Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$210,532

Total expenses

$190,525

Contributions and grants received

$125,259

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$85,273

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$100,682

Total liabilities, end of year

$9,191

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$91,491

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$139,232

Management and general expenses

$46,070

Fundraising expenses

$5,223

Program service expenses (Part III)

$139,232

Program services were 73.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• GENERAL PROGRAMS: THE NONPROFIT CENTER PROVIDES OVER TWO DOZEN FREE AND LOW-COST PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR NONPROFITS INCLUDING WORKSHOPS, REFERRALS, COACHING, RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS, ADVOCACY AND NETWORKING EVENTS.

  Expenses $40,493 · Revenue $193,199

• AWARDS BREAKFAST: AN ANNUAL CELEBRATORY AWARDS PROGRAM TO RECOGNIZE AND ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO SERVE THE BERKSHIRE COUNTY COMMUNITY. NOMINATIONS ARE SOLICITED FROM ACROSS THE BERKSHIRES IN SEVEN CATEGORIES. HONOREES ARE SELECTED BY A COMMITTEE OF BUSINESS, NONPROFIT AND CIVIC LEADERS. SPONSORSHIPS ARE SOLICITED FROM LOCAL AND REGIONAL BUSINESES AND FOUNDATIONS TO FUND THE EVENT.

• GIVING GUIDE: A PRINTED PUBLICATION DESIGNED TO CONNECT NONPROFITS WITH WOULD-BE DONORS AND VOLUNTEERS. ALL 1,000 NONPROFITS IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY ARE LISTED FREE IN THE DIRECTORY BY CATEGORY. NONPROFITS THAT ELECT TO HAVE FULL PAGE PROFILES PAY 150-200 FOR THE EXTRA EXPOSURE. THE GUIDE IS USED BY SCHOOLS AND CAMPS TO FACILITATE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS FOR STUDENTS, BY GIVING CIRCLES TO IDENTIFY CHARITIES TO DONATE TO, AND BY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS ELDER SERVICES TO PLACE SENIORS IN NONPROFIT WORKPLACES. THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS AND ADVERTISERS, 15,000 COPIES OF THE GIVING GUIDE WERE DISTRIBUTED FREE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE.

• PHILANTHROPY IN THE SCHOOLS: A PHILANTHROPY CURRICULUM IN LOCAL MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOLLS WAS LAUNCHED WITH A SPRING 2020 PILOT PROGRAM. CUSTOMIZED LESSON STRUCTURES THAT TIE INTO CORE CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS ARE SUPPORTED BY TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. STUDENTS USE THE NPC GIVING BACK GUIDE AS A TOOL TO IDENTIFY NONPROFITS TO ASSIST. IN OUR MODEL, EACH STUDENT IS EMPOWERED WITH A STIPEND OF 100 TO GIVE AWAY, THUS BENEFITING LOCAL NONPROFITS, ESPECIALLY AS STUDENTS EXPLORE HOW TO LEVERAGE THEIR GIFT TO RAISE EVEN MORE MONEY FOR THEIR CHOSEN ORGANIZATION. FISCAL SPONSORSHIP: DESIGNATION AS MODEL C, A PRE-APPROVED GRANT RELATIONSHIP. NPC ACCEPTS DONATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP THAT DOES NOT HAVE ITS 501(C)(3) DESIGNATION, AND PROVIDES FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THEY SUCCESSFULLY GET THEIR DESIGNATION. IN EXCHANGE NPC TAKES A COMMISSION FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK INVOLVED, INCLUDING RECEIVING AND DEPOSITING CHECKS, WRITING THANK YOU LETTERS, ISSUING CHECKS TO THE NOT-YET NONPROFIT, AND PROVIDING OVERSIGHT. WORKSHOPS: THE NONPROFIT CENTER OFFERS AFFORDABLE EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS TAUGHT BY LOCAL AND REGIONAL EXPERTS. RESOURCE DIRECTORY: A COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL GUIDE TO EVERY TYPE OF SERVICE USED BY NONPROFITS. THE PURPOSE OF THE DIRECTORY IS TO SAVE TIME FOR BUSY NONPROFIT STAFF SO THEY CAN SPEND MORE TIME ON THE MISSION. THE BOOK IS MAILED FREE TO 400 NONPROFITS AND WIDELY SHARED ONLINE TO THE GENEROSITY OF OUR UNDERWRITERS AND ADVERTISERS. CONNECTIONS NEWSLETTER IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE NONPROFIT CENTER OF THE BERKSHIRES. BY SHARING NEWS, TIPS AND BEST PRACTICES, AND INCLUDING A VARIETY OF VOICES, CONNECTIONS HELPS CREATE A STRONGER NONPROFIT SECTOR.

  Expenses $98,739

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

8 May 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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