The Korean-American Family Service Center, Inc.
Lobbying client
The Korean-American Family Service Center is a Flushing nonprofit founded in 1989 that provides domestic violence and sexual assault services, including a 24-hour hotline, emergency shelter, and bilingual counseling, primarily for the Korean American community in the New York area. Since 2024 it has filed 8 lobbying registrations through Kline Public Strategies LLC, reporting $31,500 in compensation and lobbying 11 City Council members, including Crystal Hudson, Erik Bottcher and Sandra Ung, on capital funding to buy and renovate a new community center property. The group has held $12.8 million in city contracts since 2001, with $1.73 million active as of August 2026.
- Council members lobbied
- 11
- Filings (since 2024)
- 8
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $31,500
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $1,734,396 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $12,836,158 · 54 since 2001, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $10,333,435
- Won without a fresh bid
- 88% of contract value · $11,269,761 · 45 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $7,659,820 · 232 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 11 years (FY2016–FY2027), including each of the last 10
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $159,353 · Jeehae Fischer, Executive Director
Lobbied these council members
- Vickie Paladino Council Member, District 19 (Queens)
- Sandra Ung Council Member, District 20 (Queens)
- Linda Lee Council Member, District 23 (Queens)
- James F. Gennaro Council Member, District 24 (Queens)
- Shekar Krishnan Council Member, District 25 (Queens)
- Lynn C. Schulman Council Member, District 29 (Queens)
- Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Council Member, District 31 (Queens)
- Crystal Hudson Council Member, District 35 (Brooklyn)
- Farah N. Louis Council Member, District 45 (Brooklyn)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Kline Public Strategies LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Social Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
- Mayoralty City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Erik Bottcher
- Justin Brannan
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Applying for capital funding for a new community center property and general outreach regarding the Korean American Family Service Center.
- Budget - Capital funding to support the purchase and renovations of a new community center.
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).
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800427 $1,172,396
- Prov of legal svcs for survivors of domestic violence Department of Social Services · CT106920268805286 $562,000
- Funds to support hate crime prevention strategies and suppor Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258801871 · ended 2026 $2,007,919
- OST Middle School Expansion Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020151403995 · ended 2018 $1,502,897
- COMPASS-MSE services at East West School Intern. studies Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020190000308 · ended 2021 $1,380,971
- COMPASS Programming at (East-West Sch of Inter. Studies) Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228800539 · ended 2023 $1,334,722
- COMPASS Program Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248800904 · ended 2025 $1,301,241
- OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAM - ELEMENTARY/REGION 3 Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020090007658 · ended 2012 $651,451
- Funds will support the Hodori Little-Tiger afterschool progr Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020231400580 · ended 2022 $261,970
- Fund for Domestic Violence Intervention Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248802913 · ended 2023 $245,750
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 Programming at (East-West Sch of Inter. Studies) Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 3 payments $598,443
- COMPASS Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 2 payments $566,294
- COMPASS-MSE services at East West School Intern. studies Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2020 · 11 payments $468,275
- COMPASS Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 3 payments $446,374
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 $368,100
- Funds to support hate crime prevention strategies and suppor Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 2 payments $319,798
- COMPASS-MSE services at East West School Intern. studies Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 · 6 payments $278,319
- Funds will support the Hodori Little-Tiger afterschool progr Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 2 payments $253,850
- Fund for Domestic Violence Intervention Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 $245,750
- Funding to provide culturally and linguistically appropr Mayoralty · FY2022 $202,250
- COMPASS Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 · 2 payments $201,219
- Support for victims of domestic violence Mayoralty · FY2020 · 2 payments $197,500
- COMPASS Programming at (East-West Sch of Inter. Studies) Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 $150,000
- COMPASS-MSE services at East West School Intern. studies Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 $143,614
- Funding provides Domestic Violence Prevention services Mayoralty · FY2023 $139,803
- Funds to support hate crime prevention strategies and suppor Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 · 2 payments $132,075
- Services for victims and survivors of domestic violence. Mayoralty · FY2020 $130,989
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2027 $107,245
- COMPASS Programming at (East-West Sch of Inter. Studies) Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 $107,089
- Services for victims and survivors of domestic violence. Mayoralty · FY2021 $99,011
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Culturally Specific Gender Based Violence Initiative Culturally Specific Gender Based Violence Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $200,000
- AAPI Community Support AAPI Community Support · DYCD · FY2022 $150,000
- AAPI Community Support AAPI Community Support · DYCD · FY2023 $150,000
- AAPI Community Support AAPI Community Support · DYCD · FY2024 $150,000
- AAPI Community Support AAPI Community Support · DYCD · FY2025 $150,000
- AAPI Community Support AAPI Community Support · DYCD · FY2026 $150,000
- Culturally Specific Gender Based Violence Initiative (formerly Initiative for Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence) Culturally Specific Gender Based Violence Initiative (formerly Initiative for Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence) · DYCD · FY2026 $150,000
- Immigration Legal Services for Survivors of Violence and Gender Based Harm Immigration Legal Services for Survivors of Violence and Gender Based Harm · Dss/hra · FY2026 $150,000
- AAPI Community Support AAPI Community Support · DYCD · FY2027 $150,000
- Immigration Legal Services for Survivors of Violence and Gender Based Harm Immigration Legal Services for Survivors of Violence and Gender Based Harm · Dss/hra · FY2027 $150,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $100,000
- Legal Services for AAPI Communities Legal Services for AAPI Communities · Dss/hra · FY2027 $100,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2019 $80,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2020 $80,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2022 $80,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $80,000
- Adult Literacy Initiative Adult Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $80,000
- Adult Literacy Pilot Project Adult Literacy Pilot Project · DYCD · FY2025 $80,000
- Adult Literacy Forward (Formerly Adult Literacy Pilot Project) Adult Literacy Forward (Formerly Adult Literacy Pilot Project) · DYCD · FY2026 $80,000
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.
- Sandra Ung FY2022-2027 · 30 awards $515,500
- Vickie Paladino FY2022-2026 · 24 awards $353,000
- Linda Lee FY2022-2027 · 8 awards $302,834
- Vallone FY2020-2021 · 8 awards $150,000
- Keith Powers FY2020-2026 · 14 awards $137,000
- Koo FY2020-2021 · 9 awards $118,500
- Grodenchik FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $96,668
- Shekar Krishnan FY2023-2027 · 11 awards $80,000
- Julie Won FY2023-2027 · 5 awards $59,000
- Holden FY2020-2025 · 6 awards $50,000
- James F. Gennaro FY2021-2027 · 7 awards $35,000
- Shanel Thomas-Henry FY2027 · 1 award $20,000
- Virginia Maloney FY2027 · 2 awards $20,000
- Phil Wong FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $10,000
- Farah N. Louis FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $10,000
- Lancman FY2020 · 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.
- Jeehae Fischer Executive Director $159,353
- Mi Jung You Deputy Director $134,816
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +95% 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 Jeehae Fischer · 4.77% of revenue $151,050
- FY2021 Jeehae Fischer · 5.69% of revenue $169,805
- FY2022 Jeehae Fischer · 7.06% of revenue $167,353
- FY2023 Jeehae Fischer · 6.62% of revenue $159,353
Where their influence converges
Outside interests connected to this official through more than one independent channel — drawn straight from the records the rest of the site already shows. “Lobbied them” = a lobbying filing that named the member. “Outside spending” = an independent-expenditure committee the interest funds spent in
- Crystal Hudson It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Linda Lee It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Sandra Ung It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
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 Justice 16.016 Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program · Offices, Boards and Divisions · Grant $400,000
- Department of Justice 16.524 Legal Assistance for Victims · Offices, Boards and Divisions · Grant $400,000
- Department of Justice 16.888 Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies · Offices, Boards and Divisions · Grant $350,000