Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC
BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,637,123 to it, the largest being JOSEPHINE AND LOUISE CRANE FOUNDATION ($1,465,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 48
- Grants received
- $4.6M
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What Berkshire United Way Inc does
Mission
Berkshire united way ignites the collective power of individuals and organizations to build a stronger and more equitable community where everyone can thrive. We magnify your contributions to make lasting, positive change right here in the berkshires. We are committed to supporting individuals and strengthening families where we live, work, and play.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Berkshire united way brings together financial resources, community partners and leaders, and volunteers to advance long-term solutions that improve lives throughout berkshire county. Through employee giving, corporate gifts, sponsorships, grants, and individual donations, buw strategically invested in 29 high-quality nonprofit organizations that provide a strong early educational foundation, create college and career pathways for youth, support household stability, and expand access to mental health services. By providing flexible, general operating support, berkshire united way empowers organizations to sustain and grow the essential programs our community relies on.beyond funding, berkshire united way leads collaborative initiatives and convenings to address pressing community needs. During the fiscal year ending june 30, 2025, buw served more than 20,000 children, youth, and adults -- approximately 16% of berkshire county residents through our priority work. United is the way we help ensure every neighbor has the opportunity to thrive.
$1,694,483 spentof which $1,068,146 as grants$2,720 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,694,483.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $5.7M to $5.0M (−13%).
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: 2017 5% · 2018 5% · 2019 4% · 2021 4% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
Thomas Bernard Thru 62825
President/CEO
Board chair
Laurie Gallagher
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $64k → $526k.
14 of 48 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $99k from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 48 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 UNITED WAY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 57%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
42% 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 UNITED WAY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 40% · 2019 32% · 2020 38% · 2021 42% · 2022 54% · 2023 48% — growing more concentrated.
“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
40% of BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
77% of BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC's grant income 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 10 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.
Government funding BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $241k on record.
- (GG) ENERGY COSTS AND SPACE RENTAL$185k
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$56k
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 UNITED WAY 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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC?
- BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,637,123 to it, the largest being JOSEPHINE AND LOUISE CRANE FOUNDATION ($1,465,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC have?
- IRS filings report 48 organizations giving $4,637,123 in grants to BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY INC?
- JOSEPHINE AND LOUISE CRANE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,465,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BERKSHIRE UNITED WAY 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.
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 48 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