Elderflower Montessori

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
331603435
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
7134121914
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Management & Technical Assistance

Reported finances

Revenue
$41,160
Expenses
$1,151
Assets
$66,554
Liabilities
$26,546

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Faith Davis (President)

People named in this filing

  • Faith Davis (President)
  • Cynthia Lopez Campbell (Secretary)
  • Melina Hebert (Treasury)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Elderflower Montessori is a community-based educational organization dedicated to sustainability, holistic development, and inclusive access. The school integrates environmentally responsible practices into its curriculum by minimizing waste, engaging students in growing and preparing food, and fostering meaningful connections with nature. The organization is equally committed to social sustainability, promoting equity, social justice, and an enhanced quality of life for students, families, and educators. Through an inclusive and supportive environment, Elderflower Montessori cultivates respect, collaboration, and community engagement. In support of economic sustainability, the school offers a tiered tuition model designed to increase accessibility and ensure that families from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds can participate in and contribute to the school community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 28
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 2.2%; rating input score 2
  • Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 97.2%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 57.82; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 2.2% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 2 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $921 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 2/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Independent members within voting members did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.