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The Greater Barrington Foundation Inc Dba the Barrington Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.0M
Granted FY2020
91
Grants FY2020
10
States reached
$291k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2020 · 91 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k77 grants · $201k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $283k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $241k
  • $250k+1 grant · $291k
$2,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BERKSHIRE TACONIC COMM FOUNDATION$290,553
CLARK UNIVERSITY$106,000
SIMON'S ROCK COLLEGE OF BARD$85,412
BERKSHIRE NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL$50,000
JACOB'S PILLOW$48,500
JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE BERKSHIRES$42,435
JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE$36,000
BUNKER HILL COMM COLLEGE FOUNDATION$32,000
EMMANUEL MUSIC$30,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD-NATIONAL$28,000
ASTON MAGNA FOUNDATION FOR MUSIC AN$25,000
METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE$20,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD-MASS$10,500
WORLD EDUCATION$10,500
BARRINGTON STAGE CO$8,500
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ON THE RISE: $1k → 8%ROGERSON COMMUNITIES: $1k → 16%HOSPICE CARE IN THE BERKSHIRES INC: $4k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
TN
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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
Boston Architectural College

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

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2
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
Berkshire Faculty Services Inc

The mission of berkshire faculty services is to advance health and wellness for everyone in our community in a welcoming, inclusive and personalized environment.

Health
5
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
6
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
7
Berkshire Health Systems Inc

The mission of berkshire health systems is to advance health & wellness for everyone in our community in a welcoming,inclusive & personalized environment.

Health
8
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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9
Bentley University

Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…

Education
10
The Bridgespan Group Inc

Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.

Community Improvement
11
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
12
Boston Ballet Inc

The heart of Boston Ballet is the human experience. Through our living and breathing art, we forge human connections-between artist and attendee, teacher and trainee, friend and newcomer, one's outer and inner self. Dance history is human…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Berkshire United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence. 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

65 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 65 of the 91 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
65/65
Grantees still filing
58/65
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BERKSHIRE TACONIC COMM FOUNDATION: $290,553 · OtherBERKSHIRE TACONIC COMM FOUNDATIONSIMON'S ROCK COLLEGE OF BARD: $85,412 · OtherSIMON'S ROCK COLLEGE OF BARDEMMANUEL MUSIC INC: $30,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD-NATIONAL: $28,000 · OtherASTON MAGNA FOUNDATION FOR MUSIC AN: $25,000 · Other+47 more: $135,950 · Other+47 moreTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY: $106,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF C…BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC: $8,500 · EducationBARRINGTON ST…+7 more: $8,500 · Education+7 moreJACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $48,500 · Arts & CultureJACOB'S PIL…METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLIS …THE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH …MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureMAHAIWE PER…Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Inc: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $17,000 · Arts & Culture+13 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF THE BERKSHIRES: $42,435 · PhilanthropyBunker Hill Community College Foundation Inc: $32,000 · PhilanthropyBROOKLINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · PhilanthropyBERKSHIRE NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC: $36,000 · EmploymentMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $7,500 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $6,500 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $4,500 · InternationalPHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $3,000 · InternationalAMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME: $2,500 · InternationalACTION FOR POST-SOVIET JEWRY INC: $2,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $1,000 · International
Other$594,915Education$123,000Arts & Culture$104,500Philanthropy$80,435Environment$50,000Employment$36,000International$27,000

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 budgetTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY: $106,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBERKSHIRE NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetJACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $48,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF THE BERKSHIRES: $42,435 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetJEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE INC: $36,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBunker Hill Community College Foundation Inc: $32,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetEMMANUEL MUSIC INC: $30,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetMETROPOLIS ENSEMBLE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetWORLD EDUCATION INC: $10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC: $8,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBethel Woods Center for the Arts Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDE NOVO CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HEALING: $4,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTAPESTRY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHospiceCare in the Berkshires Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEducational Fund to Stop Gun Violence: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON BAROQUE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFAIRVIEW HOSPITAL: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Battlefield Trust: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBreast Cancer Emergency Aid Foundation I: $2,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetBROOKLINE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC DBA THE BROOKLINE CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERKSHIRE PULSE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetACTION FOR POST-SOVIET JEWRY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLiteracy Network of South Berkshire Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROGERSON COMMUNITIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENAGERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBERKSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERKSHIRE SOUTH REGIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetON THE RISE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOCEAN REEF MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHAKESPEARE & COMPANY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN BERKSHIRE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SQUAD INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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…Jewish Communal FundLee Bank Foundation I…Shoval FoundationBerkshire United Way …Berkshire Bank Founda…Josephine and Louise …Boston Foundation IncCombined Jewish Phila…Jane and Jack Fitzpat…Donald C McGraw Found…
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation IncMA45.2× affinity20 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 · Jewish Communal Fund · Lee Bank Foundation Inc · Shoval Foundation · Berkshire United Way Inc · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jane and Jack Fitzpatrick Trust · Donald C McGraw Foundation Inc

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 The Greater Barrington Foundation Inc Dba the Barrington Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Greater Barrington Foundation Inc Dba the Barrington Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 120%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Tapestry Health Systems Inc: 60% of income from government
  • 18 Degrees Inc: 60% of income from government
  • Jewish Vocational Service Inc: 39% of income from government
  • On the Rise Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Volunteers in Medicine-Berkshires Inc: 10% of income from government
  • De Novo Center for Justice and Healing: 9% of income from government
  • Women's Lunch Place Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Greenagers Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Rogerson Communities Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Emmanuel Music Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Berkshire Medical Center Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Fairview Hospital: 3% of income from government
  • Boston Baroque Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Trustees of Clark University: 2% of income from government
  • Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Berkshire Natural Resources Council Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Berkshire Pulse Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Shakespeare & Company Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Berkshire Theatre Group Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
  • Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 The Greater Barrington Foundation Inc Dba the Barrington Foundation 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 91 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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