West Side Center for Community Life, Inc.
Lobbying client
West Side Center for Community Life, Inc., Lobbying client. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 4
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $35,285
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $2,102,125 awarded since 2013
- Paid to date
- $2,081,861
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $2,102,125 · 21 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,992,943 · 85 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2012 (16 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $357,263 · Gregory Silverman, CEO/Executive Director
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Bolton-St. Johns, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Sanitation City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Sanitation City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Advance funding for key food assistance programs,
- Budget - Funding for programs and assistance to feed the hungry.
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).
- Funding to support food access programming all city wide. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268802103 · ended 2026 $637,500
- West Side Center for Community Life - Vehicle Purchase Department of Design and Construction · CT185020181407310 · ended 2022 $218,045
- COVID-19 Emergency Food Funding Program Department of Sanitation · CT182720201429210 · ended 2021 $200,000
- Funding to support food purchases and operational expense. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228801768 · ended 2021 $200,000
- To fund the overhead and program costs for food pantry Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248803190 · ended 2023 $170,000
- To fund the costs for the Mobile Market Program. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020228802987 · ended 2021 $118,020
- FY22 City Council Funds to support food and social service Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238801142 · ended 2022 $92,000
- FUND PROGRAMS AND MOBILE UNITS THAT PROVIDE FOOD TO PANTRIES Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201418575 · ended 2020 $84,223
- To support mobile food pantry programs. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191412121 · ended 2019 $81,220
- This program supports WSCAH Chef Training Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191402900 · ended 2018 $79,205
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.
- Funding to support food access programming all city wide. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 2 payments $225,350
- COVID-19 Emergency Food Funding Program Department of Sanitation · FY2021 · 2 payments $200,000
- Funding to support food purchases and operational expense. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 $200,000
- To fund the overhead and program costs for food pantry Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 $164,346
- To fund the costs for the Mobile Market Program. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2022 $108,020
- FY22 City Council Funds to support food and social service Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $91,084
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Food Pantries Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2021 $200,000
- Feeding Our Communities Feeding Our Communities · DYCD · FY2026 $100,000
- Food Access Program CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $100,000
- Feeding Our Communities Feeding Our Communities · DYCD · FY2027 $100,000
- Food Access Program CD# 7 CM Abreu · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2026 $50,000
- Tremont United Methodist Church CM Feliz · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2026 $50,000
- Food Access Program CD# 7 CM Manhattan Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2026 $48,200
- Food Distribution CD# 6 CM Manhattan Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2026 $46,000
- Food Pantry Initiative Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2018 $45,950
- West Side Campaign Against Hunger - 86th Street & Mobile Food Pantry CM Manhattan Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DYCD · FY2020 $42,223
- West Side Campaign Against Hunger Emergency and Mobile Food Pantry Boro · DYCD · FY2019 $42,220
- 86th Street & Mobile Food Pantry CM Manhattan Delegation · Boroughwide Needs Initiative · DYCD · FY2021 $42,220
- Food Pantries CM Bronx Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2023 $40,000
- Food Pantry Distribution CD# 6 CM Manhattan Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2025 $37,800
- Food Pantries CM Manhattan Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2024 $36,300
- WSCAH Food Access Program CD# 10 CM De La Rosa · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2026 $35,000
- Food Pantry Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2019 $34,000
- West Side Campaign Against Hunger - Mobile Market and 86th Street Market CM Manhattan Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2022 $34,000
- Food Pantries CM Manhattan Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2023 $34,000
- Food Pantries CM Manhattan Delegation · Food Pantries · DYCD · FY2023 $30,000
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.
- Shaun Abreu FY2022-2027 · 12 awards $268,500
- Carmen N. De La Rosa FY2023-2027 · 7 awards $95,000
- Gale A. Brewer FY2022-2027 · 8 awards $65,500
- Oswald J. Feliz FY2026 · 1 award $50,000
- Levine FY2020-2021 · 3 awards $28,500
- Amanda C. Farías FY2024-2025 · 2 awards $20,000
- Rosenthal FY2021 · 1 award $16,000
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.
- Gregory Silverman CEO/Executive Director $357,263
- Alyson Rosenthal Chief Program Officer $220,855
- John Lebreton Chief Financial & People Officer $214,696
- Rachel Laibson Chief Development Officer $207,552
- Stephanie Moshier Director Of Partnerships & Comm. Engagement $138,341
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +45% 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 Gregory Silverman · 5.45% of revenue $268,345
- FY2021 Gregory Silverman · 7.81% of revenue $315,247
- FY2022 Gregory Silverman · 11.54% of revenue $309,576
- FY2023 Gregory Silverman · 9.52% of revenue $357,263