Jewish Federation of the Berkshires Inc

Analysis

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsfield, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Jewish Federation of the Berkshires Inc reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.7m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.7m (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Jewish Federation of the Berkshires Inc sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oasis Fresh Foundation ($1.7m), Hill Country Community Foundation ($1.7m) and Friends of Kentucky Theatre ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% and program service revenue 6.4% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $485k. At year end it held assets of $4.0m against liabilities of $65k, net assets of $4.0m. It reported 11 employees.