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Literacy Network of South Berkshire Inc

Literacy Network of South Berkshire Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $744,115 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($161,034). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$420k
Funders on record
27
Grants received
$744k
Net assets
$683k
19/27 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 40%
01What it does

What Literacy Network of South Berkshire Inc does

Mission

To transform the lives of adult learners through the power of literacy education and advocacy.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The literacy network litnet has been providing free one-on-one tutoring sessions for adults since 1991. Our curriculum offers english for speakers of other languagesesol citizenship test preparation hiset test preparation adult basic education and first-generation college support to better serve the large population of immigrants who live and work in berkshire county. By providing fundamental educational support litnet strives to give our learners the tools they need to succeed in their jobs support their families pursue or finish their education and engage with their local communities. In 2025 litnet served a total of 360 learners in its one-on-one tutoring programs 152 community members in its first-gen workshops and 32 community members in its 2nd annual career expo for the immigrant community. Tutors reported 193 specific incidents that showed evidence of learner progress in english speaking comprehension reading or writing. 52 learners got new jobs were promoted or otherwise advanced their careers and 15 enrolled in education programs other than litnet.

    $311,932 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $311,932.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($222k) Expenses 100 ($167k) Net assets 100 ($399k)2018 Revenue 124 ($274k) Expenses 115 ($191k) Net assets 116 ($463k)2019 Revenue 98 ($217k) Expenses 113 ($189k) Net assets 133 ($530k)2020 Revenue 88 ($194k) Expenses 78 ($130k) Net assets 155 ($618k)2021 Revenue 128 ($283k) Expenses 131 ($219k) Net assets 187 ($747k)2022 Revenue 129 ($285k) Expenses 208 ($346k) Net assets 159 ($636k)2023 Revenue 134 ($296k) Expenses 221 ($368k) Net assets 151 ($601k)2024 Revenue 189 ($420k) Expenses 248 ($412k) Net assets 160 ($638k)2025 Revenue 189 ($420k) Expenses 252 ($419k) Net assets 171 ($683k)
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Revenue (189)Expenses (252)Net assets (171)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $623k to $757k (+22%).

$401k
$467k
$531k
$623k
$757k
$650k
$618k
$647k
$707k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

85% of Literacy Network of South Berkshire Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 25,057 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$55k
’17
$83k
’18
$28k
’19
$64k
’20
$64k
’21
−$61k
’22
−$72k
’23
$7k
’24
$715
’25
5.8
months of
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

Leigh Doherty

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed211718172024182119
Joined·+0+3+4+4+9+0+5+3
No longer listed·42515625
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $14k → $120k.

5 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 Literacy Network of South Berkshire Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

Literacy Network of South Berkshire Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% 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

45% 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 Literacy Network of South Berkshire Inc.

22%
largest funder
54%
top three
~8
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 88% · 2019 70% · 2020 52% · 2021 31% · 2022 19% · 2023 17% — 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

50% of Literacy Network of South Berkshire Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

Literacy Network of South Berkshire Inc draws 59% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 9 states in all.

ME
VT
NY
MA
NJ
CT
DE
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $303k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Literacy Network of South Berkshire Inc has grown faster than half of the 17,450 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin0% · below the median
Months of reserve5.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,450 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like Literacy Network of South Berkshire Inc

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

74% of spending goes to programs.

Program 74%Management 22%Fundraising 4%

Governance

19
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

79%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds Literacy Network of South Berkshire Inc?
Literacy Network of South Berkshire Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $744,115 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($161,034). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Literacy Network of South Berkshire Inc have?
IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $744,115 in grants to Literacy Network of South Berkshire Inc, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Literacy Network of South Berkshire Inc?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $161,034 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Literacy Network of South Berkshire 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 27 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