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Berkshire Life Charitable Foundation: 11 grants to organizations, $132,000 (tax year ended May 2025)
Berkshire Life Charitable Foundation, a private foundation in Pittsfield, MA, paid 11 grants to organizations totaling $132,000 in its tax year ended May 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 11, 2025. The largest was $15,000 to Berkshire County Arc in Pittsfield, MA for berkshire county arc has four day-habilitation programs that serve more than 150 people. three of these programs have sensory rooms that individuals can access (alone or in small groups) to decompress.
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- EIN
- 043566439
- Based in
- Pittsfield, MA
- Assets
- $3,174,137
- Grants paid
- $147,000
- Tax year ended
- May 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended May 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed November 11, 2025, IRS object ID 202523159349100517. It reported $147,000 in grants paid; 11 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire County Arc | Pittsfield, MA | Berkshire county arc has four day-habilitation programs that serve more than 150 people. three of these programs have sensory rooms that individuals can access (alone or in small groups) to decompress | Human services | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Berkshire South Regional Community Center | Great Barrington, MA | We respectfully request support from the berkshire life charitable foundation in the amount of $15,000 for our swim with us adaptive swim lessons and aqua thrills classes, aquatics programs serving th | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Access To the Arts | Great Barrington, MA | Community access to the arts (cata) requests funding from berkshire life charitable foundation to underwrite 125 cata visual arts workshops between september 2024 and may 2025 with a grant of $15,000. | Human services | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ucp of Western Ma | Pittsfield, MA | Ucp of western massachusetts was founded in 1961 by parents in berkshire county who had children with cerebral palsy and were finding it difficult to obtain services. in the early years, services were | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Upside413 | Pittsfield, MA | The tenancy preservation program continues to fill a critical gap in services for individuals and families with disabilities in the berkshire community who are at risk of eviction or are experiencing | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Berkshire Music School | Pittsfield, MA | Berkshire music school believes in the healing benefits of both listening to music and making music. these documented benefits include increased cognitive activity, language retention, lowered blood p | Arts, culture and humanities | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Life Needs Coop Inc Dba Stanton Home | Great Barrington, MA | Growing farm produce and farmer's market vocational training program. stanton home continues to expand the gardens and growing organic produce to sell at farmer's market and in support of our growing | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pediatric Development Center | Pittsfield, MA | This request is to provide timely, local diagnosis for children who may have autism spectrum disorder (asd). a new collaboration between pdc clinicians and dr. deb buccino, a local pediatrician with a | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Legal Aid Inc | Pittsfield, MA | Cla seeks funding from the berkshire life charitable foundation to support our work with low-income disabled tenants in berkshire county who are facing termination of their rental subsidies or are fac | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Gladys Allen Brigham Community Center Inc | Pittsfield, MA | We are seeking funding for an existing program. the brigham community center continues its program response to disabled youngsters. we offer programming monday through friday which we could not do wit | Youth development | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Camp Words Unspoken | Westfield, MA | The camp words unspoken recreation and fluency programs are existing programs that happen in august each year. with this funding cwu will be able to create a more enjoyable and impactful experience fo | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended May 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed December 24, 2024, IRS object ID 202443599349100504. It reported $138,850 in grants paid; 11 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extraspecialteas | Great Barrington, MA | The program est is requesting funding for is an expansion of tea blending, baking, product .development, and food service in the new est housatonic location. the program is growing to meet the needs o | Employment | $16,050 | apps.irs.gov |
| Berkshire County Arc | Pittsfield, MA | Evening program started in the month of february 2023. it offers an unmet need for young adults who live with their families. the evening program provides support for families who may not have any sup | Human services | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority | Pittsfield, MA | In collaboration with the massachusetts housing court, tpp works with property owners and tenants to determine whether a disabled tenant can be reasonably accommodated to preserve an existing tenancy. | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Access To the Arts | Great Barrington, MA | Community access to the arts (cata) invites berkshire life charitable foundation to underwrite 100 cata visual arts workshops between september 2023 and may 2024 with a grant of $12,000. in acknowledg | Human services | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Elizabeth Freeman Center Inc | Pittsfield, MA | "shelter from the storm project" - the storm project provides affirming, accessible and adaptable services to residents of berkshire county with disabilities who have suffered domestic and/or sexual v | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Life Needs Coop Inc Dba Stanton Home | Great Barrington, MA | Life needs coop, inc., dba stanton home serves 27 adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities in residential and day programs located in southern berkshire county. all individuals served by st | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pediatric Development Center | Pittsfield, MA | This request is to assist us with moving our agency from paper documentation to a fully electronic client record system, as required by the mass. department of public health, our lead agency statewide | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Legal Aid Inc | Pittsfield, MA | Cla is seeking funding from the berkshire life charitable foundation to help support our work with low-income disabled tenants in berkshire county who are facing termination of their rental subsidies, | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Gladys Allen Brigham Community Center Inc | Pittsfield, MA | We are seeking funding for an existing program. the brigham community center continues its program response to disabled youngsters. we offer programming monday through friday which we could not do wit | Youth development | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Guidewire Inc | Pittsfield, MA | Gudiewire's solutions program collaborates with programs that provide supported employment. these programs include goodwill industries, advantage employee network, and berkshire vocational services. u | $5,800 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Camp Words Unspoken | Westfield, MA | The camp words unspoken recreation and fluency programs are existing programs that happen in august each year. with this funding cwu will be able to create a more enjoyable and impactful experience fo | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Human services | $54,000 |
| Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $32,000 |
| Employment | $16,050 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $12,000 |
| Youth development | $12,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $242,850 |
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Updated November 11, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.