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Williamstown Community Chest

The WILLIAMSTOWN COMMUNITY CHEST strengthens communities by mobilizing resources for organizations that assist our neighbors in need.

$307k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$625kYouth Development$497kHealth$486kEducation$251kHousing & Shelter$185kCrime & Legal$92kCommunity Improvement$88kFood & Nutrition$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $214k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
$12,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WILLIAMSTOWN YOUTH CENTER$55,000
WILLIAMSTOWN COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL$30,000
ELIZABETH FREEMAN CENTER$28,000
UCP OF WESTERN MASS$25,000
LOUISON HOUSE$21,000
BERKSHIRE NURSING FAMILIES$20,000
BRIEN CENTER$15,500
CHILD CARE OF THE BERKSHIRES$15,000
ECU-HEALTH CARE$15,000
ELDER SERVICES OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY$12,000
BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER$12,000
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALIT$10,500
ROOTS TEEN CENTER$10,000
BERKSHIRE FOOD PROJECT$8,000
BERKSHIRE COUNTY KIDS' PLACE$6,000
02The need
03

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 (FY17–25, $469k) 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.

area typical 8%WILLIAMSTOWN COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL: $35k → 12%Williamstown Community Preschool: $34k → 12%WILLIAMSTOWN COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL: $32k → 12%Williamstown Community Preschool: $31k → 12%Williamstown Community Preschool: $30k → 12%WILLIAMSTOWN COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL: $30k → 12%WILLIAMSTOWN COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL: $30k → 12%Williamstown Community Preschool: $30k → 12%WILLIAMSTOWN COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL: $30k → 12%BERKSHIRE FAMILY & INDIVIDUAL RESOU: $6k → 12%BERKSHIRE FAMILY & INDIVIDUAL RESOU: $6k → 12%BERKSHIRE FAMILY & INDIVIDUAL RESOU: $6k → 12%BERKSHIRE FAMILY & INDIVIDUAL RESOU: $6k → 12%BERKSHIRE FAMILY & INDIVIDUAL RESOU: $6k → 12%ELDER SERVICES OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY: $13k → 12%ELDER SERVICES OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY: $12k → 12%ELDER SERVICES OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY: $12k → 12%Elder Services of Berkshire County: $12k → 12%ELDER SERVICES OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY: $12k → 12%Elder Services of Berkshire County: $12k → 12%BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER: $12k → 12%Elder Services of Berkshire County: $12k → 12%ELDER SERVICES OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY: $12k → 12%BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER: $12k → 12%Elder Services of Berkshire County: $12k → 12%BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER: $11k → 12%BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER: $8k → 12%BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER: $7k → 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.
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 22 repeat orgs$12k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against -43% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
4

Total granted

$2.5M
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
-43%

Still filing today

91%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • WY
    WILLIAMSTOWN YOUTH CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $511k · revenue +53%
  • WC
    WILLIAMSTOWN COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $281k · revenue +19%
  • EF
    ELIZABETH FREEMAN CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $227k · revenue +206%

Funded once

  • SS
    SAND SPRINGS RECREATIONAL CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $4k · revenue +66%
  • WR
    WILLIAMSTOWN RURAL LANDS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $4k · revenue -50%
  • WH
    WILLIAMSTOWN HISTORICAL MUSEUM
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue -43%
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.

04Its 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
Berkshire Education and Correction Services Inc
Crime & Legal
2
Berkshire County Head Start Child Development Program Inc

To enhance opportunities for success by inspiring each child's love of learning, partnering with families, advocating for equity, and fostering a connection to community.

Education
3
Boston Community Pediatrics Inc

Boston community pediatrics (bcp) provides ambulatory pediatric and related health care services to the residents of boston, massachusetts, and surrounding communities. bcp is a new model of innovative pediatric healthcare that addresses…

Health
4
Berkshire County Arc Inc

Berkshire county arc is committed to assisting and supporting individuals in their quest to identify and realize their chosen life styles.

Human Services
5
Berkshire Medical Center Inc

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

Health
6
Berk County Regional Employment Board

To provide policy guidance, selection and oversight and to organize programs for the purpose of work force development in berkshire county, massachusetts.

Employment
7
Berks Counseling Center Inc

Berks counseling center (bcc) is a recovery oriented certified community behavioral health center (ccbhc) with an integrated behavioral and physical health model of service delivery. the center provides a holistic approach to a culturally…

Health
8
Berkshire Foundation
Philanthropy
9
Edward Street Child Services Inc

Collaborates to improve the quality and impact of early education and care, enhancing the development of young children and strengthening families in central massachusetts.

Environment
10
Massachusetts E-Health Collaborative
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11
Northern Berkshire Youth Hockey League Inc
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12
Berkshire County Historical Society

Bchs founded in 1962 for the purpose of collecting, preserving, and educating the public about the history of berkshire county.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Berkshire County Kids' Place and Violence Prevention Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Williamstown Historical Museum. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

24 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. 24 of the 26 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
19/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ELIZABETH FREEMAN CENTER INC: $226,800 · OtherELIZABETH FREEMAN CENTER INCCHILD CARE OF THE BERKSHIRES INC: $122,900 · OtherCHILD CARE OF THE BERKSHIRES…BERKSHIRE FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $103,200 · OtherBERKSHIRE FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S…Berkshire Family YMCA: $96,000 · OtherBerkshire Family YMCA18 DEGREES INC: $44,300 · Other18 DEGREES INC+7 more: $46,546 · Other+7 moreWILLIAMSTOWN YOUTH CENTER INC: $511,250 · Youth DevelopmentWILLIAMSTOWN YOUTH CENTE…ROOTS TEEN CENTER INC: $50,500 · Youth DevelopmentROOTS TEEN CENTER INCUCP OF WESTERN MASS INC: $209,000 · HealthUCP OF WESTERN MASS INCTHE BRIEN CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES: $128,450 · HealthTHE BRIEN CENTER FOR ME…ECU-HEALTH CARE INC: $106,125 · HealthECU-HEALTH CARE INCBERKSHIRE NURSING FAMILIES INC: $85,050 · HealthBERKSHIRE NURSING FAMIL…WILLIAMSTOWN COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL INC: $281,260 · Human ServicesWILLIAMSTOWN COMMUNI…ELDER SERVICES OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY INC: $108,100 · Human ServicesELDER SERVICES OF BE…BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER INC: $49,300 · Human ServicesBERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT …BERKSHIRE FAMILY & INDIVIDUAL RESOURCES INC: $30,550 · Human ServicesBERKSHIRE FAMILY & I…LOUISON HOUSE INC: $188,050 · Housing & ShelterNORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION INC: $95,525 · Community ImprovementBERKSHIRE COUNTY KIDS' PLACE AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER INC: $45,800 · Crime & LegalCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID INC: $21,300 · Crime & Legal
Other$639,746Youth Development$561,750Health$528,625Human Services$469,210Housing & Shelter$188,050Community Improvement$95,525Crime & Legal$67,100

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWILLIAMSTOWN YOUTH CENTER INC: $511,250 over 9y, 14% of budgetWILLIAMSTOWN COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL INC: $281,260 over 9y, 4.8% of budgetELIZABETH FREEMAN CENTER INC: $226,800 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetUCP OF WESTERN MASS INC: $209,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetLOUISON HOUSE INC: $188,050 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetTHE BRIEN CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES: $128,450 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD CARE OF THE BERKSHIRES INC: $122,900 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetELDER SERVICES OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY INC: $108,100 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetECU-HEALTH CARE INC: $106,125 over 9y, 6.4% of budgetBERKSHIRE FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $103,200 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION INC: $95,525 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetBERKSHIRE NURSING FAMILIES INC: $85,050 over 8y, 8.7% of budgetROOTS TEEN CENTER INC: $50,500 over 4y, 13% of budgetBERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER INC: $49,300 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetBERKSHIRE COUNTY KIDS' PLACE AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER INC: $45,800 over 8y, 0.9% of budget18 DEGREES INC: $44,300 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBERKSHIRE FAMILY & INDIVIDUAL RESOURCES INC: $30,550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID INC: $21,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBERKSHIRE FOOD PROJECT INC: $14,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE ADVOCACY COALITION INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEQUUS THERAPEUTIC INC: $8,500 over 3y, 18% of budgetSAND SPRINGS RECREATIONAL CENTER: $4,296 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetWILLIAMSTOWN RURAL LANDS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWILLIAMSTOWN HISTORICAL MUSEUM: $2,250 over 1y, 2.5% 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 WILLIAMSTOWN YOUTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAMSTOWN COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds ELIZABETH FREEMAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UCP OF WESTERN MASS INC ↗
  • Who funds LOUISON HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BRIEN CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CHILD CARE OF THE BERKSHIRES INC ↗
  • Who funds ELDER SERVICES OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds ECU-HEALTH CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds BERKSHIRE FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds BERKSHIRE NURSING FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds ROOTS TEEN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BERKSHIRE COUNTY KIDS' PLACE AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds 18 DEGREES INC ↗
  • Who funds BERKSHIRE FAMILY & INDIVIDUAL RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY LEGAL AID INC ↗
  • Who funds BERKSHIRE FOOD PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE ADVOCACY COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds EQUUS THERAPEUTIC INC ↗
  • Who funds SAND SPRINGS RECREATIONAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAMSTOWN RURAL LANDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAMSTOWN HISTORICAL MUSEUM ↗

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 United Way …Northern Berkshire Un…Berkshire Taconic Com…The Feigenbaum Founda…Lee Bank Foundation I…Donald C McGraw Found…Josephine and Louise …Berkshire Bank Founda…Ruth E Proud Charitab…Berkshire Life Charit…Massachusetts Bankers…Coolidge Hill Foundat…
Berkshire United Way IncMA41× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Berkshire United Way Inc · Northern Berkshire United Way Inc · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc · Lee Bank Foundation Inc · Donald C McGraw Foundation Inc · Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · Ruth E Proud Charitable Trust · Berkshire Life Charitable Foundation % Berkshire Life Insurance · Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc · Coolidge Hill Foundation

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 Williamstown Community Chest funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Williamstown Community Chest. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Ucp of Western Mass Inc: 80% of income from government
  • Elizabeth Freeman Center Inc: 76% of income from government
  • 18 Degrees Inc: 60% of income from government
  • Child Care of the Berkshires Inc: 59% of income from government
  • Berkshire Immigrant Center Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Community Legal Aid Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Roots Teen Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Williamstown Youth Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Louison House Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely 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.

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 26 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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