Form 990-EZ for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$110,400

Total expenses

$109,494

Contributions and grants received

$109,900

Grants paid

— not reported

Program service revenue

$500

Membership dues (line 3)

— not reported

Investment income (line 4)

— not reported

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

— not reported

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

— not reported

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

— not reported

Other revenue (line 8)

— not reported

Total assets, end of year

$25,333

Total liabilities, end of year

$803

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$24,530

Program service expenses (Part III)

$52,791

Program services were 48.2% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2022

• BFMC+/KEMBLE STREET STUDIOS: A NEW INIATIVE TO BUILD AN INTERNATIONAL FILM EDUCATION CENTER ON THE GROUNDS OF SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY IN LENOX, MA. WE COMPLETED A FEASIBILITY STUDY IN MARCH 2022 AND ARE NOW IN PHASE 2 OF THE PROJECT WHICH INCLUDES ENGINEERING STUDIES AND INITIAL ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS.

  Expenses $3,014

• YOUTH FILM CHALLENGE: FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, WE PARTNERED WITH BERKSHIRE TACONIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND THE CIVIC LIFE PROJECT TO CREATE A YOUTH FILM CLASS AS PART OF BERKSHIRE TACONIC'S "BRIDGING DIVIDES/HEALING COMMUNITIES" INITIATIVE. YOUTH IN FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE BERKSHIRE TACONIC REGION MADE FILMS ON SOCIAL SUBJECTS THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO THEM. THE FILMS WERE SCREENED FOR THE PUBLIC AT SIMON'S ROCK COLLEGE IN GREAT BARRINGTON. AFTER THE SCREENING, THE YOUNG FILMMAKERS WERE JOINED BY LOCAL PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK WITH YOUTH TO DISCUSS THE FILMS AND THE TOPICS THEY COVERED.

  Expenses $13,197

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $4,900

• PRODUCTION SERVICES: ALTHOUGH THE COVID PANDEMIC STILL AFFECTED THE NUMBER OF PRODUCTIONS FILIMG IN THE REGION, SEVERAL SMALLER PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED. WE HELPED THESE FILMS FIND LOCATIONS, LOCAL CREW, ACTORS AND BUSINESS RESOURCES (INCLUDING CATERERS AND HOUSING/HOTELS). BERKSHIRE FILM AND MEDIA COURSES: DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, WE CONTINUED TO OFFER ONLINE WORKSHOPS TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY LED BY TOP HOLLYWOOD TALENT INCLUDING "INTRODUCTION TO PRODUCING" WITH VETERAN TELEVISION PRODUCER, NAN BERNSTEIN AND "INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING" WITH AWARD WINNING DIRECTOR, DIEGO ONGARO.

  Expenses $31,680

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2022

Filed

12 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202333179349205813

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