Hello Montessori NFP

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 300242166
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2015–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024
Location: Homewood, IL, USA
Phone: 7086478054
Rating: 65
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12

Reported finances

Revenue: $88,532
Expenses: $106,226
Assets: $48,858
Liabilities: $348

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Jennifer Mish (Vice President)
NATALEE MISH (President)

People named in this filing

Jennifer Mish (Vice President)
NATALEE MISH (President)
KEN GOLF (Director)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Education of children aged 3-6 using the montessori method of teaching. Class size ranges from 10-20 students

What it reported doing in 2024

Education of children aged 3-6 using the montessori method of teaching. Class size ranges from 10-20 students.

Operating model

Revenue model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 56
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 23
Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 60.4%; rating input score 60
Program expense ratio: 50.4%; rating input score 50

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: -20%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 60.3%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 60.4% of revenue deployed · 50.4% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $53K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
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.

Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.