Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC
BERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 68 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,673,028 to it, the largest being ANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($956,948). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.2M
- Funders on record
- 68
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $5.0M
What Berkshire Humane Society Inc does
Mission
Berkshire humane society, inc. Is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, open-admission animal support organization. Our mission is to ensure the compassionate care, treatment and placement of companion animals, while promoting and improving the welfare of all animals through education and outreach.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
See schedule oberkshire humane society is a private, nonprofit, socially conscious organization not affiliated with any other animal welfare agency. We receive no public funds from state or federal sources. We have a contract with the city of pittsfield to house stray animals from which we receive minimal funding. With our contract, we take in about 150 dogs per year and have a return-to-owner rate of more than 90 percent. We depend on the compassion and generosity of the community, including grants, for funding. Each month, we spend $280,000 helping animals and people. Berkshire humane society shelters about 1,500 animals annually and finds homes for healthy and safe surrendered animals. We also have a variety of programs and services to keep animals in their homes. For example, family dog school, created to address "bad behavior" (the primary reason dogs and puppies are surrendered) offers free consultation and affordable training. Classes include manners, tricks, nose work, reactivity, and canine good citizen test preparation. Annually, family dog school graduates about 500 dogs, helping keep them in their homes. Berkshire humane society opened a wellness clinic in 2023 to…
$1,231,120 spent$1,014,810 earned by the program42% of program spendingSee schedule oberkshire humane society accepts more than 1,500 animals annually who we care for, rehabilitate and make available for adoption if they are safe and healthy. People surrender their pets for many reasons, including financial hardship, death of owner and change in living circumstances. We use problem-solving to keep animals in their homes whenever possible. Appropriate placement of animals into responsible homes is the crux of our mission. We are the only open-admission, socially conscious animal shelter in berkshire county and surrounding areas, which means that we accept animals without discrimination against their age, breed or temperament. Many animals who come to us have nowhere else to go. We suggest, but do not require, a donation for surrendering an animal. From dogs and cats to birds and all types of small mammals, we are the place to find a new pet. Trained adoption counselors work with potential adopters to find the best fit for their families and lifestyles. Canine staff use the aspca's "safer" (safety assessment for evaluating rehoming) tool to identify the risk of future aggression and individual behavior support needed before adoption. Our adoption fees…
$1,679,694 spent$246,371 earned by the program58% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,910,814.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $4.9M to $6.3M (+28%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
58% of BERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
John Perreault
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $76k → $517k.
15 of 68 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 68 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 36% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
82% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 64% · 2019 67% · 2020 55% · 2021 34% · 2022 39% · 2023 28% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
51% of BERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
71% of BERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $776k that is directly attributable, 53% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC has grown faster than half of the 813 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 813 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding BERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5k on record.
- (JJ) OPERATIONAL SERVICES$5k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC?
- BERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 68 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,673,028 to it, the largest being ANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($956,948). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 68 organizations giving $2,673,028 in grants to BERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC, 39 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC?
- ANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $956,948 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BERKSHIRE HUMANE SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 68 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing