Berkshire Immigrant Center Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 862361326
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- Pittsfield, MA, USA
- Phone
- 4134454881
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Ethnic, Immigrant Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $849,780
- Expenses
- $739,544
- Assets
- $1,290,780
- Liabilities
- $33,605
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOSHUA HOCHBERG (PRESIDENT)
- AURIC ENCHILL (VICE PRESIDENT)
- MELISSA CANAVAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- JOSHUA HOCHBERG (PRESIDENT)
- DAVID RUSSELL (TREASURER)
- AURIC ENCHILL (VICE PRESIDENT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
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.
What it reported doing in 2024
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.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 67% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 61
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 59.7%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 68.4%; rating input score 68
- Fundraising efficiency: $12.23 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.75; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 20.2% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 33.7% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 59.7% of revenue deployed · 68.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $506K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 44/100.