Berkshire Bank Foundation Invests More Than $400,000 in Local Nonprofits

BOSTON — Berkshire Bank Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Berkshire Bank, invested more than $400,000 in communities through grants and other giving in the first quarter of the year.

Several Berkshire County organizations were among the 118 nonprofit organizations in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Vermont that the foundation supported from January to March, including Berkshire Innovation Center Inc., Berkshire Community College Foundation Inc., Blackshires Community Empowerment Foundation, Hillcrest Educational Centers Inc., and Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires Inc.

“Today, more than ever, local nonprofits need our support to provide much-needed assistance to those in need in our local communities,” said Lori Kiely, managing director of the Berkshire Bank Foundation. “Working together, we’re seeing the positive results of these nonprofits’ work in the lives of our neighbors and local economies.”

The foundation supports the success of the communities the bank serves by investing in programs that aim to provide everyone with an equal opportunity at economic prosperity.