Totals
- Total revenue
- $107,706
- Total expenses
- $85,454
- Contributions and grants received
- $105,796
- Grants paid
- $500
- Program service revenue
- $2,036
- 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)
- -$126
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- $0
- Other revenue (line 8)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $22,252
- Total liabilities, end of year
- not reported
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $22,252
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $36,023
Program services were 42.2% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2023
Primary exempt purpose
To promote the visibility inclusion equity and safety of LGBTQ+ individuals and families in Berkshire County through community-building events education advocacy and year-round programming. Key accomplishments in 2023 include: Hosting our largest LGBTQ+ Pride Festival to date with over 3,000 attendees 7th annual festival 2nd Annual Parade Launching the first After Party after the festival. Developing and Providing a Safe Spaces training to over a dozen businesses and nonprofits. Leasing our first office space. Writing our first grant from Mass Humanities and and receiving $40,000 to hire two part-time staff. Collaborating with community partners on economic empowerment housing and gender-affirming care access.
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Berkshire Pride LGBTQ+ Festival- Our flagship annual event drew over 3,000 attendees in 2023 with participants traveling from across Massachusetts Vermont New York Connecticut and Rhode Island. The festival serves as a significant economic driver for Berkshire County by supporting small businesses artists and local downtown commerce. It provides a vital platform for LGBTQ+ visibility hiring dozens of LGBTQ+ performers and musicians and featuring 150+ resource vendors offering critical services and outreach.
Expenses $17,515 · Grants $31,850
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LGBTQ+ Community Resource & Drop-in Center- In 2023 we established our first-ever physical office space in Pittsfield creating a safe welcoming location for community members to gather. This space includes classroom areas for youth programming drop-in and social hours and a free community clothing exchange with gender-affirming clothing and personal hygiene products for trans and gender-diverse individuals. It has become a hub for connection resources and support.
Expenses $16,757
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Launching the Safe Spaces Project- This initiative delivers foundational LGBTQ+ education focused on terminology pronouns and the mental health needs of queer and trans youth particularly related to suicidality and the importance of affirming adults. In late 2023 we trained over 40 individuals including educators youth workers and the entire Berkshire District Attorneys Office 60+ staff scheduled their training for 2024 creating ripple effects of impact across our regions institutions and community settings. We also received grants to cover the cost of scholarships for individuals and educators throughout Berkshire County.
Expenses $1,751 · Grants $8,000
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Emma Lenski
Director of Education & Outreach
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 30
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Cass Santos-China
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 30
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Michael Taylor
Board President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Nazira Vargas Martinez
Board Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Emma Lenksi
Board Clerk
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jessie Fried
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Casi Kristant
Co-Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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
- 2023
- Filed
- 23 March 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202530829349200268
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