The River Fund New York, Inc.
Lobbying client
The River Fund New York, 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)
- $150,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $557,750 awarded since 2020
- Paid to date
- $276,500
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $556,250 · 4 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $759,330 · 27 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 9 years (FY2013–FY2027), including each of the last 5
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $100,487 · Swami Durga Das, CEO
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Patrick B. Jenkins & Associates Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Borough President - Queens City agency
- Department of Sanitation City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Sanitation City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Seeking funding for programs
- Budget - Seeking funds for programs
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).
- To provide funding support for the Food Pantry and Benefits Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278801796 · ended 2026 $281,250
- COVID-19 Emergency Food Funding Program Department of Sanitation · CT182720201429211 · ended 2021 $200,000
- Funds will support anti poverty program food pantry. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248803961 · ended 2023 $50,000
- Funds support operational expenses for food pantries. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248804247 · ended 2023 $25,000
- GENERAL PROGRAMMATIC AND OPERATING EXPENSE Borough President - Queens · CT101320251418507 · ended 2025 $1,500
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.
- COVID-19 Emergency Food Funding Program Department of Sanitation · FY2021 · 2 payments $134,000
- Funds will support anti poverty program food pantry. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 $50,000
- Funds support operational expenses for food pantries. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 $25,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Emergency Food Pantry Access Services CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $160,000
- Emergency Food Pantry Access Services CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $150,000
- Emergency Food Pantry Access Services CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2024 $75,000
- Emergency Food Pantry Access Services CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2025 $75,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $50,000
- Food Pantries CM Queens Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2023 $25,000
- Food Distribution CD# 28 CM Queens Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2026 $20,259
- Food Pantries CM Queens Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2025 $17,791
- Food Pantries Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2016 $15,180
- Food Pantries CM Queens Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2025 $15,000
- River Fund Emergency Food Pantry CM Queens Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2026 $15,000
- Food Pantries Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2015 $12,100
- Council District 27 CM Queens Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $12,000
- Boroughwide Needs Initiative CM Queens Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $12,000
- Emergency Food Pantry Access Services CM Schulman · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2025 $10,000
- Food Pantries CM Queens Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2025 $10,000
- Boroughwide Needs Initiative CM Queens Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $10,000
- Food Pantry CD# 27 CM Queens Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2026 $10,000
- Emergency Food Pantry & Community Services CM Schulman · DYCD · FY2026 $10,000
- Mobile Pantry - Council District 42 CM Banks · DYCD · FY2026 $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.
- Lynn C. Schulman FY2025-2027 · 4 awards $35,000
- Chris Banks FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $20,000
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.
- Swami Durga Das CEO $100,487
- Nancy B Nearman CFO $48,000
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed -21% 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 Swami Durga Das · 1.07% of revenue $94,621
- FY2021 Swami Durga Das · 1.02% of revenue $93,172
- FY2022 Swami Durga Das · 1.5% of revenue $118,750
- FY2023 Swami Durga Das · 0.9% of revenue $100,665
- FY2024 Swami Durga Das · 1.3% of revenue $100,487