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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by BERKSHIRE FILM AND MEDIA COLLABORATIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$306,662
Total expenses
$303,968
Contributions and grants received
$305,722
Grants paid
$13,000
Program service revenue
$931
Investment income
$9
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$195,951
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,796
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$194,155
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$262,353
Management and general expenses
$41,615
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$262,353

Program services were 86.3% 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)

    $16,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $289,222

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EVENT TICKETS AND FEES

    total $931 · related or exempt $931

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9 · excluded $9

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $13,000 · program services $13,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $64,170 · program services $48,128 · management and general $16,042

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $55,306 · program services $55,306

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,091 · program services $4,091

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,500 · management and general $12,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,416 · management and general $3,416

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $27,642 · program services $27,642

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,875 · program services $1,875

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,527 · program services $6,395 · management and general $2,132

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,616 · program services $4,962 · management and general $1,654

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,100 · program services $3,075 · management and general $1,025

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,385 · program services $4,789 · management and general $1,596

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,687 · program services $4,687

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,067 · management and general $1,067

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,183 · management and general $2,183

  • 24a · Other expenses: KEMBLE STREET STUDIOS P

    total $55,000 · program services $55,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: SIMONS ROCK

    total $33,403 · program services $33,403

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $87,879 · end of year $191,514

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $49,998

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $55,000

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

    $5,964

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

    $1,527

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,437

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,416 · end of year $1,796

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $191,461 · end of year $136,720

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $57,435

Mission and programs · 2025

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 CONTINUED ITS MISSION THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND SUPPORT FOR LOCAL NONPROFIT AND FILM INITIATIVES. THROUGH ITS YOUTH FILM PROGRAM, BFMC PROVIDED STUDENTS IN LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH HANDS-ON FILMMAKING OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THEY LEARN TECHNICAL SKILLS, COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. STUDENTS CREATED FILMS ADDRESSING SOCIAL ISSUES IMPORTANT TO THEM, FOLLOWED BY SCREENINGS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH LOCAL YOUTH-SERVING PROFESSIONALS.BFMC ALSO CONTINUED ITS COMMUNITY FILM FUND, WHICH PROVIDES MATCHING GRANTS TO SMALLER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO CREATE VIDEOS FOR THEIR BRANDING, MARKETING, AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

    Expenses $262,353 · Grants $13,000 · Revenue $931

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Karen Zink

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Lawrence Re

    VICE CHAIR AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chuck Walker

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marta Kirsis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mark Avnet

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Eric Levin

    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
    $64,170
    From this org
    $64,170
    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

  • ROOTS RISING INC

    $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
2025
Filed
27 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611249349301751

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