Cabrillo Montessori Schools Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Cabrillo montessori school inc. Is a nonprofit corporation organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes, specifically to provide education services to children ranging from 18 months to 6 years old. This includes working with students to develop a respect for nature and the global family and to grow with a healthy spirit, a clear intellect, and a strong character. Our school also serves as a training and development center for montessori teachers and enrichment programs. We further our purposes under this program by conducting the following activities: the mission of cabrillo montessori school is to guide and nurture the natural development of the whole student. In a montessori learning community, students develop a respect for nature and the global family and will grow with a healthy spirit, a clear intellect, and a strong character. Cabrillo montessori will provide pre-primary, primary, kindergarten montessori curriculum to our students. The montessori curriculum provides for both individual and group activities in the areas of practical life, AIDS to independence, manipulatives, and language. Our programs also include enrichment studios which are supplemental programs that provide both individual and group activities in the areas of art, music, dance, cooking and gardening. Organizational management activities are performed by sv montessori, inc., a for-profit related entity. Classroom curriculum and day to day activities are performed by our paid teaching staff. Back-office activities including bookkeeping, accounts payable, digital marketing, enrollment and other related administrative activities as well as maintenance & landscaping services are subcontracted to third party providers.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 70.7%; rating input score 71
• Program expense ratio: 70.3%; rating input score 70
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 60%; rating input score 60; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -0.6%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings