Wayside Out-reach Development Inc

City-funded organization

Wayside Out-Reach Development Inc, doing business as WORD, is a Brooklyn nonprofit founded in 1980 and headquartered at 460 Dumont Avenue, Brooklyn (EIN 11-3528680), that operates older adult centers and home-delivered meal programs for elderly and homebound New Yorkers, funded mainly through contracts with the NYC Department for the Aging. It currently holds two active DFTA contracts worth $4.2 million combined: a $3.9 million "OLDER ADULT CENTER" contract, a renewal awarded without a fresh bid, and a $356,250 discretionary member-item contract titled "203 - digital literacy, and wellness programs for older adul" (as registered, title truncated in the city record). Since 2008 the organization has been awarded $73 million across 53 registered DFTA contracts, including an $11.1 million "PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES" contract awarded by RFP that ended in 2024 and a $6.9 million home-delivered-meals renewal contract that ended in 2015; 77% of its total contract value ($56 million across 48 contracts) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid. The group has also received $379,743 in City Council discretionary funding across 54 awards since FY2009.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$4,236,589 · 2 contracts
Awarded all-time
$72,968,985 · 53 since 2008, incl. expired
Paid to date
$59,071,698
Won without a fresh bid
77% of contract value · $56,266,094 · 48 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$379,743 · 54 awards
Funding history
Funded 5 years (FY2009–FY2013); not in FY2027
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.

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