· Public charity
Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Inc
Berkshire agricultural ventures' mission is to support local farms and strengthen local food systems.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k1 grant · $9k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $124k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORTH ADAMS FARMERS MARKET | $43,495 |
| ROOTS RISING | $36,500 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON FARMERS MKT | $34,000 |
| BERKSHIRE GROWN | $10,000 |
| NEW MILFORD FARMERS MARKET | $9,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue 0% since the first grant, against -49% for those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
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
Backed again, and grew
- NANORTH ADAMS FARMERS MARKET4× · 2022–2025 · $79k
- AIALCHEMY INITIATIVE INC5× · 2019–2025 · $74k · revenue 0%
- GBGREAT BARRINGTON FARMERS MKT2× · 2022–2023 · $59k
Funded once
- WRWOVEN ROOTS FARMone grant, 2021 · $505k
- NPNORTH PLAIN FARMone grant, 2018 · $261k
- CTCLIMBING TREE FARMone grant, 2017 · $30k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
ROOTS is a community-engaged 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to promoting food security and agricultural education in K-12 programs. We make healthy food accessible and affordable to low-income families. We work with Connecticut farmers,…
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…
Glynwood cultivates just and resilient regional food systems so that communities, farmers and the land thrive.
Urban Fresh Gardens is a non-profit urban farm and education center dedicated to teaching tangible and intangible skills to youths ages 14 to 18. Program participants are provided with an opportunity to learn transferable life skills,…
Downtown Binghamton Courtyard Market is a farmers market serving local farm and food producers and residents and community members in and around Binghamton, New York. The market served over 15 different businesses or vendors and over 500…
To engage massachusetts business and community leaders in building economies that are local, green and fair through educational programs, networking, and special events.
To create a thriving, equitable food system by working with local farms to provide crucial access to fresh produce to food insecure people in Cleveland County.
Create equitable access to healthy, local food in western Massachusetts
Food Works is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a sustainable food economy in Southern Illinois. Through farmer training and consumer education, Food Works promotes long-term farming networks that create healthy soils,…
Community gardening, land conservation and environmental education are the primary activities. the community gardening program assists in development and maintenance of gardens with materials and neighborhood outreach. the land program…
How this is measured
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Berkshire Grown Inc: 28% of income from government
- Berkshire Dream Center Inc: 7% of income from government
- Greenagers Inc: 7% of income from government
How this is measured
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