Berkshire South Regional Community

Analysis

Berkshire South Regional Community is a registered charity in United States, based in GT Barrington, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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, Berkshire South Regional Community reported income of $2.4m and spending of $2.9m, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $3.2m to $2.4m (-25%), an average of -6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Berkshire South Regional Community sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Camp Ramah in Northern California ($2.4m), Downstate Juniors VBC Inc ($2.4m) and Bay to Bay Volleyball Inc ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 40% and program service revenue 57% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $189k (6.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $5.5m against liabilities of $637k, net assets of $4.8m. It reported 132 employees.