Human Rights First
City-funded organization
Human Rights First, City-funded organization. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $2,534,140 awarded since 2019
- Paid to date
- $1,896,727
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $2,534,140 · 5 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $3,342,566 · 12 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2020 (8 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $256,453 · Marc Tobias, COO
- Based in
- New York, NY
Holds contracts at
- Department of Social Services City agency
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).
- Prov. of legal counsel for children in removal proceedings Department of Social Services · CT106920258803112 · ended 2026 $1,454,140
- Prov of legal counsel for children in removal proceedings Department of Social Services · CT106920248802278 · ended 2022 $290,000
- Prov of Legal Services to Unaccompanied Minors and AWCs Department of Social Services · CT106920238804818 · ended 2023 $290,000
- This allocation funds legal counsel for children. Department of Social Services · CT106920228801233 · ended 2021 $250,000
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Services. Department of Social Services · CT106920211400246 · ended 2020 $250,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2027 $808,426
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2026 $518,426
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2023 $290,000
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2024 $290,000
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2025 $290,000
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2026 $290,000
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2020 $250,000
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2021 $250,000
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2022 $250,000
- Unaccompanied Minors and Families Unaccompanied Minors and Families · Dss/hra · FY2022 $40,000
- Protect NYC Families Protect NYC Families · Dss/hra · FY2025 $35,714
- Protect NYC Families Protect NYC Families · Dss/hra · FY2025 $30,000
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.
- Marc Tobias COO $256,453
- Eleanor Acer Senior Director Global Humanitarian Protection $204,406
- Laura Senkevitch Director Donor Relations $194,524
- Robyn Barnard Senior Director, Refugee Advocacy $187,033
- Kurt Pacquette SR VP, Finance $182,016
- Perris Richter Senior Director, Innovation Lab $178,087
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +8% 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 Breen · 18.86% of revenue $309,784
- FY2021 Michael Breen · 13.23% of revenue $275,370
- FY2022 Michael Breen · 14.79% of revenue $391,475
- FY2023 Breen Michael F · 15.92% of revenue $379,478
- FY2024 Marc Tobias · 34.7% of revenue $256,453
Congressional testimony
Congressional committee meetings where congress.gov lists a witness whose stated affiliation is exactly this organization's name, for the 118th and 119th Congresses, as of 2026-09-01. Name variations are not matched, so an appearance filed under a different spelling of this organization is missing
- Democracy in Peril: the Fight for Free Elections in Honduras House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere 2025-11-20
- The Need for an Authorized State Department House Foreign Affairs 2025-04-30
- Oversight hearing titled “Destroying America’s Best Idea: Examining the Biden Administration’s Use of National Park Service Lands for Migrant Camps.” 2023-09-27