Berkshire Pride Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
884260268
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Pittsfield, MA, USA
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Lesbian, Gay Rights

Reported finances

Revenue
$182,506
Expenses
$189,507
Assets
$57,099

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michael Taylor (Board President)

People named in this filing

  • Michael Taylor (Board President)
  • Nazira Vargas Martinez (Board Treasurer)
  • Diandra Mongeon-Curich (Board Clerk)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote the visibility inclusion equity and safety of LGBTQ+ individuals and families in Berkshire County through community-building events education advocacy and year-round programming. Key accomplishments in 2023 include: Hosting our largest LGBTQ+ Pride Festival to date with over 3,000 attendees 7th annual festival 2nd Annual Parade Launching the first After Party after the festival. Developing and Providing a Safe Spaces training to over a dozen businesses and nonprofits. Leasing our first office space. Writing our first grant from Mass Humanities and and receiving $40,000 to hire two part-time staff. Collaborating with community partners on economic empowerment housing and gender-affirming care access.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Berkshire Pride Festival & Parade in 2024 drew more than 3,000 attendees to Pittsfield making it the largest LGBTQ+ celebration in the Berkshires and Western Mass. The event featured local and regional performers over 200 vendors and resource tables and a highly visible parade through downtown. Expenses covered entertainment logistics permits and community outreach. This program fosters visibility inclusion and cultural vitality across the region as well as being an economic driver for Central Berkshire County. The Festival & Parade in 2024 drew more than 3,000 attendees to Pittsfield making it the largest LGBTQ+ celebration in the Berkshires. The event featured local and regional performers over 200 vendors and resource tables and a highly visible parade through downtown. Expenses covered entertainment logistics permits and community outreach. This program fosters visibility inclusion and cultural vitality throughout the county.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.8%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 28.3% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 36.4% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.