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BERKSHIRE AGRICULTURE VENTURES

EIN 81-4386302 GT BARRINGTON, MA

Revenue 2025
$2,132,615
Expenses 2025
$1,467,493

Program services were 69.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
K20
Classification
1000
Street
4 CASTLE ST STE 215

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 · 2025

Mission

BERKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL VENTURES' MISSION IS TO SUPPORT LOCAL FARMS AND STRENGTHEN LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS. WE PROVIDE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, FLEXIBLE LOANS, AND STRATEGIC RESOURCES TO FARMERS AND FOOD PRODUCERS IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MA; LITCHFIELD COUNTY, CT; AND COLUMBIA AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES, NY. IN 2024, WE PROVIDED OVER $420,000 IN LOANS AND SERVED APPROXIMATELY 100 CLIENTS WITH WELL OVER 2,000 HOURS OF BUSINESS ASSISTANCE. OUR WORK HAS AN IMPACT ON OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND COMMUNITY BY HELPING FARMS GROW AND THRIVE, EXPANDING ACCESS TO LOCAL FOOD, AND KEEPING LAND IN AGRICULTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BERKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL VENTURES, INC. SUPPORTS THE BERKSHIRE TACONIC LOCAL FOOD ECONOMY BY PROVIDING TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO FARMS AND FOOD BUSINESSES.

  • TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: ORGANIZATION PROVIDES BUSINESS AND OPERATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO AREA FARMS AND FOOD BUSINESSES TO IMPROVE BUSINESS AND LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM RESILIENCY. SERVICES INCLUDE COHORT-BASED LEARNING AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, WORKSHOPS, BUSINESS PLANNING, GRANTWRITING, ONLINE RESOURCES, CLIMATE RISK ASSESSMENTS AND ADAPTATION RECOMMENDATIONS, FINANCIAL READINESS, AND OTHER ENGAGEMENTS.

    Expenses $289,191 · Grants $18,008

  • MARKET MATCH - ORGANIZATION PROVIDES GRANTS TO 11 AREA FARMERS MARKETS TO PROVIDE MATCHING DOLLARS FOR ELIGIBLE FOOD PURCHASES MADE WITH SNAP AND OTHER FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMS. PROGRAM INCREASES CONSUMER PURCHASING POWER, SALES TO LOCAL FARMERS, AND VIABILITY OF LOCAL MARKETS.

    Expenses $159,798 · Grants $122,580

  • LENDING: ORGANIZATION PROVIDES LOW-COST, FLEXIBLE LOANS TO FOOD PRODUCERS THROUGH REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS, ADDRESSING UNDERSERVED NEEDS FOR LOW-COST CAPITAL FOR NECESSARY CAPITAL INVESTMENTS. TYPICAL LOAN PURPOSES INCLUDE BRIDGE LOANS FOR REIMBURSEMENT BASED GRANTS, WORKING CAPITAL, AND EQUIPMENT LOANS.

    Expenses $238,871

  • OTHER - ORGANIZATION ENGAGES WITH FOOD PRODUCERS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND MUNICIPAL LEADERS TO UNDERSTAND SYSTEMIC OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL VALUE CHAINS AND ACCESS TO MARKETS. ORGANIZATION ENGAGES IN WORK TO MITIGATE CLIMATE RISKS AND FACILITATE ON FARM CLIMATE ADAPTATION.

    Expenses $333,198 · Grants $20,000

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • MARYANN TEBBEN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • ERIK RASMUSSEN

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DAN SCHAEFFER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • DON PERDUE

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • TOM GARDNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DAVID VALICENTI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MARTHA PAGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • RACHEL MORIARTY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • AMANDA FREUND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MIMI BEAVEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MEG BANTLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • GLENN BERGMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • REBECCA BUSANSKY

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $99,250
    From this org
    $99,250
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $2,132,615
    Expenses
    $1,467,493
    Contributions
    $2,099,726
    Grants paid
    $160,588
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,942,943
    Expenses
    $1,643,640
    Contributions
    $1,917,108
    Grants paid
    $151,439
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,499,229
    Expenses
    $1,354,230
    Contributions
    $1,488,579
    Grants paid
    $178,549
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,691,955
    Expenses
    $1,153,507
    Contributions
    $1,679,136
    Grants paid
    $199,273

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
    $1,451,156
    Expenses
    $993,269
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,616,175

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $282,799
    Expenses
    $433,504
    Assets (EOY)
    $654,933

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $528,324
    Expenses
    $410,473
    Assets (EOY)
    $889,141

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $892,147
    Expenses
    $522,116
    Assets (EOY)
    $809,127

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $420,982
    Expenses
    $180,343
    Assets (EOY)
    $241,239

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2016

Tax period
1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016
Principal officer
TOM GARDNER
Mailing address
314 MAIN STREET NO 23GREAT BARRINGTON MA 01230
Website
WWW.BERKSHIREAGVENTURES.ORG

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

  • NORTH ADAMS FARMERS MARKET

    $43,495

    2023 MARKET MATCH PROGRAM FOR SNAP

  • ROOTS RISING

    $36,500

    2023 MARKET MATCH PROGRAM FOR SNAP

  • NORTH ADAMS FARMERS MARKET

    $36,000

    2022 MARKET MATCH PROGRAM FOR SNAP

  • GREAT BARRINGTON FARMERS MKT

    $34,000

    2023 MARKET MATCH PROGRAM FOR SNAP

  • GREAT BARRINGTON FARMERS MKT

    $25,000

    2022 MARKET MATCH PROGRAM FOR SNAP

  • ROOTS RISING

    $22,500

    2022 MARKET MATCH PROGRAM FOR SNAP

  • NEW LEBANON FARMERS MARKET

    $17,500

    2022 MARKET MATCH PROGRAM FOR SNAP

  • BERKSHIRE GROWN

    $10,000

    2023 MARKET MATCH PROGRAM FOR SNAP

  • NEW MILFORD FARMERS MARKET

    $9,000

    2023 MARKET MATCH PROGRAM FOR SNAP

  • GOULD FARM

    $5,680

    2022 CONSTRUCTION OF HOOP HOUSE

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

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Grants received

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.