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BERRY CENTER INC

EIN 80-0721644 NEW CASTLE, KY

Largest nonprofits in Kentucky

Revenue 2024
$1,425,458
Expenses 2024
$1,322,658

Program services were 55.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B70
Classification
2000
Street
111 S MAIN ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE BERRY CENTER WAS LAUNCHED TO PRESERVE THE LEGACY OF WENDELL BERRY'S WORK AND WRITINGS AND THE EXCEPTIONAL AGRICULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF HIS FATHER JOHN BERRY, SR., AND HIS BROTHER JOHN BERRY, JR. THE CORE OF OUR WORK IS TO ADVOCATE FOR (SEE SCHEDULE O) FARMERS, LAND CONSERVING COMMUNITIES, AND HEALTHY REGIONAL ECONOMIES.OUR WORK SEEKS TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO ESSENTIAL ISSUES THAT ARE RARELY IN PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND CERTAINLY NOT REFLECTED IN AGRICULTURAL POLICIES. "WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR FARMERS TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO FARM WELL? AND "HOW DO WE BECOME A CULTURE THAT SUPPORTS GOOD FARMING AND LAND USE?" WE BELIEVE THAT THE ANSWERS - WHILE FIRMLY ROOTED IN LOCAL WORK - ARE CENTRAL TO SOLVING SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRESSING PROBLEMS INCLUDING THE DEVASTATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND BIODIVERSITY; RAPID ONSET OF CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INEQUITIES; AND THE COLLAPSE OF HEALTHY FARMING AND RURAL COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PUTTING WENDELL BERRY'S WRITINGS TO WORK BY ADVOCATING FOR SMALL FARMERS, (SEE SCHEDULE O) LAND-CONSERVING COMMUNITIES, AND HEALTHY REGIONAL ECONOMIES.

  • TO ADVOCATE FOR FARMERS, LAND CONSERVING COMMUNITIES, AND HEALTHY REGIONAL ECONOMIES THROUGH OUR ARCHIVE AT THE BERRY CENTER, AGRARIAN CULTURE CENTER AND BOOKSTORE, HOME PLACE MEATS - A LOCAL BEEF INITIATIVE, AND THE BERRY FARMING PROGRAM. THE ARCHIVE OF THE BERRY CENTER COLLECTS AND PRESERVES DISTINCT BOOKS, ARTICLES, AND WORKS OF ART, PHOTOGRAPHS, ORAL HISTORIES AND MANUSCRIPTS THAT OFFER COMPLETING INSIGHTS INTO GOOD FARMING AND LAND USE AND THE RICH CULTURE OF RURAL COMMUNITIES OVER THE LAST CENTURY. THE AGRARIAN CULTURE CENTER AND BOOKSTORE CARRIES ALL OF WENDELL BERRY'S PUBLICATIONS, AND INSPIRATIONS FROM HIS HOME LIBRARY AND OTHER WORKS THAT HAVE INFLUENCED HIS LIFE. THE HOME PLACE MEATS - A LOCAL BEEF INITIATIVE ESTABLISHES A COOPERATIVE FOR LOCAL LIVESTOCK FARMERS TO SELL TO (SEE SCHEDULE O) LOCAL MARKETS. THE BERRY FARMING PROGRAM PROVIDES FUTURE FARMERS WITH AN EDUCATION IN AGRARIAN THOUGHT AND PRACTICE THAT IS HOLISTIC AND PLACE-BASED.

    Expenses $732,080 · Revenue -$92,414

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Mary Berry

    PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $49,490
    From this org
    $49,490
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Bonnie Cecil

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kate Boyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christina Lee Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Logan Brent

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lois Mateus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maggie Keith

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Douglas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lori Collins-Hall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jacob Rosenbaum

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Trager-Kusman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,425,458
    Expenses
    $1,322,658
    Contributions
    $1,450,837
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,685,424
    Expenses
    $969,083
    Contributions
    $1,780,116
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,399,700
    Expenses
    $808,282
    Contributions
    $1,396,365
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,609,717
    Expenses
    $781,768
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,241,992

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,119,795
    Expenses
    $689,793
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,621,438

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,325,246
    Expenses
    $688,966
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,372,742

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,112,283
    Expenses
    $663,228
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,228,550

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.