Montessori Collective
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 874722400
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Golden, CO, USA
- Phone
- 3037090527
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $99,134
- Expenses
- $106,719
- Assets
- $137,703
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Emily Madison (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Michael Atkins (Board Chair)
- Paula Banuelos (Board Treasurer)
- Amy Fleig (Board 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Montessori Collective's mission is to increase equity in early childhood education by bringing the transformative power of the Montessori method to underserved Denver communities. Montessori Collective partners with existing public preschool programs, guiding them in their transition to child-centered learning environments that prioritize children's independence, curiosity, and self-directed learning.
What it reported doing in 2024
Transition of Existing Classrooms to Montessori and Expansion of Montessori Programs - Educator Development: During FY 2024, Montessori Collective sponsored two teachers to attend training at Montessori Education Center of the Rockies. Through Montessori training and with the ongoing support of Montessori Collective coaches, educators gain the knowledge to personalize the learning for each child. This empowers teachers to use consistent observation to determine where children are on their individual learning trajectory, and use this knowledge to connect children to new learning experiences that will further their social-emotional, motor, cognitive, and academic development. Teachers then provide individualized lessons based on children's readiness. The two teachers are now educating children in Montessori Collective's partner classrooms at Valverde Elementary and Goldrick Elementary. Eight-five percent of the students at Valverde qualify for free and reduced lunch (FRL) and 83% of the students at Goldrick qualify for FRL. Each classrooms serves 15-20 three and four year old children each year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 69% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 94.1%; rating input score 94
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -7.7%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.29; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 52.2%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $100K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.