Berkshire Health Systems

Legal name: Berkshire Health Systems Inc

Overview

Mission

To provide the fullest continuum of care to our patients and their families.

What it reported doing in 2023

Berkshire health systems serves as the sole member to affiliates that form an integrated delivery system providing healthcare to the community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 97% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042442944
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2023
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-T 2023
Headquarters
Pittsfield, MA, USA
Phone
413-447-2000
Rating
36
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospitals and Related Primary Medical Care Facilities

Official website

The verdict

REVIEW - Most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 57
  • Accountability: 87
  • Sustainability: 1
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 78.3%; rating input score 78; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -13.2% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: 18 of 23 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · -$72 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.1M · 29 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 11 of 12 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 annual filings from 2010 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 10 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Leadership & pay

29 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • DARLENE RODOWICZ (PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE): $1,092,652 total reported compensation
  • JASON BRATCHER MD (TRUSTEE PHYSICIAN): $672,180 total reported compensation
  • SCOTT ST GEORGE (TREASURER): $627,894 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2023.