Arc Xvi FT Washington Inc
City-funded organization
Arc Xvi FT Washington Inc, doing business as ARC XVI (Action For The Retired Community), is a nonprofit founded in 1973 that operates senior centers in Upper Manhattan, including its original Fort Washington location plus later additions in Central Harlem and along A. Philip Randolph, providing meals, transportation, benefits assistance, and social programming, per its own site. Despite the similar acronym, it is a separate organization from AHRC New York. It holds $6,346,843 in active NYC contracts as of August 2026 across 2 awards with the Department for the Aging, including a $5,263,491 renewal-not-re-bid "OLDER ADULT CENTER" contract and a $1,083,352 renewal-not-re-bid "TRANSPORTATION" contract. Since 2010 the organization has been awarded $52 million citywide (48 contracts, including expired ones), with 71% of contract value ($36,884,819) awarded without a fresh competitive bid.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $6,346,843 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $52,587,081 · 48 since 2010, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $39,678,364
- Won without a fresh bid
- 71% of contract value · $37,505,993 · 37 contracts
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $250,514 · Dory Garcia, Executive Di
- Based in
- New York, NY
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging 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).
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · CT112520278800357 $5,263,491
- TRANSPORTATION Department for the Aging · CT112520278800331 $1,083,352
- PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES Department for the Aging · CT112520228804618 · ended 2024 $11,630,098
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · CT112520258803867 · ended 2026 $5,702,460
- PROVIDE SENIOR CENTER SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · CT112520171400183 · ended 2020 $4,287,073
- PROVIDE SENIOR CENTER SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · CT112520171400185 · ended 2019 $2,541,783
- NEIGHBORHOOD SENIOR CENTER TO PROVIDE CONGREGATE MEALS Department for the Aging · CT112520131409535 · ended 2016 $2,333,307
- PROVIDE TRANSPORTATTION SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · CT112520181400361 · ended 2020 $1,722,531
- TRANSPORTATION SERVICES Department for the Aging · CT112520248800667 · ended 2026 $1,688,959
- NEIGHBORHOOD SENIOR CENTER Department for the Aging · CT112520140002822 · ended 2016 $1,640,304
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.
- Dory Garcia Executive Di $250,514
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +70% 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 Fern Hertzberg · 6.37% of revenue $147,700
- FY2021 Fern Hertzberg · 3.6% of revenue $112,211
- FY2022 Dory Garcia · 4.74% of revenue $189,629
- FY2023 Dory Garcia · 6.08% of revenue $250,514
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 $400,000