Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Center, Inc.

City-funded organization

Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Center, Inc. is a Queens nonprofit senior center at 68-52 Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood, New York, serving seniors since 1974 with home-delivered meals for the homebound, congregate meals, benefits screening, health-insurance counseling, and daily recreational programming, per its own site. It contracts with the Department for the Aging for home-delivered-meals and older-adult-center services, holding $7.8 million in active city contracts as of August 2026 (two registrations, including a $6.2 million home-delivered-meals contract awarded by RFP) and $41 million awarded since 2010 across 52 registrations; 64 percent of that contract value ($26 million across 32 contracts) was won without a fresh competitive bid, largely through renewals and negotiated contracts. It has also received $1.4 million in City Council discretionary funding across 85 awards, funded every year since FY2009. Its FY2023 IRS Form 990 lists Executive Director Barbara Toscano's reportable compensation at $141,304.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$7,813,055 · 2 contracts
Awarded all-time
$40,873,741 · 52 since 2010, incl. expired
Paid to date
$31,884,595
Won without a fresh bid
64% of contract value · $26,008,285 · 32 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$1,385,890 · 88 awards
Funding history
Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$141,304 · Barbara Toscano, Executive Di
Based in
Ridgewood, NY

Holds contracts at

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).

Discretionary funding received

City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.

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.

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.

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.

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