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BERKS COUNSELING CENTER INC

EIN 23-2043478 READING, PA

Revenue 2023
$13,641,565
Expenses 2023
$12,289,398

Program services were 90.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
F22Z
Classification
1000
Street
645 PENN STREET 2ND FL

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 · 2023

Mission

BERKS COUNSELING CENTER (BCC) IS A RECOVERY ORIENTED CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER (CCBHC) WITH AN INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH MODEL OF SERVICE DELIVERY. THE CENTER PROVIDES A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO A CULTURALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DIVERSE POPULATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACHIEVING A HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THROUGH CLINIC AND COUNSELING SERVICES

  • BCC IS A RECOVERY ORIENTED INTEGRATED COMMUNITY WELLNESS CENTER (ICWC) AND CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER (CCBHC) WITH AN INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH MODEL OF SERVICE DELIVERY. THE CENTER PROVIDES A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO A CULTURALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DIVERSE POPULATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING A HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE LIFESTYLE. THE ORGANIZATION IS FULLY LICENSED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA TO PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH OUTPATIENT TREATMENT SERVICES:SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SCHEDULE O. BERKS COUNSELING CENTER PROVIDES TREATMENT SERVICES TO INCLUDE AN INTEGRATED PHYSICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE MODEL OF TREATMENT INCLUSIVE OF OUTPATIENT INDIVIDUAL, GROUP, AND FAMILY COUNSELING; MEDICATED ASSISTED TREATMENT FOR OUR OPIOID ADDICTED CLIENTS, PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATIONS AND MEDICATION MANAGEMENT, CASE MANAGEMENT, PHYSICAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT; WELLNESS PROGRAMS; AND ANCILLARY SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO RESIDENTS OF OUR TRANSITIONAL AND PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAMS, INCLUSIVE OF THE HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AFFORDED INMATES RE-ENTERING THE COMMUNITY FROM OUR COUNTY JAIL AND/OR AS A DIVERSE OPTION IN LIEU OF JAIL. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, INCLUDING CASE MANAGEMENT, ARE PROVIDED TO HIGH-RISK MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN AS IS PARENTING AND OTHER SUPPORT GROUPS OFFERED AT CONVENIENT COMMUNITY SITES ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO FACILITATES A PREGNANT AND PARENTING TEEN PROGRAM, AS WELL AS ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT SERVICES FOR THE CHILDREN, AT THE BERKS COUNTY INTERMEDIATE UNIT AND IN THE VARIOUS ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOLS OF BERKS COUNTY. THE INMATES OF THE BERKS COUNTY PRISON AND COMMUNITY RE-ENTRY CENTER ARE ALSO THE BENEFICIARIES OF DRUG/ALCOHOL TREATMENT SERVICES AS IS THE STATE AND FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM RETURNEES TO THE COMMUNITY. THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES THROUGH ONSITE PRIMARY PHYSICAL CARE, CARE COORDINATION, AND NURSE/CARE MANAGEMENT, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PREVENTION, RECOVERY, AND WELLNESS. AS A ICWC AND A CCBHC, THE ORGANIZATION WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHER COUNTY PROVIDERS OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT SERVICES AS WELL AS OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS. THERE IS A CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH SERVICE ACCESS MANAGEMENT, THE COUNTY CRISIS UNIT, AND THRESHOLD, WHO PROVIDES PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION. BOTH SERVE AS DESIGNATED COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS (DCO) WITH BCC. BERKS COUNSELING CENTER SERVICES THE RESIDENTS OF BERKS COUNTY REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY. THE ORGANIZATION IS A NETWORK PROVIDER FOR COUNCIL ON CHEMICAL ABUSE, SERVICE ACCESS MANAGEMENT, HEALTH CHOICES, AND MEDICARE APPROVED CLIENTS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO ACCEPTS MOST THIRD-PARTY INSURANCE PAYMENTS.

    Expenses $11,070,248 · Revenue $12,369,645

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Joseph Plageman Jr

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Crystal Seitz

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Robinson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brenda Gaul

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Linda Krause

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deborah Scull

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Brooks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine Axford

    CEO & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $130,343
    From this org
    $125,258
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,085
    Hours/week
    40

  • Greg Little

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $132,186
    From this org
    $116,563
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,623
    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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $13,641,565
    Expenses
    $12,289,398
    Contributions
    $844,835
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $13,904,040
    Expenses
    $12,250,845
    Contributions
    $401,527
    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
    $13,458,359
    Expenses
    $10,182,215
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,455,221

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,172,883
    Expenses
    $9,210,642
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,002,455

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,693,307
    Expenses
    $8,223,937
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,741,203

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,855,510
    Expenses
    $8,007,022
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,813,588

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,624,208
    Expenses
    $5,973,327
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,448,957

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,149,393
    Expenses
    $5,572,664
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,546,214

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,983,291
    Expenses
    $5,116,420
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,501,520

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,069,054
    Expenses
    $5,108,616
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,539,551

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,994,796
    Expenses
    $5,136,521
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,533,714

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,861,108
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,562,965

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.