Big Initiatives Incorporated

Lobbying client

Big Initiatives Incorporated is the legal name of Big Reuse, the Brooklyn-based environmental nonprofit that runs community composting sites, curbside food scrap collection, resale centers and street tree care programs across the five boroughs, some of it on New York City Parks Department land. It filed 15 citywide lobbying disclosures since 2024, reaching 51 council members with no listed lobbying firm, on city council discretionary funding, restoring community composting funding after a Department of Sanitation budget cut, and renewal of a Parks Department license agreement. Big Initiatives reported $17,146 in compensation and holds $6.17 million in active city contracts as of August 2026, out of $16.76 million received from the city since 2016.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
15
Lobbyist firm(s)
In-house
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$17,146
Industry (per city contracts)
Goods
City contracts (active)
$6,167,310 · 2 contracts
Awarded all-time
$16,756,297 · 9 since 2016, incl. expired
Paid to date
$12,006,591
Won without a fresh bid
100% of contract value · $16,741,297 · 8 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$5,482,085 · 85 awards
Funding history
Funded 8 years (FY2017–FY2027), including each of the last 5
Top officer pay (FY2024)
$160,575 · Justin Green, Executive Director

Holds contracts at

Funded by these agencies

What they lobbied on

subjects from their filings

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).

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.

Discretionary funding received

City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.

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.

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.

Officer pay over time

Total officer pay changed +250% 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.

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