Young Mens And Young Womens Hebrew Association Of The Bronx
City-funded organization
Young Mens And Young Womens Hebrew Association Of The Bronx does business as the Riverdale Y (also known as Riverdale YM-YWHA), a Jewish community center at 5625 Arlington Avenue in the Bronx running fitness, youth, senior and early-childhood programs, including a nursery school and Pre-K for All classes, per its own site, riverdaley.org. Its city contracts, funded through the Department for the Aging, Department of Education and Department of Youth and Community Development, total $28 million awarded since 2012, including a $4.7 million Universal Pre-Kindergarten contract (UPK-BTF) and Older Adult Center and NORC senior-services contracts at the Department for the Aging, several of them renewals. It also received $245,000 in City Council discretionary funding across 22 awards (funded FY2009 through FY2018, none since), and 63% of its contract value ($18 million across 28 contracts) was won without a fresh competitive bid, per Checkbook NYC.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $2,057,445 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $27,819,948 · 31 since 2012, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $23,159,088
- Won without a fresh bid
- 63% of contract value · $17,652,040 · 28 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $244,582 · 22 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 10 years (FY2009–FY2018); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $191,921 · Melissa Sigmond, CEO
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Education 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).
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · CT112520278800498 $1,243,370
- NORC Department for the Aging · CT112520278800338 $814,075
- UPK-BTF Department of Education · CT104020229258275 · ended 2026 $4,717,545
- PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES Department for the Aging · CT112520228804139 · ended 2024 $3,275,516
- UPK- Universal Prekindergarten Services Department of Education · CT104020169652033 · ended 2021 $3,267,515
- PROVIDE NORC SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · CT112520228804594 · ended 2024 $2,174,847
- NEIGHBORHOOD SENIOR CENTER TO PROVIDE CONGREGATE MEALS Department for the Aging · CT112520131407946 · ended 2016 $2,101,784
- PROVIDE CONGREGATE LUNCH AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · CT112520170002252 · ended 2019 $2,078,642
- TO PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERV Department for the Aging · CT112520258803968 · ended 2026 $1,787,288
- Learning Lab programming during COVID 19 Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020211411581 · ended 2021 $1,172,480
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local DYCD · FY2015 $25,000
- Local DYCD · FY2016 $25,000
- Local DYCD · FY2017 $25,000
- Local DYCD · FY2018 $25,000
- Riverdale Y- Support Our Seniors Support Our Seniors · DFTA · FY2018 $20,000
- Riverdale YM-YWHA Aging · DFTA · FY2011 $10,000
- Aging Aging · DFTA · FY2015 $10,000
- Aging Aging · DFTA · FY2016 $10,000
- Aging Aging · DFTA · FY2017 $10,000
- Aging Aging · DFTA · FY2018 $10,000
- Riverdale YM-YWHA Boro · DYCD · FY2012 $9,000
- Simon Senior Center Boro · DFTA · FY2013 $9,000
- Aging Aging · DFTA · FY2014 $9,000
- Dora and Harry Senior Center Transportation - Operating Costs · DFTA · FY2009 $7,481
- Dora and Harry Senior Center Transportation - Operating Costs · DFTA · FY2010 $6,100
- Youth Youth · DYCD · FY2013 $6,000
- Youth Youth · DYCD · FY2014 $6,000
- Riverdale YMHA Arts Festival DCA · FY2009 $5,000
- Riverdale YM-YWHA Aging · DFTA · FY2009 $5,000
- Riverdale YM-YWHA Aging · DFTA · FY2010 $5,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2024). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Melissa Sigmond CEO $191,921
- Esther Cohen CFO $157,620
- Jennifer Lenkowsky CPO $21,357
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed -38% from FY2020 to FY2024. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Deann Forman · 7.26% of revenue $198,808
- FY2021 Deann Forman · 7.44% of revenue $195,950
- FY2022 Matt Abrams-Gerber · 7.26% of revenue $152,435
- FY2023 Melissa Sigmond · 6.34% of revenue $193,239
- FY2024 Melissa Sigmond · 3.78% of revenue $191,921