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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BERKSHIRE FILM AND MEDIA COLLABORATIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$255,346
Total expenses
$248,998
Contributions and grants received
$254,851
Grants paid
$13,200
Program service revenue
$495
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$192,877
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,416
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$191,461
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$196,933
Management and general expenses
$52,065
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$196,933

Program services were 79.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $19,724

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $235,127

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PRODUCTION SERVICES

    total $495 · related or exempt $495

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $13,200 · program services $13,200

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $76,500 · program services $57,375 · management and general $19,125

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $35,569 · program services $35,569

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,316 · program services $2,750 · management and general $566

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,000 · management and general $12,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,568 · management and general $3,568

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $13,034 · program services $8,174 · management and general $4,860

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,732 · program services $5,797 · management and general $1,935

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,299 · program services $9,975 · management and general $3,324

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,741 · program services $7,306 · management and general $2,435

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,310 · program services $2,483 · management and general $827

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,100 · program services $3,825 · management and general $1,275

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,817 · program services $2,817

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $128 · management and general $128

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,022 · management and general $2,022

  • 24a · Other expenses: KEMBLE STREET STUDIOS P

    total $47,662 · program services $47,662

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $130,413 · end of year $87,879

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $49,998

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $55,000 · end of year $55,000

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $460

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $460

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $128 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $428 · end of year $1,416

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $185,113 · end of year $191,461

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE BERKSHIRE FILM AND MEDIA COLLABORATIVE (BFMC) CREATES EDUCATIONAL, WORKFORCE AND PRODUCTION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FILM AND MEDIA INDUSTRY AS AN ECONOMIC INITIATIVE FOR THE WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS REGION.

  • BFMC+/KEMBLE STREET STUDIOS: WE CONTINUED WORK ON OUR INTIATIVE TO BUILD AN INTERNATIONAL FILM EDUCATION CENTER IN THE BERKSHIRES. WE WERE AWARDED $25,000 FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL FOR ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS AND ENGINEERING STUDIES FOR THE PROPOSED SPACE ON THE GROUNDS OF SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY IN LENOX, MA. WE HIRED AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM, CLARK, GREEN & BEK FOR THE PROJECT.

    Expenses $71,387

  • YOUTH FILM LAB: WE PARTNERED WITH THE BERKSHIRE TACONIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND THE CIVIC LIFE PROJECT TO CREATE A YOUTH FILM LAB, WHERE STUDENTS MAKE FILMS IN THEIR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SETTINGS. IT WAS PART OF BERKSHIRE TACONIC'S "BRIDGING DIVIDES/HEALING COMMUNITIES" INITIATIVE. YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE BERKSHIRE TACONIC REGION WERE INVITED TO MAKE FILMS ON SOCIAL SUBJECTS THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO THEM. AFTER THE SCREENINGS, THE FILMMAKERS WERE JOINED BY LOCAL PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK WITH YOUTH TO DISCUSS THE FILMS AND THE TOPICS THEY COVERED.

    Expenses $1,175

  • COMMUNITY FILM FUND: WE CONTINUED THE PROGRAM WE BEGAN IN 2020 PROVIDING MATCHING GRANTS TO THE SMALLER NONPROFITS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE VIDEOS FOR THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA, BRANDING AND MARKETING.

    Expenses $30,931 · Grants $13,200

  • PRODUCTION SERVICES: WE CONTINUE TO OFFER ASSISTANCE TO FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS FILMING IN THE BERKSHIRES FINDING LOCATIONS, AS WELL AS SERVICES SUCH AS CATERERS AND LODGING, AND A DATABASE TO HIRE LOCAL CREW AND TALENT. BERKSHIRE FILM AND OUR COMMUNITY: WE DEVELOPED AND LAUNCHED DOCUMENTARY FILM CURRICULUM TO TAKE INTO PITTSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL IN THE FALL OF 2024. STUDENTS LEARNED THE TECHNICAL AND STORYTELLING SKILLS TO MAKE SHORT FILMS ON SUBJECTS THEY WERE PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT RELATED TO THEIR COURSE OF STUDY.

    Expenses $93,440 · Revenue $495

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Karen Zink

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Lawrence Re

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nathan Graham Davis

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chuck Walker

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Avnet

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • William Beautyman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Ronald Frohne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lawrence Hazzard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jay Ignaszewski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Barbara Newman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Carl Sprague

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Diane Pearlman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $76,500
    From this org
    $76,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, 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. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

  • BERKSHIRE COUNTY ARC

    $5,000

    MATCHING GRANTS TO THE SMALLER NONPROFITS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE VIDEOS FOR THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA, BRANDING AND MARKETING.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
19 August 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502329349301110

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