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Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc at a glance

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Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
478
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$33k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Community Improvement$1.7MArts & Culture$1.4MEducation$1.3MHuman Services$1.2MHealth$950kHousing & Shelter$887kPhilanthropy$666kYouth Development$661kOther$0
02FY2024 · 478 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k407 grants · $999k
  • $10k–50k71 grants · $1.0M
$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMON CAPITAL INC$33,333
GREENPATH INC$30,000
WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$25,000
QUINEBAUG VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FNDTN$25,000
ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR ALL INC$25,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC$25,000
BERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP INC$25,000
THE FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS$25,000
SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY$25,000
WORCESTER CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC$25,000
MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED$25,000
BERKSHIRE FAMILY YMCA INC$25,000
MCLA FOUNDATION INC$25,000
WOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS$25,000
WORCESTER REGIONAL STRATEGIC OPP FUND$25,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.4M · 493 repeat orgs$3.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

493 repeat relationships: 257 still active in FY2024, 236 since wound down; 174 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

493
767

Total granted

$7.4M
$2.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+17%

Still filing today

36%
13%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $600k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHealthHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BU
    BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $110k · revenue +11%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - CENTRAL BERKSHIRE
    2× · 2022–2023 · $99k · revenue +55%
  • THE FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $85k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • TN
    THE NEW COMMONWEALTH RACIAL EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • HF
    Habitat for Humanity Greater Lowell
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • UF
    UKRAINIAN FEDERATION OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
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.

03Its field

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.

1
Massachusetts Education & Career Opportunities Inc

Massachusetts education and career opportunities, inc. (massedco, inc.) is a statewide network of service sites that provides education and career advising to over 12,000 low-income, first generation individuals each year. massedco…

Education
2
Worcester Business Development Corp

The worcester business development corporation (wbdc) is a private, non- profit business organization with a public purpose mission to serve as an innovation and leading force in the economic development of the city of worcester and the…

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3
Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board Inc

Meet the workforce needs of employers and support economic development in greater new bedford.

Community Improvement
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
5
Greater Boston Council On Alcoholism Inc
Philanthropy
6
Cambridge Chamber of Commerce

The mission of the cambridge chamber of commerce is to make cambridge a better place in which to live, to work, to do business, to visit and to study.

—
7
Breakthrough Greater Boston Inc

To inspire excitement for learning, create paths to and through college, and promote careers in education.

Education
8
Massachusetts High Technology Council Inc

The Massachusetts High Technology Council, Inc. is an organization of CEOs andsenior executives representing technology companies, professional services firms,and research institutions who are dedicated to creating and sustaining…

—
9
Massachusetts Business Roundtable Inc

The mission of the roundtable is to make massachusetts the most desirable place to live, work and do business by engaging private sector executives and public leaders to ensure access to a robust, diverse and talented workforce that…

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10
Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy Inc

We create opportunities for the people of massachusetts to transform their lives and build a more equitable commonwealth through the humanities.

Arts & Culture
11
Historic Boston Incorporated
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12
1BERKSHIRE Strategic Alliance Inc

To strengthen and grow the berkshire economy using an innovative collaborative approach among the region's business, tourism, economic, and creative development efforts.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Catalyst Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mill Town Private Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

350 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. 350 of the 1,436 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
67
Early backer (in before they grew)
345/350
Grantees still filing
231/350
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

+152 more: $5,071,981 · Other+152 moreWORCESTER CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureBERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP INC: $70,000 · Arts & CultureNORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM AT STOCKBRIDGE INC: $66,250 · Arts & CultureWORCESTER REGIONAL STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureMAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureWORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY INC: $24,999 · Arts & CultureTHE DOWNTOWN PITTSFIELD CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC: $23,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL OF SPRINGFIELD INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER OF BOSTON INC: $18,000 · Arts & CultureWAM THEATRE INC: $18,000 · Arts & CultureNONPROFIT CENTER OF THE BERKSHIRES INC: $57,500 · Human ServicesKRIPALU CENTER FOR YOGA & HEALTH: $40,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $32,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesMASSACHUSETTS COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $25,200 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesWORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesHOPE AND COMFORT INC: $23,750 · Human ServicesBERKSHIRE COUNTY ARC INC: $22,500 · Human ServicesUNION CAPITAL INC: $22,500 · Human ServicesBERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER INC: $20,200 · Human ServicesSelf Esteem Boston Educational Institute Inc: $17,500 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S MONEY MATTERS INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $14,500 · Human ServicesCOMMON CAPITAL INC: $99,999 · Community ImprovementENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR ALL INC: $35,000 · Community Improvement1BERKSHIRE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $34,500 · Community ImprovementVALLEY VENTURE MENTORING SERVICE INC: $32,000 · Community ImprovementMAIN SOUTH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $30,000 · Community ImprovementWORLD BOSTON INC: $30,000 · Community ImprovementLEVER INC: $30,000 · Community ImprovementBERKSHIRE BLACK ECONOMIC COUNCIL INC: $30,000 · Community ImprovementVETERANS INC: $22,500 · Community ImprovementBARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC: $63,500 · EducationMASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · EducationWestfield State University Foundation Inc: $25,000 · EducationHILLCREST EDUCATIONAL CENTERS INC: $23,500 · EducationSPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS CORPORATION: $17,500 · EducationBERKSHIRES TOMORROW INC: $15,000 · EducationHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - CENTRAL BERKSHIRE: $99,000 · Housing & ShelterWAY FINDERS INC: $42,500 · Housing & ShelterFENWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $32,500 · Housing & ShelterMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND INC: $30,000 · HealthEASTER SEALS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $30,000 · HealthJOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INC: $25,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $22,500 · HealthTHE BRIEN CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES: $15,000 · HealthFAIRVIEW HOSPITAL: $15,000 · Health
Other$5,071,981Arts & Culture$395,249Human Services$373,650Community Improvement$343,999Education$184,500Housing & Shelter$174,000Health$137,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC: $110,150 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetCOMMON CAPITAL INC: $99,999 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - CENTRAL BERKSHIRE: $99,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $85,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORCESTER CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetREVITALIZE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $67,858 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetNORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM AT STOCKBRIDGE INC: $66,250 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC: $63,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetOUTREACH INC: $62,526 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNONPROFIT CENTER OF THE BERKSHIRES INC: $57,500 over 3y, 11% of budgetWORCESTER REGIONAL STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSECOND STREET SECOND CHANCES INC: $42,500 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetWAY FINDERS INC: $42,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORCESTER REGIONAL RESEARCH BUREAU INC: $42,500 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBERKSHIRE INNOVATION CENTER INC: $40,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetKRIPALU CENTER FOR YOGA & HEALTH: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR ALL INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budget1BERKSHIRE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $34,500 over 2y, 11% of budgetFENWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $32,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $32,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY VENTURE MENTORING SERVICE INC: $32,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetHancock Shaker Village Inc: $31,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEASTER SEALS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAIN SOUTH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $30,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSPRINGFIELD BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWHY ME INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD BOSTON INC: $30,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetELIZABETH FREEMAN CENTER INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLEVER INC: $30,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetBERKSHIRE BLACK ECONOMIC COUNCIL INC: $30,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetBerkshire Community College Foundation Inc: $28,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $25,200 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWOMEN'S FUND OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWestfield State University Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBERKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL VENTURES INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS' CLUB OF THE BERKSHIRES INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWORCESTER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY INC: $24,999 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE AND COMFORT INC: $23,750 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHILLCREST EDUCATIONAL CENTERS INC: $23,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOWNTOWN PITTSFIELD CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC: $23,000 over 2y, 84% of budgetVETERANS INC: $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budget
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.

  • Who funds BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW COMMONWEALTH RACIAL EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMON CAPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - CENTRAL BERKSHIRE ↗
  • Who funds THE FOOD BANK OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds BERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds REVITALIZE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM AT STOCKBRIDGE INC ↗
  • Who funds BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds NONPROFIT CENTER OF THE BERKSHIRES INC ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER REGIONAL STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SECOND STREET SECOND CHANCES INC ↗
  • Who funds WAY FINDERS INC ↗

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.

Berkshire Taconic Com…The Feigenbaum Founda…Lee Bank Foundation I…Berkshire United Way …Rockland Trust Charit…The Beveridge Family …Massachusetts Bankers…Greater Worcester Com…Community Foundation …Cummings Foundation G…Eastern Bank Foundati…Jane and Jack Fitzpat…
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation IncMA116.9× affinity74 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc · Lee Bank Foundation Inc · Berkshire United Way Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · The Beveridge Family Foundation · Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc · Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Eastern Bank Foundation · Jane and Jack Fitzpatrick Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 410%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Employment Options Inc: 100% of income from government
  • 1BERKSHIRE Strategic Alliance Foundation Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Children'S Alliance Inc: 95% of income from government
  • Thrive Support and Advocacy Inc: 93% of income from government
  • Berkshire County Arc Inc: 90% of income from government
  • Bridgewell Inc: 85% of income from government
  • Soldier On Inc: 83% of income from government
  • Disability Policy Consortium Inc: 81% of income from government
  • Elizabeth Freeman Center Inc: 76% of income from government
  • Northeast Arc Inc: 73% of income from government
  • Mental Health Association Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans: 66% of income from government
  • Worcester Youth Center Inc: 64% of income from government
  • The Mass Mentoring Partnership Inc: 63% of income from government
  • Springfield Day Nursery Corporation: 61% of income from government
  • 18 Degrees Inc: 60% of income from government
  • Veterans Inc: 58% of income from government
  • Open Sky Community Services Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Utec Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Easter Seals Massachusetts Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Railroad Street Youth Project Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Gladys Allen Brigham Community Center Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Newvue Communities Inc: 40% of income from government
  • The Midas Collaborative Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Joslin Diabetes Center Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Baseball in the Berkshires Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Second Street Second Chances Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Valley Venture Mentoring Service Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Common Capital Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Girls Inc of the Valley: 30% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Straight Ahead Ministries Inc: 27% of income from government
  • More Than Words Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Christopher House Inc: 24% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Hillcrest Educational Centers Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Asian American Civic Association Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Heading Home Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Just-a-Start Corporation: 16% of income from government
  • Ellie Fund Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Community Catalyst Inc: 15% of income from government
  • The Fenway Community Center at Viridian Inc: 15% of income from government
  • North Star Family Services Inc: 12% of income from government
  • English for New Bostonians Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Sojourner House Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Action for Boston Community Development Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Lever Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Commonwealth Kitchen Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Berkshire Immigrant Center Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Lawrence Communityworks Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Worcester Natural History Society Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Worcester Community Action Council Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Music Worcester Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Greenagers Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Tech Foundry Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Flying Cloud Institute Inc: 6% of income from government
  • IS183 Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Roots Rising Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Regional Environmental Council Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Berkshire Innovation Center Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Casa Myrna Vazquez Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Community Legal Aid Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Springfield Museums Corporation: 5% of income from government
  • Wam Theatre Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Construct Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Way Finders Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc: 4% of income from government
  • World Unity Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Cambridge Young Women's Christian Association: 3% of income from government
  • Fairview Hospital: 3% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • Make-It Springfield Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Girls Incorporated of Worcester: 2% of income from government
  • Community Access to the Arts Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Trustees of Clark University: 2% of income from government
  • Artists for Humanity Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Worcester Center for Performing Arts Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Sheffield Historical Society: 2% of income from government
  • Entrepreneurship for All Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Western New England University: 1% of income from government
  • Hancock Shaker Village Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Mcphs University: 1% of income from government
  • Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Springfield Boys & Girls Club Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Breaktime United Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Worcester Common Ground Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Berkshire Theatre Group Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Merrimack College: 1% of income from government
  • Women's Money Matters Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Worcester Art Museum: 1% of income from government
  • Hope and Comfort Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: 1% of income from government
  • One Family Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Community Music Center of Boston Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Bottom Line Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Nichols College: 0% of income from government
  • Berkshire Garden Center Inc Dba Berkshire Botanical Garden Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Baystate Health Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
41get no government money at all
50report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
17rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 1436 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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