Staten Island Community Services Friendship Clubs, Inc.
City-funded organization
Staten Island Community Services Friendship Clubs, Inc. is a nonprofit founded in 1946 and headquartered at 11 Sampson Avenue on Staten Island; through its Friendship Clubs division it operates senior center locations across the borough offering congregate meals and social programming for older adults, per its own site. It holds $5,177,351 in one active NYC contract as of August 2026, an "OLDER ADULT CENTER" award with the Department for the Aging under a renewal-not-re-bid method, following an earlier $14,070,630 RFP-awarded contract, "PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES," that ended in 2024. Since 2012 the organization has been awarded $52 million citywide (26 contracts, including expired ones), with 73% of contract value ($38,226,552) awarded without a fresh competitive bid, and it has additionally received $2.8 million in City Council discretionary funding, funded every year since FY2009 (18 years running).
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $5,177,351 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $52,297,182 · 26 since 2012, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $37,961,892
- Won without a fresh bid
- 73% of contract value · $38,226,552 · 25 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $3,076,695 · 192 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $109,993 · Jennifer Caponetto, Executive D
- Based in
- Staten Island, 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 · CT112520278800303 $5,177,351
- PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES Department for the Aging · CT112520228804736 · ended 2024 $14,070,630
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · CT112520258803925 · ended 2026 $7,434,855
- NEIGHBORHOOD SENIOR CENTER TO PROVIDE CONGREGATE MEALS Department for the Aging · CT112520131409831 · ended 2016 $3,589,339
- PROVIDE CONGREGATE LUNCH AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · CT112520170003081 · ended 2019 $3,144,711
- PROVIDE CONGREGATE LUNCH AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · CT112520170003080 · ended 2019 $2,150,022
- PROVIDE CONGREGATE LUNCH AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · CT112520170003078 · ended 2019 $1,829,620
- PROVIDE SENIOR CENTER SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · CT112520201405461 · ended 2021 $1,644,570
- NEIGHBORHOOD SENIOR CENTER TO PROVIDE CONGREGATE MEALS Department for the Aging · CT112520131409832 · ended 2016 $1,574,613
- NEIGHBORHOOD SENIOR CENTER TO PROVIDE CONGREGATE MEALS Department for the Aging · CT112520131409829 · ended 2016 $1,348,425
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Aging Aging · DFTA · FY2015 $54,500
- Aging Aging · DFTA · FY2014 $50,000
- Aging Aging · DFTA · FY2016 $50,000
- Aging Aging · DFTA · FY2012 $48,250
- Aging Aging · DFTA · FY2013 $48,250
- Aging Aging · DFTA · FY2009 $40,000
- Aging Aging · DFTA · FY2010 $40,000
- Aging Aging · DFTA · FY2011 $40,000
- Aging CM Borelli · Aging · DFTA · FY2020 $40,000
- Aging CM Matteo · Aging · DFTA · FY2020 $35,000
- Arrochar & New Dorp Center Friendship Club CM Matteo · Aging · DFTA · FY2021 $35,000
- Arrochar & New Dorp Center Friendship Club CM Carr · Aging · DFTA · FY2022 $35,000
- New Dorp Beach Friendship Club CM Carr · Aging · DFTA · FY2023 $35,000
- New Dorp Beach Friendship Club CM Carr · Aging · DFTA · FY2024 $35,000
- New Dorp Beach Friendship Club CM Carr · Aging · DFTA · FY2025 $35,000
- New Dorp Beach Friendship Club CM Carr · Aging · DFTA · FY2026 $35,000
- New Dorp Beach Friendship Club CM Carr · Aging · DFTA · FY2027 $35,000
- Healthy Aging Healthy Aging · DFTA · FY2009 $30,000
- Aging Aging · DFTA · FY2017 $30,000
- Great Kills Friendship Club and Mt. Loretto Senior Center CM Borelli · Healthy Aging Initiative · DFTA · FY2020 $30,000
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.
- Borelli FY2020-2025 · 25 awards $540,000
- David M. Carr FY2022-2027 · 15 awards $405,000
- Frank Morano FY2026-2027 · 8 awards $180,000
- Kamillah Hanks FY2022-2027 · 13 awards $155,000
- Steven Matteo FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $100,000
- Rose FY2021 · 2 awards $15,000
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.
- Jennifer Caponetto Executive D $109,993
- Wendy Stucchio Assistant Executi $80,043
- Marie Didato Former Execu $31,498
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +40% 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 Marie Didato · 6.73% of revenue $86,588
- FY2021 Marie Didato · 9.51% of revenue $128,967
- FY2022 Jennifer Caponetto · 6.63% of revenue $127,908
- FY2023 Jennifer Caponetto · 5.41% of revenue $100,493