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NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION INC

NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $673,069 to it, the largest being NEW ENGLAND RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION ($230,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.6M
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$673k
Net assets
$2.9M
8/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 9%
01What it does

What Northern Berkshire Community Coalition Inc does

Mission

Improvement in quality of life in northern berkshire county

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Family resource center - family based services/suuportive prevention program

    $556,641 spent
    49% of program spending

  2. Prevention - substance abuse prevention

    $220,636 spent
    20% of program spending

  3. Neighborhood development - supportive/preventive services

    $133,011 spent
    12% of program spending

  4. Core - model coalitions

    $120,773 spent
    11% of program spending

  5. Youth development - youth intervention services

    $43,603 spent
    4% of program spending

  6. Other community programs

    $30,229 spent
    3% of program spending

  7. Health & wellness

    $20,357 spent
    2% of program spending

The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,125,250.

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 ($1.1M) Expenses 100 ($992k) Net assets 100 ($681k)2018 Revenue 94 ($1.0M) Expenses 95 ($941k) Net assets 109 ($744k)2019 Revenue 97 ($1.0M) Expenses 88 ($876k) Net assets 141 ($960k)2020 Revenue 136 ($1.5M) Expenses 112 ($1.1M) Net assets 191 ($1.3M)2021 Revenue 122 ($1.3M) Expenses 110 ($1.1M) Net assets 230 ($1.6M)2022 Revenue 137 ($1.5M) Expenses 129 ($1.3M) Net assets 236 ($1.6M)2023 Revenue 125 ($1.3M) Expenses 123 ($1.2M) Net assets 258 ($1.8M)2024 Revenue 183 ($2.0M) Expenses 123 ($1.2M) Net assets 376 ($2.6M)2025 Revenue 147 ($1.6M) Expenses 124 ($1.2M) Net assets 433 ($2.9M)
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Revenue (147)Expenses (124)Net assets (433)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 2023 to 2024, from $1.8M to $2.6M (+43%).

$810k
$844k
$1.0M
$1.5M
$1.6M
$1.7M
$1.8M
$2.6M
$3.0M
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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

Government-grant reliance: 2017 83% · 2018 86% · 2019 72% · 2020 74% · 2021 81% · 2022 79% · 2023 84% · 2024 57% · 2025 78%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

95% of NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,434 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$75k
’17
$67k
’18
$160k
’19
$340k
’20
$202k
’21
$176k
’22
$114k
’23
$734k
’24
$340k
’25
12
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

Amber Besaw

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed181718181212141211
Joined·+1+5+0+0+4+3+0+3
No longer listed·24064124
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $26k → $123k.

Funder
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'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
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'25*
total
Berkshire United Way Incunclassified
$40k
funders
2
3
4
6
6
4
6
4
2

3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION 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

NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

85% 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 NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION INC.

34%
largest funder
68%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 52% · 2019 33% · 2020 24% · 2021 29% · 2022 75% · 2023 65% — 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

25% of NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.

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

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

50% of NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

VT
NY
MA

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

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’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $58k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin22% · above the median
Months of reserve11.8mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION 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

Masshire North Central Workforce Board Inc85%Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires Inc84%Berkshire South Regional Community Center Inc82%Community Counseling of Bristol County Inc82%Berkshire County Arc Inc81%Northern Berkshire United Way Inc81%Berk County Regional Employment Board81%Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation81%

Nationally

Masshire North Central Workforce Board Inc85%Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires Inc84%Northeast Community Center84%Berkshire South Regional Community Center Inc82%Northeast Kingdom Collaborative Inc82%Community Counseling of Bristol County Inc82%Berkshire County Arc Inc81%Northern Berkshire United Way Inc81%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

97%

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 NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION INC?
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $673,069 to it, the largest being NEW ENGLAND RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION ($230,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION INC have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $673,069 in grants to NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION INC?
NEW ENGLAND RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $230,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION INC find more funders?
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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 13 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing