Massachusetts · Public charity
Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Inc
Berkshire agricultural ventures' mission is to support local farms and strengthen local food systems. We provide business assistance, flexible loans, and strategic resources to farmers and food producers in berkshire county, ma; litchfield county, ct; and columbia and dutchess counties, ny. In 2024, we provided over $420,000 in loans and…
- $179k
- Granted FY2023
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $133k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $34,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $43,495
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Total assets, FY2023
- $3.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 5 | $133k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $107k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $531k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $76k | 86% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $104k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $278k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $39k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alchemy Initiative Inc | $74,000 | 5 | 19% |
| Greenagers Inc | $57,507 | 2 | 6% |
| Climbing Tree Farm | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nwct Food Hub | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Berkshire United Way Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Berkshire Dream Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Berkshire Grown Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Red Shirt Farm | $9,118 | 1 | n/a |
| The William J Gould Associates Inc | $5,680 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Jane and Jack Fitzpatrick Trust · The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc · Berkshire United Way Inc · Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Inc
- How much does Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Inc give?
- Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Inc reported 5 itemized grants totaling $132,995, out of $178,549 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (97%), Philanthropy (1%), Human Services (1%).
- Who are Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Alchemy Initiative Inc ($74k), Greenagers Inc ($58k), Climbing Tree Farm ($30k).
- Does Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc, Jane and Jack Fitzpatrick Trust, The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc.
- Where is Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Inc based?
- Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Inc is based in MA.
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