Welcome to Chinatown, Inc.
Lobbying client
Welcome to Chinatown is a Manhattan-based nonprofit founded in 2020 that supports Chinatown small businesses and entrepreneurs with hospitality training, digital tools, and a small-business hub on Bowery. It has filed 29 city lobbying disclosures since 2024, reporting $216,000 in compensation to Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies and Mirram Group and contact with 51 city officials, on NYC budget advocacy and on the borough-based jail plan's Chinatown site.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 29
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $216,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $15,000 awarded since 2022
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $15,000 · 1 contract
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $147,000 · 7 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2024 (4 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $132,362 · Victoria Lee, Chief Executive Officer
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, LLC Lobbyist firm
- Mirram Group LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Affiliated organizations (shared leadership)
- United Federation Of Teachers Educational Foundation, Inc. City-funded organization
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - NYC Budget
- Budget - NYC Budget funding
- Budget - budget advocacy
- Determination regarding real property - Chinatown Jail Project
- Determination regarding real property - Chinatown Jail development
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - Chinatown jail
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 hold events for small businesses, residents and CBO's Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268806383 · ended 2023 $15,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Succession Planning and New Business Incubation CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $40,000
- Succession Planning and New Business Incubation Initiatives CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $25,000
- Local CM Marte · DYCD · FY2024 $22,000
- Local CM Marte · DYCD · FY2025 $22,000
- Community Safety and Victim Services CM Marte · Community Safety and Victim Services · DYCD · FY2026 $18,000
- Food Pantry CM Manhattan Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2024 $10,000
- Community Safety and Victim Services CM Marte · Community Safety and Victim Services · DYCD · FY2027 $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.
- Christopher Marte FY2024-2027 · 4 awards $72,000
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.
- Victoria Lee Chief Executive Officer $132,362
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +431% from FY2023 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.
- FY2023 Victoria Lee · 3.29% of revenue $24,924
- FY2024 Victoria Lee · 8.9% of revenue $132,362