Life of Hope
City-funded organization
Life of Hope, 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 · $1,220,012 awarded since 2011
- Paid to date
- $584,790
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $1,220,012 · 27 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,580,261 · 82 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 17 years (FY2009–FY2027), including each of the last 16
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $81,731 · Porez Luxama, Executive Di
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Small Business Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development 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).
- support community programming, staff support, overhead cost Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258808901 · ended 2026 $311,250
- Support for Immigrant Women Workers Department of Small Business Services · CT180120258803030 · ended 2026 $150,000
- To support various youth programs Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191418707 · ended 2019 $117,000
- To support various youth programs Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020181419119 · ended 2018 $117,000
- funding support a wide range of needed programs and services Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248803331 · ended 2023 $83,000
- Neighborhood Youth Team Sports FY26 NA Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268805696 · ended 2026 $50,000
- Neighborhood Youth Team Sports FY26 NA Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268801357 · ended 2025 $50,000
- Initiative to support programs for low-wage immigrant women Department of Small Business Services · CT180120248803200 · ended 2023 $40,000
- 62F - support district based senior services. Department for the Aging · CT112520248807456 · ended 2026 $37,500
- To support various youth programs Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201426041 · ended 2020 $32,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Haitian Response Initiative Haitian Response Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2026 $100,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2026 $100,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $100,000
- Haitian Response Initiative Haitian Response Initiative · Dss/hra · FY2027 $100,000
- Local DYCD · FY2018 $85,000
- Local DYCD · FY2019 $85,000
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2023 $50,000
- Immigrant Rights Workshops Immigrant Rights Workshops · Dss/hra · FY2026 $50,000
- Immigrant Rights Workshops Immigrant Rights Workshops · Dss/hra · FY2027 $50,000
- Support for Immigrant Women Workers Support for Immigrant Women Workers · SBS · FY2023 $40,000
- Support for Immigrant Women Workers Support for Immigrant Women Workers · SBS · FY2024 $40,000
- Support for Immigrant and Women Workers Support for Immigrant and Women Workers · SBS · FY2025 $40,000
- Support for Immigrant and Women Workers Support for Immigrant and Women Workers · SBS · FY2026 $40,000
- Support for Immigrant and Women Workers Support for Immigrant and Women Workers · SBS · FY2027 $40,000
- Welcome NYC Welcome NYC · DYCD · FY2024 $30,000
- Welcome NYC Welcome NYC · DYCD · FY2025 $30,000
- Welcome NYC (Formerly Key to the City and Welcome NYC) Welcome NYC (Formerly Key to the City and Welcome NYC) · DYCD · FY2026 $30,000
- Welcome NYC Welcome NYC · DYCD · FY2027 $30,000
- Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2018 $20,000
- Council District 45 Digital Inclusion and Literacy Initiative · DYCD · FY2019 $20,000
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.
- Rita C. Joseph FY2022-2027 · 13 awards $119,000
- Farah N. Louis FY2020-2027 · 11 awards $92,500
- Mercedes Narcisse FY2023-2027 · 4 awards $20,000
- Eugene FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $18,000
- Antonio Reynoso FY2021 · 1 award $13,500
- Jennifer Gutiérrez FY2022 · 1 award $10,000
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.
- Porez Luxama Executive Di $81,731
- Carolann Johns Deputy Direc $18,020
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +184% from FY2021 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.
- FY2021 Porez Luxama · 6.62% of revenue $20,200
- FY2022 Porez Luxama · 12.69% of revenue $55,908
- FY2023 Porez Luxama · 7.64% of revenue $68,854
- FY2024 Porez Luxama · 2.14% of revenue $81,731
Community project funding secured by (FY2024)
Members of New York's congressional delegation named as requestors of an enacted FY2024 community project for this organization, in the House Appropriations Committee's own final project tables. Each figure is the amount APPROPRIATED for that project, not money paid out to this organization to date.
- Charles E. Schumer Property Acquisition · NY · Transportation, Housing and Urban Development $1,500,000
Community project funding requested by (FY2026)
Members who asked the House Appropriations Committee to fund a FY2026 community project for this organization. These are requests, not awards: the FY2026 bills were enacted, but the committee has not published final FY2026 project tables, so whether any of these was funded is not shown here. Each
- Yvette D. Clarke Central Hub of Hope (CHOH) · 1377 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11203 · Commerce Justice Science $786,580
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 Housing and Urban Development 14.251 Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants · Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Grant $1,500,000