Youth Justice Network, Inc.
Lobbying client
A New York City nonprofit, founded in 1990 as Friends of Island Academy and later renamed, that works with justice-involved young people from arrest through reentry, providing mentorship, court advocacy, education support, and job training out of offices in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn. It filed 13 lobbying disclosures since 2024, registered citywide and reaching all 51 council members through Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno, on city budget funding for youth programs.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 13
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $122,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $13,008,230 · 4 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $43,254,586 · 15 since 2018, incl. expired
- Registered to start later
- $7,430,978 · 1 contract
- Paid to date
- $26,350,925
- Won without a fresh bid
- 57% of contract value · $24,682,813 · 11 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $30,000 · 6 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2025 (3 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $186,830 · Christine Pahigian, Executive. Director
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
- Department of Probation City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
- Mayoralty City agency
- Office of Criminal Justice City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
- Department of Probation City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
- Mayoralty City agency
- Office of Criminal Justice City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - New York City Fiscal Year 2027 Operating Budget - -Program Funding.
- Budget - Youth program funding
- Budget - Youth program 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).
- Post-Incarceration- Youth Justice Network- Citywide Office of Criminal Justice · CT112820250000724 $6,263,559
- FY26 RFP Fatherhood Implementation Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268805906 $4,009,546
- Workforce Development and Services Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258806206 $2,537,625
- The Arches program, which targets high-crime neighborhoods. Department of Probation · CT178120278800591 $197,500
- Workforce Development Services Administration for Children's Services · CT106820278800426 · starts 2026-09 $7,430,978
- to provide reentry services Mayoralty · CT100220181421737 · ended 2020 $7,331,480
- Post-Incarceration- Friends of Island Academy- Citywide Mayoralty · CT100220228805051 · ended 2023 $6,538,750
- Post-Incarceration- Youth Justice Network- Citywide Mayoralty · CT100220248801748 · ended 2024 $4,156,250
- To support Fatherhood programming Citywide. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020211402389 · ended 2024 $1,819,904
- Fatherhood Program Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258800367 · ended 2025 $842,648
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.
- Post-Incarceration- Youth Justice Network- Citywide Office of Criminal Justice · FY2025 · 10 payments $2,493,556
- Post-Incarceration- Youth Justice Network- Citywide Office of Criminal Justice · FY2026 · 10 payments $1,894,887
- Post-Incarceration- Youth Justice Network- Citywide Mayoralty · FY2024 · 10 payments $1,888,210
- Workforce Development Services Administration for Children's Services · FY2027 · 2 payments $825,664
- Workforce Development and Services Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 3 payments $593,866
- Post-Incarceration- Friends of Island Academy- Citywide Mayoralty · FY2023 · 5 payments $591,926
- Fatherhood Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 6 payments $561,463
- Post-Incarceration- Friends of Island Academy- Citywide Mayoralty · FY2024 · 2 payments $444,536
- Fatherhood - Negotiated Acquisition Extension Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 2 payments $424,001
- Post-Incarceration- Youth Justice Network- Citywide Office of Criminal Justice · FY2027 · 2 payments $419,644
- Workforce Development and Services Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2027 $401,940
- Workforce Development and Services Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 2 payments $268,314
- To support Fatherhood programming Citywide. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 5 payments $234,073
- FY26 RFP Fatherhood Implementation Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2027 $231,440
- FY26 RFP Fatherhood Implementation Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 2 payments $213,087
- Arches Program Department of Probation · FY2026 $80,664
- To support Fatherhood programming Citywide. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 2 payments $80,323
- Fatherhood Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 $58,465
- Arches Program Department of Probation · FY2024 $39,500
- Arches Transformative Mentoring Intervention Renewal Department of Probation · FY2024 $31,871
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Youth CM Salaam · Youth · DYCD · FY2025 $5,000
- Boroughwide Needs Initiative CM Queens Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $5,000
- Local CM Salaam · DYCD · FY2026 $5,000
- Youth CM Salaam · Youth · DYCD · FY2027 $5,000
- Youth Advocacy Services - Council District 22 CM Caban · DYCD · FY2027 $5,000
- Youth Workforce Development - Council District 17 CM J. Sanchez · Youth · DYCD · FY2027 $5,000
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.
- Yusef Salaam FY2025-2027 · 3 awards $15,000
- Tiffany L. Cabán FY2027 · 1 award $5,000
- Justin E. Sanchez FY2027 · 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.
- Christine Pahigian Executive. Director $186,830
- Salvatore J Pepe Director of Fin & Admin $146,990
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +14% 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 Christine Pahigian · 5.83% of revenue $162,996
- FY2021 Christine Pahigian · 4.47% of revenue $155,371
- FY2022 Christine Pahigian · 7.44% of revenue $169,076
- FY2023 Christine Pahigian · 6.37% of revenue $186,830