Boys and Girls' Club of the Berkshires Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042103925
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Pittsfield, MA, USA
Phone
4134488258
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Boys and Girls Clubs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,820,943
Expenses
$3,892,956
Assets
$24,194,399
Liabilities
$132,249

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • J MICHAEL HOFFMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • THOMAS J HAMEL (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JOSEPH MCGOVERN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOSEPH MCGOVERN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $162,237 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The primary mission of the boys and girls' club of pittsfield is to assure and enhance the quality of life for youth as participating members of a richly diverse urban society. With emphasis on being socially and economically inclusive, the boys and girls' club helps youth to help themselves realize their potential for growth, development, and leadership. The organization's programs are based on member and community involvement and play a recognized role as an advocate for youth. The mission is accomplished through programming with the goals of achieving early childhood literacy, graduation from high school with a plan for the future, development of leadership and good citizenship qualities, and development of healthy lifestyles.

What it reported doing in 2025

Summer camp program:479 children attended. Serves children aged 5-12 years old. Our camp programs include camp russell, day camp, sports camp, leader in training program, and recreational therapy. Camp russell - operates from june through august yearly. On any given week, 250 - 380 campers attend. Camp activities include tubing, kayaking, competitive and non-competitive games, swimming, arts and crafts, fishing, gardening, hiking, various special events, and field trips.day camp - campers explore a wide range of age-appropriate structured, supervised activities, such as swim time, nature adventures, arts and crafts, and group games.leader in training program - helps teens learn teamwork oriented leadership skills and builds self-confidence. Leaders-in-training are assigned to work with counselors to help with campers while experiencing camp russell at its fullest.recreational therapy - emphasizes the continuation of school iep objectives to prevent significant regression, emphasizes the development of positive self-esteem and age-appropriate social skills.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.5%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 86.6%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $46.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.9%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.21; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.5% of revenue deployed · 86.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $162K · 23 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.