Massachusetts · Nonprofit
TRUSTEES OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM
TRUSTEES OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM (Massachusetts) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,187,201 to it, the largest being THE FEIGENBAUM FOUNDATION INC ($2,004,281). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.8M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $78M
What Trustees of the Berkshire Museum does
Mission
Bringing people together for experiences that spark creativity and innovative thinking by making inspiring educational connections among art, history, and natural science.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
See schedule oexhibitions:following are descriptions of the exhibitions presented by the museum in 2024 - painted pages: illuminated manuscripts of the 13th to 18th centuriesincluding more than thirty-five works-some with elaborate gold leaf decoration and intricate, ornament- from medieval bibles, prayer books, psalters, books of hours, choir books, missals, breviaries, and lectionaries drawn from the collection of the reading public museum in reading, pennsylvania, who organized the exhibition. Also featured in the exhibit are examples of the materials- parchment, vellum, gold leaf, and minerals which were ground into pigments and used by artists before the age of printed books to create these extraordinary pages. Painted pages: illuminated manuscripts, 13th - 18th centuries, is organized by the reading public museum, reading, pennsylvania.120th: planning for the future - 1979-2024the third and final installment of the museum's 3-part exhibition series highlighting the history of the museum in celebration of the institution's 120th anniversary in 2023. The final installation of three exhibitions celebrating the 120th anniversary of berkshire museum, this exhibition will detail…
$1,558,177 spent$174,543 earned by the program56% of program spendingSee schedule oeducation: following is a list of all programs we undertook in 2024 - school-age in-house programming:in 2024, museum educators delivered our programming to 40 schools over 60 field trips, totaling 1961 students and 3740 educational experiences. Currently, there are 13 programs with 45 total lessons available: amazing reptiles (pre-k, early elementary, late elementary, middle school levels), ancient civilizations (early elementary, late elementary, middle school, and high school levels), aquarium explorations (pre-k, early elementary, late elementary, middle school, and high school levels), mammal adaptations (pre-k, early elementary, late elementary, middle school, and high school levels), metamorphosis (pre-k, early elementary, late elementary, and middle school levels), mohicans: then and now (early elementary, late elementary, middle school, and high school levels), physics of fun (early elementary, late elementary, middle school levels), poetry of art (early elementary 1-2, early elementary 3-4, late elementary 4-5, middle school, and high school levels), rock on (early elementary, late elementary, middle school, and high school levels), the science of…
$885,805 spent$35,704 earned by the program32% of program spendingSee schedule opublic programming- following is a list of all programs presented in the museum for the publicfamily programming: regularly scheduled programs:pop-up play day, chow time, berkshire backyard exploration, weemuse steam, meet a friend: animal ambassador spotlight, mummy-side chats, saturday morning cartoons, playground program with parks and rec, first fridays at 5, and summer camps.one-time programs:martin luther king, jr. Book reading day, big bubble bonanza with jeff boyer, energy program with jeff boyer, ten days of play, wingmasters - birds of prey, pj nigh, and drag story hour.off-site programs:big blue blocks at the atheneum, arrowhead community day, indigenous people's day land acknowledgement day, it's alive: downtown pittsfield, playground program with parks and rec first fridays at 5, hancock shaker village steam night, and youth pride.lectures:jerry taliaferro, artist lecture: black worman as muse, scott schweigert, curator, reading public museum, pa: painted pages: illuminated manuscripts, 13th - 18th centuries, julie wosk, exhibit curator, women in the space agefilm screenings: 2024 oscar-nominated shorts, animation, 2024 oscar-nominated shorts,…
$327,867 spent$42,450 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,771,849.
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 2017 to 2018, from $19M to $67M (+254%).
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 1% · 2020 17% · 2021 3% · 2022 31% · 2023 2% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of TRUSTEES OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Kimberley Bush Tomio
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $354k → $355k.
4 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 TRUSTEES OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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
TRUSTEES OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 90% · 2019 71% · 2020 54% · 2021 48% · 2022 67% · 2023 61% — 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
44% of TRUSTEES OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
84% of TRUSTEES OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $484k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
TRUSTEES OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like TRUSTEES OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
33%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM?
- TRUSTEES OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM (Massachusetts) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,187,201 to it, the largest being THE FEIGENBAUM FOUNDATION INC ($2,004,281). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TRUSTEES OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $3,187,201 in grants to TRUSTEES OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRUSTEES OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM?
- THE FEIGENBAUM FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,004,281 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRUSTEES OF THE BERKSHIRE MUSEUM 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 34 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