Massachusetts · Public charity
Northern Berkshire United Way Inc
To unite the community in support of a broad spectrum of individual agency programs that provide human services vital to the people of the region and to serve as a central fund raising body for such.
- $284k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $261k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $23,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $660k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Northern Berkshire United Way Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $261k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $259k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $266k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $273k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $266k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $272k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $266k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $265k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Child Care of the Berkshires Inc | $216,702 | 9 | 1% |
| Berkshire Family & Individual Resources Inc | $193,479 | 9 | 0% |
| Elder Services of Berkshire County Inc | $185,996 | 9 | 0% |
| Youth Center Inc | $182,160 | 9 | 9% |
| Ecu-Health Care Inc | $181,225 | 9 | 13% |
| Elizabeth Freeman Center Inc | $173,100 | 9 | 1% |
| Ucp of Western Mass Inc | $155,275 | 9 | 0% |
| Louison House Inc | $142,975 | 9 | 3% |
| Northern Berkshire Community Coalition Inc | $130,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Berkshire Food Project Inc | $128,200 | 9 | 5% |
Show all 23 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Northern Berkshire United Way Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 United Way Inc · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Williamstown Community Chest · The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc · Berkshire Life Charitable Foundation % Berkshire Life Insurance · Lee Bank Foundation Inc · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · Ruth E Proud Charitable Trust · Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation · Donald C McGraw Foundation Inc · Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc · Coolidge Hill Foundation
How this is measured
About Northern Berkshire United Way Inc
- How much does Northern Berkshire United Way Inc give?
- Northern Berkshire United Way Inc reported 18 itemized grants totaling $261,150, out of $284,111 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Northern Berkshire United Way Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Health (30%), Community Improvement (10%).
- Who are Northern Berkshire United Way Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Child Care of the Berkshires Inc ($217k), Berkshire Family & Individual Resources Inc ($193k), Elder Services of Berkshire County Inc ($186k).
- Does Northern Berkshire United Way Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Northern Berkshire United Way Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Berkshire United Way Inc, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc, Williamstown Community Chest.
- Where is Northern Berkshire United Way Inc based?
- Northern Berkshire United Way Inc is based in MA.
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