Encore Community Services
Lobbying client
Encore Community Services is a Manhattan nonprofit, based in the Times Square/Clinton area, that has served older New Yorkers since 1977 with home-delivered and congregate meals, case management and other senior services. It filed one lobbying disclosure in 2026, registered citywide, using Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno LLC to lobby on a service-contract procurement matter, with $5,000 in reported compensation. The organization holds active city contracts totaling $38.96 million.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 1
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $5,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $38,958,815 · 6 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $143,703,063 · 34 since 2008, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $98,388,003
- Won without a fresh bid
- 43% of contract value · $61,674,489 · 29 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,253,787 · 50 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $211,230 · Jeremy Kaplan, Executive Director
- Based in
- New York, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Procurement - Service Contract
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).
- HOME DELIVERED MEALS Department for the Aging · CT112520258801503 $16,015,185
- FY 23 NEW CONTRACT Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620238800346 $9,776,240
- CASE MANAGEMENT Department for the Aging · CT112520258800086 $9,308,213
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · CT112520278800219 $2,523,642
- 25% Allowance Amendment - Encore 49 Department of Social Services · CT106920228802172 $1,235,535
- Purchase of Two Food Delivery Vehicles for Encore Community Department of Design and Construction · CT185020248803648 $100,000
- DELIVER MEALS TO THE HOMEBOUND ELDERLY Department for the Aging · CT112520211412648 · ended 2023 $43,965,909
- HOME DELIVERED MEALS TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS Department for the Aging · CT112520121419531 · ended 2015 $7,804,566
- PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES Department for the Aging · CT112520228804578 · ended 2024 $6,993,200
- HOMEDELIVERED MEALS TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS Department for the Aging · CT112520090017550 · ended 2011 $5,746,067
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DFTA · FY2025 $350,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DFTA · FY2026 $180,000
- Hotshot Vans for Home Delivered Meals Senior Centers, Programs, and Enhancements · DFTA · FY2023 $140,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DFTA · FY2024 $50,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DFTA · FY2025 $50,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DFTA · FY2026 $50,000
- Support Our Seniors CM Johnson · Support Our Seniors · DFTA · FY2020 $20,000
- Support Our Seniors CM Johnson · Support Our Seniors · DFTA · FY2021 $20,000
- Support Our Seniors CM Bottcher · Support Our Seniors · DFTA · FY2022 $20,000
- Home Delivered Meals to Older Adults CM Bottcher · Support Our Seniors · DFTA · FY2023 $20,000
- Support Our Older Adults CM Bottcher · Support Our Older Adults · DFTA · FY2024 $20,000
- Meal Delivery for Older Adults CM Bottcher · Support Our Older Adults · DFTA · FY2025 $20,000
- Meal Delivery for Older Adults CM Bottcher · Support Our Older Adults · DFTA · FY2026 $20,000
- Meal Delivery for Older Adults CM Wilson · Support Our Older Adults · DFTA · FY2027 $20,000
- Encore Luncheon Club Space Costs for Seniors · DFTA · FY2010 $10,000
- Support Our Older Adults CM Bottcher · Support Our Older Adults · DFTA · FY2024 $10,000
- Aging Aging · DFTA · FY2011 $9,500
- Home-Delivered Meals Program Aging · DFTA · FY2012 $9,500
- Aging Aging · DFTA · FY2013 $9,500
- Aging Aging · DFTA · FY2014 $9,500
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.
- Erik Bottcher FY2022-2026 · 11 awards $154,500
- Johnson FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $59,000
- Carl Wilson FY2027 · 2 awards $28,500
- Gale A. Brewer FY2024-2027 · 4 awards $20,000
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.
- Jeremy Kaplan Executive Director $211,230
- Judith Castillo COO $159,670
- Kenneth Cox Chief Of Strategic Philanthropy $153,763
- Gigi Verkaik Director Of Development $119,940
- Michael Walter Secretary $96,952
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +32% 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 Jeremy Kaplan · 7.91% of revenue $197,224
- FY2021 Jeremy Kaplan · 4.01% of revenue $191,783
- FY2022 Jeremy Kaplan · 6.42% of revenue $214,482
- FY2023 Jeremy Kaplan · 8.31% of revenue $211,230