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BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER INC

EIN 86-2361326 PITTSFIELD, MA

Largest nonprofits in Massachusetts

Revenue 2024
$849,780
Expenses 2024
$739,544

Program services were 68.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P84
Classification
1200
Street
141 NORTH ST SUITE 303

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

IMMIGRATION SERVICES ARE PERFORMED BY BIC'S CASEWORKERS WHO ARE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PARTIALLY ACCREDITED REPRESENTATIVES. OUR IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES FURTHER CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL EXEMPT PURPOSES BY PROVIDING LOW-COST LEGAL SERVICES TO MAJORITY LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS. THE BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER'S EDUCATION DIRECTOR PROVIDES FREE VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON CLASSES TO IMMIGRANTS WANTING TO IMPROVE THEIR ENGLISH CAPABILITIES OR PREPARE FOR THE U.S. CITIZENSHIP TEST AND INTERVIEW IF THEY ARE ELIGIBLE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVOCATE FOR THE RIGHTS OF ALL IMMIGRANTS BY HELPING THEM NAVIGATE THE COMPLEX U.S. IMMIGRATION SYSTEM WITH AFFORDABLE LEGAL SERVICES, LOCAL RESOURCES, AND EDUCATION, AND ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY RELATED THERETO; AND TO PROVIDE IMMIGRANTS WITH TOOLS TO HELP THEM OVERCOME FINANCIAL AND CULTURAL BARRIERS, WITH THE GOALS OF STRENGTHENING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND CREATING EQUAL OPPORTUNITIY FOR ALL, AND ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIEIS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED THERETO.

  • SEE SCHEDULE OIMMIGRATION SERVICES: PERFORMED BY BIC'S CASEWORKERS WHO ARE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PARTIALLY ACCREDITED REPRESENTATIVES. THE PROGRAM IS CONDUCTED DURING BUSINESS HOURS, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY BETWEEN 9AM AND 4PM AT THE BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER'S OFFICES AT 67 EAST ST., PITTSFIELD, MA 01201. OUR IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES FURTHER CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL EXEMPT PURPOSES BY PROVIDING LOW-COST LEGAL SERVICES TO MAJORITY LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS. THIS ACTIVITY IS FUNDED BY FOUNDATION GRANTS, INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS, AND FUNDRAISERS/CAMPAIGNS.U.S. CIVICS CLASSES AND CITIZENSHIP TEST/INTERVIEW PREPARATION:THE BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER'S EDUCATION DIRECTOR PROVIDES FREE VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON CLASSES TO IMMIGRANTS WANTING TO IMPROVE THEIR ENGLISH CAPABILITIES OR PREPARE FOR THE U.S. CITIZENSHIP TEST AND INTERVIEW IF THEY ARE ELIGIBLE. THIS PROGRAM IS CONDUCTED DURING BUSINESS HOURS, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY BETWEEN 9AM AND 4PM AT THE BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER AT 67 EAST ST., PITTSFIELD, MA 01201.THE ACTIVITY FURTHERS CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL EXEMPT PURPOSES BY PROVIDING FREE U.S. CIVICS CLASSES AND CITIZENSHIP TEST/INTERVIEW PREPARATION TO ELIGIBLE IMMIGRANTS. THESE FREE CLASSES ARE FUNDED BY FOUNDATION GRANTS, INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS, AND FUNDRAISERS/CAMPAIGNS.COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, PANELS, AND PRESENTATIONS:BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THE GREATER COMMUNITY WITH INFORMATION ABOUT IMMIGRATION, RESOURCES, ADVOCACY EFFORTS, LANGUAGE ACCESS, CULTURAL COMPETENCY, AND OTHER TOPICS ON MUTUALLY AGREED UPON DATES/TIMES BETWEEN BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER AND ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS, SCHOOL, OR COMMUNITY ENTITY. THESE PROGRAMS ARE CONDUCTED AT THE BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER AT 67 EAST ST., PITTSFIELD, MA 01201, VIRTUALLY THROUGH AN ONLINE PLATFORM, OR AT ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS, SCHOOL, OR COMMUNITY ENTITY'S SITE. THIS PROGRAM FURTHERS CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL EXEMPT PURPOSES BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION ON CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, IMMIGRATION LAWS AND POLICIES, IMMIGRATION HISTORY, AND LOCAL RESOURCES FOR THE IMMIGRANT POPULATION. THESE PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED BY FOUNDATION GRANTS, INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS, AND FUNDRAISERS/CAMPAIGNS.

    Expenses $506,180 · Revenue $60,543

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.

  • Joshua Hochberg

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Russell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Auric Enchill

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gloria Escobar

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kate Barton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Puddester

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erin Seagrave

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carole Siegel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stanley Shapshay

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marianna Poutasse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Roberta McCulloch-Dews

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Burbank

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ahmed Ismail

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Saruda Simonson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph Zlatnik

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melissa Canavan

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $849,780
    Expenses
    $739,544
    Contributions
    $572,626
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $889,272
    Expenses
    $551,412
    Contributions
    $655,386
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $789,918
    Expenses
    $551,236
    Contributions
    $642,189
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $747,507
    Expenses
    $540,088
    Contributions
    $586,792
    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
    $892,520
    Expenses
    $315,902
    Assets (EOY)
    $689,060

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $112,803
    Expenses
    $360
    Assets (EOY)
    $112,443

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.