Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey, Inc.
Lobbying client
Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, tax-exempt since 1942, that funds job training and placement for people with disabilities and others facing barriers to employment through its retail stores and its GoodTemps staffing arm, which places workers in state and city government facilities and private businesses. In our records it filed 5 lobbying disclosures in 2025-2026 on city budget funding requests, using Kasirer LLC to lobby 11 council members, and it holds $103.2 million in active city contracts as of August 2026.
- Council members lobbied
- 11
- Filings (since 2024)
- 5
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $79,500
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $103,174,331 · 9 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $376,198,607 · 128 since 2007, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $261,729,754
- Won without a fresh bid
- 67% of contract value · $251,725,566 · 97 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $5,053,249 · 26 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 13 years (FY2009–FY2027), including each of the last 8
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $738,772 · Catharine L Gaul-Stigge, President & CEO
- Based in
- Astoria, NY
Lobbied these council members
- Oswald J. Feliz Council Member, District 15 (Bronx)
- Justin E. Sanchez Council Member, District 17 (Bronx)
- Linda Lee Council Member, District 23 (Queens)
- Nantasha M. Williams Council Member, District 27 (Queens)
- Lincoln Restler Council Member, District 33 (Brooklyn)
- Darlene Mealy Council Member, District 41 (Brooklyn)
- Kamillah Hanks Council Member, District 49 (Staten Island)
- Virginia Maloney Council Member, District 4 (Manhattan)
- Julie Menin Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan)
- Elsie Encarnación Council Member, District 8 (Manhattan/Bronx)
- Yusef Salaam Council Member, District 9 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Kasirer LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Small Business Services City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Budget funding
- Budget - NYC Funding requests
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).
- FY25 New Contract I Vendor CAR - Adult Clubhouses RFP 816-25 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620258800543 $30,368,813
- Bronx Workforce1 Career Center (HUB) Department of Small Business Services · CT180120268802166 $19,416,615
- Prov of PACE Workforce Development Program Serv Area Queens Department of Social Services · CT106920268802436 $15,685,874
- Psychosocial Club; Advocacy Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620210002509 $13,428,416
- Psychosocial Club House Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620210002656 $8,480,055
- FY26 RQS Contract _Personalized Recovery Oriented Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620268800170 $8,464,500
- FY25 New Contract MHY #815 Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620258800241 $6,323,546
- FY27 NAE for Transitional Employment OPWDD Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620278800314 $505,347
- FY27 NAE for Transitional Employment OPWDD Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620278800313 $501,165
- TRANSITION FROM WELFARE TO WORK Department of Social Services · CT106920100001198 · ended 2012 $45,434,118
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Bridge Program for Workforce Development Bridge Program for Workforce Development · Dss/hra · FY2020 $1,000,000
- Bridge Program for Workforce Development Bridge Program for Workforce Development · Dss/hra · FY2022 $1,000,000
- Bridge Program for Workforce Development Bridge Program for Workforce Development · Dss/hra · FY2023 $1,000,000
- Bridge Program for Workforce Development Bridge Program for Workforce Development · Dss/hra · FY2021 $850,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2024 $250,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2025 $250,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2026 $250,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2027 $250,000
- Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers · Dhmh · FY2022 $46,678
- Project Sweep - Council District 41 CM Mealy · NYC Cleanup · DYCD · FY2026 $20,000
- Project Sweep - Council District 41 CM Mealy · NYC Cleanup · DYCD · FY2027 $20,000
- Youth Youth · DYCD · FY2012 $18,000
- Youth Youth · DYCD · FY2013 $16,714
- Youth Youth · DYCD · FY2011 $10,000
- Local DYCD · FY2009 $8,000
- Local DYCD · FY2010 $8,000
- Local DYCD · FY2011 $8,000
- Youth Youth · DYCD · FY2009 $7,000
- Youth Youth · DYCD · FY2010 $7,000
- Youth Youth · DYCD · FY2013 $6,000
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.
- Darlene Mealy FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $40,000
- Lincoln Restler FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $25,000
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.
- Catharine L Gaul-Stigge President & CEO $738,772
- Scott Zucker CFO/EVP Of Operations $335,418
- Lisa Sonia Goldey EVP Of People $263,546
- Ilana D Zimmerman EVP Of Retail & Business $239,261
- Samantha K Rich SVP Of Retail Stores $239,081
- Alicia Mcgrath EVP Of Mission (Until 11/23) $232,660
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +61% 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 Catharine L Gaul-Stigge · 1.99% of revenue $362,844
- FY2021 Catharine L Gaul-Stigge · 1.96% of revenue $456,827
- FY2022 Catharine L Gaul-Stigge · 2.01% of revenue $532,773
- FY2023 Catharine L Gaul-Stigge · 2.85% of revenue $738,772
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
- Darlene Mealy It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Julie Menin It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Lincoln Restler It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Linda Lee It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Oswald J. Feliz It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Virginia Maloney It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Yusef Salaam It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
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 Labor 17.805 Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program · Veterans Employment and Training Services · Grant $1,223,975