Fountainhead Montessori Adult Education Inc Dba California Fountainhead University

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471342160
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Dublin, CA, USA
Phone
4088776655
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$196,301
Expenses
$159,386
Assets
$114,848
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Stone Lin (President)

People named in this filing

  • Stone Lin (President)
  • Brooks Lin (CFO, Secretary)

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

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide a Training course to those interested in pursuing an American Montessori Society (AMS) early childhood credential for Montessori early childhood education, as well as those seeking a greater understanding of the Montessori philosophy.

What it reported doing in 2025

Fountainhead Montessori Adult Education Inc. carried out its exempt educational purpose by providing Montessori adult education and teacher preparation programs for adult learners preparing to become Montessori educators. During the tax year, the organization provided coursework, curriculum instruction, observation guidance, practicum supervision, professional development, and academic support in areas including Montessori philosophy, child development, classroom leadership, practical life, sensorial education, language, mathematics, cultural studies, and supervised teaching practice. These services benefited enrolled adult teacher education candidates and indirectly benefited children and schools served by those candidates through improved Montessori teacher preparation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.2%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 18.8%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.72; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 80% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.5% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $159K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.