The Haitian Americans United For Progress, Inc.
Lobbying client
The Haitian Americans United For Progress, known as HAUP, is a nonprofit founded in 1975 in Hollis, Queens, to serve Haitian refugees and immigrants, now offering immigration and resettlement services, ESL, youth programs, and family support across the city's immigrant community, including a city-funded Pre-K for All program in Queens and the Bronx. HAUP has filed 6 lobbying disclosures since 2024, worth $40,893 in compensation through Brown & Weinraub Advisors, registered citywide on education budget and local legislation. It holds $1.54 million in active city contracts as of August 2026, part of $21.7 million since 2012.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 6
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $40,893
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $1,543,418 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $21,666,611 · 48 since 2012, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $17,006,942
- Won without a fresh bid
- 77% of contract value · $16,599,680 · 43 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $4,579,842 · 144 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Based in
- Cambria Heights, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Brown & Weinraub Advisors, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Small Business Services City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
- Mayoralty City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - EDUCATION
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - EDUCATION
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).
- Amendment -NYC Benefit Program for FY'25-27 COLA & Allowance Department of Social Services · CT106920258803948 $980,918
- Provision of legal services for immigrants Department of Social Services · CT106920268804506 $562,500
- COMPASS Middle afterschool services Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020211402346 · ended 2023 $2,428,389
- COMPASS Renewal of FY 15 OST Elementary & Middle. School Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020161403348 · ended 2019 $2,186,604
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · CT104020229258251 · ended 2026 $1,702,275
- COMPASS PROGRAMS Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248800479 · ended 2025 $1,620,513
- Provide COMPASS programming, literacy services, etc. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258805760 · ended 2026 $1,433,898
- OST Elementary School Target Zip: Brooklyn Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020131402747 · ended 2015 $1,413,078
- OST Middle School Expansion Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020151402765 · ended 2018 $1,399,526
- COMPASS Middle School Services at PS 189 Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191406541 · ended 2021 $1,214,485
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.
- COMPASS PROGRAMS Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 4 payments $707,233
- COMPASS Middle afterschool services Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 12 payments $643,705
- COMPASS Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 10 payments $629,824
- COMPASS Middle afterschool services Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 8 payments $611,718
- COMPASS PROGRAMS Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 7 payments $590,028
- Provide COMPASS programming, literacy services, etc. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 6 payments $575,333
- COMPASS programming at P.S. 189 The Bilingual Center - Summe Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 5 payments $425,176
- COMPASS Middle School Services at PS 189 Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 · 4 payments $371,400
- COMPASS Elementary School Program at PS 241 Bklyn Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 · 5 payments $254,925
- COMPASS programming at P.S. 189 The Bilingual Center - Summe Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 · 5 payments $253,038
- COMPASS Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 2 payments $205,087
- COMPASS Middle School Services at PS 189 Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 · 4 payments $196,726
- COMPASS Renewal of FY 15 OST Elementary & Middle. School Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 · 3 payments $184,594
- COMPASS Middle afterschool services Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 · 2 payments $180,080
- Provision of NYC Benefits Program Department of Social Services · FY2025 · 2 payments $175,000
- Birth to Five Department of Education · FY2022 · 2 payments $128,551
- Provision of NYC Benefits Program Department of Social Services · FY2026 $125,000
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · FY2023 $115,472
- Prov. of Legal services for recent immigrants Department of Social Services · FY2025 · 2 payments $112,750
- Provide COMPASS programming, literacy services, etc. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2027 $99,370
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Language Services Worker Cooperatives Language Services Worker Cooperatives · DYCD · FY2025 $300,000
- Language Services Worker Cooperatives Language Services Worker Cooperatives · DYCD · FY2026 $300,000
- Language Services Worker Cooperatives Language Services Worker Cooperatives · DYCD · FY2027 $300,000
- Haitian Response Initiative Haitian Response Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2026 $100,000
- Language Access and Legal Services for Black Immigrants Language Access and Legal Services for Black Immigrants · DYCD · FY2026 $100,000
- Haitian Response Initiative Haitian Response Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2027 $100,000
- Language Access and Legal Services for Black Immigrants Language Access and Legal Services for Black Immigrants · DYCD · FY2027 $100,000
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Immigrant Opportunities Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2024 $77,000
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Immigrant Opportunities Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2025 $77,000
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Immigrant Opportunities Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2026 $77,000
- Immigrant Opportunities Initiative Immigrant Opportunities Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2027 $77,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2019 $70,000
- DoVE DoVE · Misc · FY2009 $56,250
- Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative Domestic Violence and Empowerment (DoVE) Initiative · Misc · FY2010 $56,250
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2016 $50,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2017 $50,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2018 $50,000
- Hate Crime Prevention Initiative Hate Crime Prevention Initiative · MOCJ · FY2022 $50,000
- Hate Crime Prevention Initiative Hate Crime Prevention Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $50,000
- Hate Crimes Prevention Hate Crimes Prevention · DYCD · FY2024 $50,000
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.
- Nantasha M. Williams FY2022-2027 · 8 awards $150,000
- Rita C. Joseph FY2023-2027 · 14 awards $140,000
- Miller FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $74,500
- Mercedes Narcisse FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $30,000
- Selvena N. Brooks-Powers FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $25,000
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 Health and Human Services 93.011 National Organizations for State and Local Officials · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $780,906
- Department of Homeland Security 97.010 Citizenship Education and Training · U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · Grant $280,000