Womens Housing & Economic Development Corp
City-funded organization
Women's Housing & Economic Development Corp, known as WHEDco, is a South Bronx community development nonprofit whose own site describes its mission as creating and bridging access to affordable housing, early childhood and school-age education programs, family and community services, small business assistance, and cultural programming. WHEDco is based at 50 East 168th Street in the Bronx, per its own materials. On Checkbook NYC, the organization has been awarded $142 million in New York City contracts since 2008 across the Administration for Children's Services, the Department of Design and Construction, the Department of Education, the Department of Social Services, and the Department of Youth and Community Development, including UPK Family Child Care Networks and EarlyLearn Services contracts; 53% of contract value was awarded without a fresh competitive bid. WHEDco also lobbies the City Council for discretionary and capital funding for its programs.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $65,979,294 · 7 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $203,882,992 · 102 since 2008, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $109,023,587
- Won without a fresh bid
- 46% of contract value · $93,406,558 · 86 contracts
- HPD housing capital financed
- $5,507,909 · via 990 Schedule R
- Council members lobbied
- 10
- Filings (since 2024)
- 30
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $95,810
- Also appears as
- The Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation
Holds contracts at
- Administration for Children's Services City agency
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Social 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).
- COMPASS Programs in Public Schools - Middle Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278801350 $22,223,142
- COMPASS Programs in Public Schools - Elementary Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020278801351 $21,835,917
- UPK- Family Child Care Network Department of Education · CT104020279756259 $17,458,361
- COMPASS Program NAE Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020268800572 $2,637,326
- Amendment - NYC Benefit Program FY'25-27 COLA & Allowance Department of Social Services · CT106920258804429 $981,109
- PWXNMUSIH & PWNWHEDCO, the purchase of music hall outfitting Department of Design and Construction · CT185020268808169 $593,439
- PWXWHEDIT, Purchase of IT Infrastructure Equip. Department of Design and Construction · CT185020268807461 $250,000
- UPK Family Child Care Networks Department of Education · CT104020219157917 · ended 2025 $31,920,431
- EarlyLearn Services Administration for Children's Services · CT106820131407309 · ended 2016 $13,734,980
- UPK-HST Department of Education · CT104020229257602 · ended 2025 $11,699,332
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Erik Bottcher
- Rafael Salamanca Jr.
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Discretionary and capital requests to City Council for programs of the Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation
- Budget - Funding for programs and education
- Budget - Requests for discretionary and capital funding for the Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation.
- Resolution - Miscellaneous Business Topics
- Resolution - Miscellaneous Issues in NYC
Federal awards
Federal awards made directly to this organization in fiscal years 2023 through 2026. Each amount is what the federal government has OBLIGATED on that award as recorded on USAspending.gov as of 2026-08-31 — money committed, not money paid out. These are prime awards only: federal money this
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.600 Head Start · Administration for Children and Families · Grant $8,569,040
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $12,500