2025-08-20T10:13:54-05:00 2024-12-31 205711238 ADELSON & COMPANY PC 100 NORTH STREET PITTSFIELD MA 01201 990 2024-01-01 472531703 BERKSHIRE FILM AND MEDIA COLLABORATIVE INC BERK 4135284223 66 ALLEN STREET PITTSFIELD MA 01201 DIANE PEARLMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 4135284223 2025-08-19 1 1 DAVID M IRWIN CPA P01435826 4134436408 2025-08-18 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z DIANE PEARLMAN 66 ALLEN STREET PITTSFIELD MA 01201 255346 0 X WWW.BERKSHIREFILM.ORG X 2015 MA THE BERKSHIRE FILM AND MEDIA COLLABORATIVE (BFMC) CREATES EDUCATIONAL, WORKFORCE AND PRODUCTION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FILM AND MEDIA INDUSTRY AS AN ECONOMIC INITIATIVE FOR THE WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS REGION. 11 11 2 5 0 0 262040 254851 13250 495 0 0 0 0 275290 255346 2425 13200 0 0 52000 115385 0 0 0 60282 120413 114707 248998 160583 6348 185541 192877 428 1416 185113 191461 X THE BERKSHIRE FILM AND MEDIA COLLABORATIVE (BFMC) CREATES EDUCATIONAL, WORKFORCE AND PRODUCTION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FILM AND MEDIA INDUSTRY AS AN ECONOMIC INITIATIVE FOR THE WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS REGION. 0 0 71387 BFMC+/KEMBLE STREET STUDIOS: WE CONTINUED WORK ON OUR INTIATIVE TO BUILD AN INTERNATIONAL FILM EDUCATION CENTER IN THE BERKSHIRES. WE WERE AWARDED $25,000 FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL FOR ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS AND ENGINEERING STUDIES FOR THE PROPOSED SPACE ON THE GROUNDS OF SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY IN LENOX, MA. WE HIRED AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM, CLARK, GREEN & BEK FOR THE PROJECT. 1175 YOUTH FILM LAB: WE PARTNERED WITH THE BERKSHIRE TACONIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND THE CIVIC LIFE PROJECT TO CREATE A YOUTH FILM LAB, WHERE STUDENTS MAKE FILMS IN THEIR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SETTINGS. IT WAS PART OF BERKSHIRE TACONIC'S "BRIDGING DIVIDES/HEALING COMMUNITIES" INITIATIVE. YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE BERKSHIRE TACONIC REGION WERE INVITED TO MAKE FILMS ON SOCIAL SUBJECTS THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO THEM. AFTER THE SCREENINGS, THE FILMMAKERS WERE JOINED BY LOCAL PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK WITH YOUTH TO DISCUSS THE FILMS AND THE TOPICS THEY COVERED. 30931 13200 COMMUNITY FILM FUND: WE CONTINUED THE PROGRAM WE BEGAN IN 2020 PROVIDING MATCHING GRANTS TO THE SMALLER NONPROFITS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE VIDEOS FOR THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA, BRANDING AND MARKETING. 93440 495 PRODUCTION SERVICES: WE CONTINUE TO OFFER ASSISTANCE TO FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS FILMING IN THE BERKSHIRES FINDING LOCATIONS, AS WELL AS SERVICES SUCH AS CATERERS AND LODGING, AND A DATABASE TO HIRE LOCAL CREW AND TALENT. BERKSHIRE FILM AND OUR COMMUNITY: WE DEVELOPED AND LAUNCHED DOCUMENTARY FILM CURRICULUM TO TAKE INTO PITTSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL IN THE FALL OF 2024. STUDENTS LEARNED THE TECHNICAL AND STORYTELLING SKILLS TO MAKE SHORT FILMS ON SUBJECTS THEY WERE PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT RELATED TO THEIR COURSE OF STUDY. 93440 495 196933 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 MA X THE ORGANIZATION 4135284223 66 ALLEN STREET PITTSFIELD MA 01201 KAREN ZINK CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JOHN LAWRENCE RE VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 NATHAN GRAHAM DAVIS TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 CHUCK WALKER CLERK 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MARK AVNET DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM BEAUTYMAN DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 RONALD FROHNE DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 LAWRENCE HAZZARD DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 JAY IGNASZEWSKI DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 BARBARA NEWMAN DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 CARL SPRAGUE DIRECTOR 0.50 X 0 0 0 DIANE PEARLMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 76500 0 0 76500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19724 235127 254851 PRODUCTION SERVICES 711190 495 495 495 255346 495 0 0 13200 13200 76500 57375 19125 35569 35569 3316 2750 566 12000 12000 3568 3568 13034 8174 4860 7732 5797 1935 13299 9975 3324 9741 7306 2435 3310 2483 827 5100 3825 1275 2817 2817 128 128 2022 2022 KEMBLE STREET STUDIOS P 47662 47662 248998 196933 52065 0 130413 87879 49998 55000 55000 460 460 128 0 185541 192877 428 1416 428 1416 X 185113 191461 185113 191461 185541 192877 6348 0 X 0 0 0 X 33500 175679 16400 252040 254851 732470 33500 175679 16400 252040 254851 732470 121404 611066 732470 18011 0.83430 0.85940 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 460 460 0 0 0 BERKSHIRE COUNTY ARC 395 SOUTH ST 6803 PITTSFIELD MA 01201 042218928 501C(3) 5000 0 FMV MATCHING GRANTS TO THE SMALLER NONPROFITS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE VIDEOS FOR THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA, BRANDING AND MARKETING. 1 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B A DRAFT OF FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO BOARD MEMBERS FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DETERMINES THE COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MANAGEMENT AND OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES, WITH A FINAL VOTE FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DETERMINES THE COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MANAGEMENT AND OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES, WITH A FINAL VOTE FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, INFORMATION RETURN FORM 990, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.