Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council
City-funded organization
Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council was a Brooklyn nonprofit founded in 1973 by Assemblyman Vito Lopez, running senior centers, home-delivered meals, case management, homeless-prevention, and youth programs across Bushwick and nearby neighborhoods; the same EIN (11-2453853) is registered with the IRS today as Riseboro Community Partnership Inc. It has no active NYC contracts: all $65 million awarded since 2007, from the Department for the Aging, Department of Homeless Services, Department of Youth and Community Development, and Department of Education, has expired, with $58 million paid to date and 73% of contract value (about $47 million across 102 contracts) awarded without a fresh competitive bid. It also received $7.6 million in City Council discretionary funding across 161 awards (FY2009-FY2017), and its FY2023 Form 990 reported CEO Scott Short's compensation at $615,738.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $64,785,654 awarded since 2007
- Paid to date
- $58,490,652
- Won without a fresh bid
- 73% of contract value · $47,180,148 · 102 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $7,619,840 · 161 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 9 years (FY2009–FY2017); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $615,738 · Scott Short, CEO
- HPD housing capital financed
- $59,701,086 · 1 project · via 990 Schedule R
- Based in
- Brooklyn, NY
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Homeless Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development 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).
- PROVIDE PREVENTION SVC TO AT RISK FAMLIES & INDIVIDUALS Department of Homeless Services · CT107120080000534 · ended 2011 $7,467,817
- Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council Homebase Department of Homeless Services · CT107120130002776 · ended 2015 $6,034,146
- HOMEDELIVERED MEALS TO HOMEBOUND ELDERLY Department for the Aging · CT112520131402197 · ended 2015 $5,494,847
- HOMEDELIVERED MEALS TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS Department for the Aging · CT112520090017781 · ended 2011 $4,266,365
- TO PROVIDE HOME DELIVERED MEALS Department for the Aging · CT112520141415529 · ended 2015 $3,190,143
- CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY Department for the Aging · CT112520121445167 · ended 2014 $2,204,248
- LEASE Department of Education · CT104020109058130 · ended 2014 $1,783,966
- Out of School Time Program-/Elementary Region 04 Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020090007768 · ended 2012 $1,762,270
- BEACON COMMUNITY CENTERS-JHS296K Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020121432149 · ended 2014 $1,694,584
- SENIOR CENTER Department for the Aging · CT112520100000484 · ended 2011 $1,480,535
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local DYCD · FY2010 $350,000
- Local DYCD · FY2012 $300,000
- Local DYCD · FY2013 $300,000
- Local DYCD · FY2015 $275,000
- Local DFTA · FY2013 $250,000
- Local DYCD · FY2016 $250,000
- Local DYCD · FY2017 $250,000
- Local DYCD · FY2011 $225,000
- Social Adult Day Care Social Adult Day Care · DFTA · FY2010 $179,722
- Local DYCD · FY2009 $150,000
- Hope Gardens Multi-Service Center Youth · DYCD · FY2009 $148,214
- Local DYCD · FY2014 $125,000
- Youth Youth · DYCD · FY2009 $122,000
- Youth Center Youth · DYCD · FY2010 $122,000
- Youth Center Youth · DYCD · FY2011 $122,000
- Anti-Predatory Lending Anti-Predatory Lending · HPD · FY2010 $120,000
- Hope Gardens Cancer Initiative · DOHMH · FY2009 $105,000
- Main Site Cancer Initiative · DOHMH · FY2010 $105,000
- Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center OST · DYCD · FY2013 $96,000
- Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Out of School Time Restoration · DYCD · FY2014 $96,000
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.
- Scott Short CEO $615,738
- Graikelis Morales COO $312,447
- Sandhya Boyd General Counsel $295,863
- Emily Kurtz VP Of Housing $274,336
- Marie Elena Zullo VP Of Education $235,842
- Maria Viera VP Of Community Affairs $233,082
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +88% 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 Scott Short · 3.94% of revenue $503,462
- FY2021 Scott Short · 5.32% of revenue $591,433
- FY2022 Scott Short · 4.16% of revenue $500,372
- FY2023 Scott Short · 4.23% of revenue $615,738