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

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.

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 +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.

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