May 8, 2022 — Berkshire Bank recently announced it granted $333,635 to 58 nonprofit organizations based in Massachusetts that help foster upward economic mobility, support overall well-being, and enhance opportunities for individual success, among other efforts.

The grants, averaging $5,752, were awarded to the following:

BERKSHIRE COUNTY

• 1Berkshire Strategic Alliance Foundation
• Berkshire Athenaeum
• Berkshire Busk!
• Berkshire County Branch NAACP
• Berkshire County Historical Society
• Berkshire Gateway Preservation
• Berkshire Humane Society
• Berkshire Resources for the Integration of Diverse Groups and Education
• Civitan International 1015
• Community Access to the Arts
• Downtown Pittsfield Cultural Association
• EforAll Berkshire County
• Goodwill Industries of the Berkshires & Southern Vermont
• Great Barrington Rotary Club
• Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
• Lever
• The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
• Norman Rockwell Museum
• NPC Core Programs
• NPC Inclusive leadership pograms
• Sheffield Historical Society
• St. Mary's School
• Tanglewood
• WAM Theatre

PIONEER VALLEY

• ACTS
• The Children's Study Home
• Community Music School of Springfield
• Dress for Success Western Massachusetts
• Friends of Buttery Brook Park
• Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity
• Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation
• Little League Baseball
• Mental Health Association
• Mike Greenberg Memorial Golf Tournament
• Springfield Pride Parade
• YMCA of Greater Springfield

CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS

• Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest
• Holden Baseball Program
• Music Worcester
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• Regional Environmental Council
• Seven Hills Foundation
• United Way of Central Massachusetts
• YWCA of Central Massachusetts

EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

• Boston Farms Community Land Trust
• Budget Buddies
• BUILD
• Burbank YMCA
• Cambridge Branch NAACP
• Casa Myrna Vasquez
• English for New Bostonians
• Freedom House
• Greater Grove Hall Main Streets
• Invest In Others Charitable Foundation
• Merrimack Valley Housing Partnership
• Pine Street Inn
• Root North Shore
• ROYA