Jimmy Van Bramer
Former Council Member, District 26 (Queens)
Jimmy Van Bramer is a Former Council Member, District 26 (Queens).
- Served
- Council Member, District 26 (Queens), 2010-2021
- After the Council
- Chief Growth & Strategic Partnerships Officer, Girl Scouts of Greater New York
- Pay there (FY2023 filing)
- $219,795
- Discretionary sponsored (FY2020-2021)
- $3,630,000 · 94 organizations
After the Council
Joined the Girl Scouts of Greater New York as Chief Growth & Strategic Partnerships Officer in January 2022, days after his Council term ended. He had sponsored discretionary funding for the organization while in office, and it continues to receive discretionary money from many members. Role and pay
- Girl Scouts of Greater New York Chief Growth & Strategic Partnerships Officer · since January 2022 $219,795 (FY2023)
Discretionary funding they sponsored
Organizations this member steered City Council discretionary (member-item) money to (FY2020-2021), largest first. From the Council's Schedule C funded disclosure (FY2020 and later, where the sponsoring member is named). Organizations with a profile here link through.
- Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless FY2020-2021 · 3 awards $337,500
- Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement, Inc. FY2020-2021 · 9 awards $191,100
- Samaritan Daytop Village, Inc. FY2020-2021 · 5 awards $122,500
- Central Astoria Local Development Coalition, Inc. FY2020-2021 · 8 awards $121,800
- Sunnyside District Management Association FY2020-2021 · 5 awards $113,250
- East River Development Alliance, Inc. FY2020-2021 · 6 awards $106,400
- Sunnyside Community Service, Inc. FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $103,000
- Studio in a School Association FY2020-2021 · 5 awards $100,000
- Arab American Family Support Center FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $100,000
- New York City Housing Authority FY2020-2021 · 10 awards $90,000
- Queens Museum of Art FY2020-2021 · 6 awards $90,000
- American Museum of the Moving Image FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $80,000
- Woodside On The Move, Inc. FY2020-2021 · 6 awards $80,000
- Braata Productions FY2020-2021 · 5 awards $80,000
- Floating Hospital FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $77,000
- Selfhelp Community Services FY2020-2021 · 5 awards $75,010
- HANAC, INC. FY2020-2021 · 7 awards $73,490
- Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $71,000
- Queens Theatre In The Park, Inc. FY2020-2021 · 5 awards $65,000
- Film Fleadh Foundation, Inc. FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $64,000
Career before elected office
Before his 2009 election he was a reporter for the LGBT newspaper Lesbian and Gay New York, then spent about a decade as chief external affairs officer of the Queens Public Library, handling government and community relations. From public biographies and news coverage (see sources).
- Reporter Lesbian and Gay New York (later Gay City News) 1990s
- Chief External Affairs Officer Queens Public Library about 1998 to 2009