Ronald McNair (16K005) CM Mealy · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2026 $20,000
- Riverdale Avenue Middle School (23K668) CM Mealy · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2026 $20,000
- Council District 41 CM Mealy · DCLA · FY2026 $20,000
- Older Adults Jazz Bingo & Brunch CM Mealy · DCLA · FY2026 $20,000
- Local CM Osse · DCLA · FY2027 $20,000
- Title I Schools Group Field Trips - Council District 35 CM Hudson · DCLA · FY2027 $20,000
- Public School 005K Dr. Ronald McNair (16K005) CM Mealy · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2027 $20,000
- Riverdale Avenue Middle School (23K668) CM Mealy · Cultural After-School Adventure (CASA) · DCLA · FY2027 $20,000
- Public School 15 Cultural After School Adventure (CASA) · DYCD · FY2009 $19,363
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.
- Darlene Mealy FY2022-2027 · 14 awards $325,000
- Chi A. Ossé FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $64,500
- Crystal Hudson FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $45,000
- Farah N. Louis FY2020-2027 · 6 awards $38,500
- Mercedes Narcisse FY2025-2027 · 3 awards $30,000
- Rita C. Joseph FY2026-2027 · 3 awards $30,000
- Ampry-Samuel FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $20,000
- Cumbo FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Susan Zhuang FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $10,000
- Shahana K. Hanif FY2025 · 1 award $5,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2023). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Atiba Edwards President & CEO $237,168
- Stephanie Hill Wilchfort Former President & Former CEO $198,102
- Hana Elwell VP Of Exhibits And Education $162,454
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +56% from FY2020 to FY2023. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Stephanie H Wilchfort · 7.04% of revenue $229,620
- FY2021 Stephanie H Wilchfort · 7.98% of revenue $240,385
- FY2022 Stephanie Hill Wilchfort · 8.24% of revenue $277,383
- FY2023 Atiba Edwards · 7.98% of revenue $237,168
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
- National Endowment for the Humanities 45.164 Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs · National Endowment for the Humanities · Grant $499,500
- National Endowment for the Humanities 45.130 Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants · National Endowment for the Humanities · Grant $287,000
- Institute of Museum and Library Services 45.301 Museums for America · Institute of Museum and Library Services · Grant $249,980
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $53,600
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $50,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $50,000