City Year, Inc.
Lobbying client
A national nonprofit founded in 1988 that partners with AmeriCorps to place young adults as full-time tutors and mentors in under-resourced public schools. City Year New York alone deploys more than 200 AmeriCorps members serving over 8,500 students. It has filed 10 disclosures since 2024, lobbying 12 council members through the Parkside Group for state and city funding to expand its student success coach program, and it holds active city contracts totaling about $21.3 million as of August 2026.
- Council members lobbied
- 12
- Filings (since 2024)
- 10
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $100,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $21,296,148 · 12 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $105,176,269 · 75 since 2006, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $77,032,224
- Won without a fresh bid
- 88% of contract value · $92,295,049 · 68 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $987,072 · 18 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2017 (11 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $438,255 · James Balfanz, Chief Executive Officer
Lobbied these council members
- Oswald J. Feliz Council Member, District 15 (Bronx)
- Althea V. Stevens Council Member, District 16 (Bronx)
- Justin E. Sanchez Council Member, District 17 (Bronx)
- Amanda C. Farías Council Member, District 18 (Bronx)
- Shekar Krishnan Council Member, District 25 (Queens)
- Rita C. Joseph Council Member, District 40 (Brooklyn)
- Darlene Mealy Council Member, District 41 (Brooklyn)
- Chris Banks Council Member, District 42 (Brooklyn)
- Shaun Abreu Council Member, District 7 (Manhattan)
- Elsie Encarnación Council Member, District 8 (Manhattan/Bronx)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- The Parkside Group, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Education City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Diana Ayala
- Rafael Salamanca Jr.
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Securing state and city funding. Providing support on the expansion of City Years student success coach learning network throughout New York State.
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).
- FY25 renewal community school service R1191 Department of Education · CT104020258805077 $1,985,546
- FY25 Renewal community school service R1191 Department of Education · CT104020258805079 $1,975,654
- FY25 Renewal community school service R1365 Department of Education · CT104020258805084 $1,961,175
- FY25 Renewal community school service R1341 Department of Education · CT104020258805064 $1,903,871
- FY25 Renewal community school service R1191 Department of Education · CT104020258805078 $1,885,477
- FY25 Renewal Community School Service- R1191 Department of Education · CT104020258805080 $1,809,829
- FY25 Renewal Community Schools Services - R1341 Department of Education · CT104020258805452 $1,703,438
- FY25 renewal community school service R1191 Department of Education · CT104020258805072 $1,673,704
- FY25 Renewal community school service R1191 Department of Education · CT104020258805082 $1,649,978
- FY25 Renewal community school service R1341 Department of Education · CT104020258805083 $1,623,165
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.
- Community Service opportunities for High-Need Public Schools Department of Education · FY2020 · 2 payments $3,190,169
- Community Service Opportunities for High Need Public schools Department of Education · FY2022 · 2 payments $3,123,027
- Community Service Opportunities for High Need Public schools Department of Education · FY2020 · 2 payments $3,000,000
- Community School Services - R1191 Department of Education · FY2023 · 23 payments $2,219,067
- Community School Services - R1191 Department of Education · FY2024 · 18 payments $1,593,793
- FY25 Renewal community school service R1341 Department of Education · FY2026 · 10 payments $1,416,875
- FY25 Renewal community school service R1191 Department of Education · FY2026 · 8 payments $1,236,087
- R1341 - Community School Services Expansion Department of Education · FY2024 · 9 payments $1,054,572
- Community School Services - R1191 Department of Education · FY2025 · 7 payments $996,726
- R1365 - Community School Services Department of Education · FY2025 · 3 payments $889,066
- R1341 - Community Schools Services Expansion Department of Education · FY2024 · 11 payments $881,128
- FY25 renewal community school service R1191 Department of Education · FY2026 · 6 payments $856,075
- FY25 Renewal community school service R1191 Department of Education · FY2025 · 6 payments $694,108
- R1341 - Community Schools Services Expansion Department of Education · FY2023 · 6 payments $647,631
- FY25 Renewal community school service R1341 Department of Education · FY2025 · 4 payments $631,583
- 21st CCLC Services to Provide Academic and Enrichment Servic Department of Education · FY2025 · 3 payments $630,742
- Community Schools Services - R1191 Department of Education · FY2023 · 6 payments $601,276
- FY25 renewal community school service R1191 Department of Education · FY2025 · 3 payments $580,401
- FY25 Renewal community school service R1365 Department of Education · FY2026 · 4 payments $558,543
- Community School Services - R1341 Department of Education · FY2024 · 4 payments $522,401
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local DYCD · FY2017 $100,000
- Local DYCD · FY2018 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2019 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2020 $100,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2021 $80,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2022 $80,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $80,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $80,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $80,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $80,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $75,000
- NYC Reads CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $6,500
- NYC Reads CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $6,000
- NYC Reads CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $6,000
- Afterschool Support Program CM Banks · DYCD · FY2025 $5,000
- Council District 16 CM Stevens · DYCD · FY2026 $5,000
- Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers · DYCD · FY2022 $3,072
- NYC Reads Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2024 $500
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.
- Chris Banks FY2025 · 1 award $5,000
- Althea V. Stevens FY2026 · 1 award $5,000
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.
- James Balfanz Chief Executive Officer $438,255
- Shanuah Beamon CAO,Gen Consl,Co-Clk (Thru 6/27/25) $367,646
- John Tupponce Chief Operating Officer $343,761
- Mithra Ramaley Chief Dev, Recruit, & Alumni Officer $339,293
- Annmaura Connolly Chief Strategy Officer $338,259
- Kanna Kunchala Acting CFO (Thru 8/1/24),Executive VP,Cso,Cos $335,735
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +7% 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.
- FY2020 Michael Brown · 2.29% of revenue $610,109
- FY2021 James Balfanz · 1.94% of revenue $474,522
- FY2022 James Balfanz · 2.38% of revenue $525,512
- FY2023 James Balfanz · 2.94% of revenue $547,025
- FY2024 James Balfanz · 2.36% of revenue $438,255
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
- Althea V. Stevens It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Amanda C. Farías It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Rita C. Joseph It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Shekar Krishnan It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction