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The Wildflower Foundation

Wildflower foundation works to ensure every child can learn in a high-quality, beautiful environment designed by local teachers to reflect their communities.

$1.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
37
Grants FY2025still arriving
19
States reached
$683k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$9.2MHuman Services$685kArts & Culture$30kCommunity Improvement$25kYouth Development$15k
02FY2025 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $499k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $333k
  • $250k+1 grant · $683k
$15,000
Median grant
19
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WILDFLOWER MONTESSORI PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF COLORADO$682,725
MOUNTAIN LAUREL MONTESSORI (V)$99,000
GROVE MONTESSORI A WILDFLOWER PUBLIC SCHOOL (V)$85,603
THE GIRASOL SCHOOL$83,780
SADULA ROSE MONTESSORI SCHOOL$65,000
RAINBOW MONTESSORI COMMUNITY SCHOOL$45,990
GREENBRIER MONTESSORI LTD$35,500
LITTLE TREE COMMUNITY -A WILDFLOWER MONTESSORI SCHOOL$30,000
HOLLYHOCK MONTESSORI$30,000
BERGAMOT MONTESSORI$30,000
INDIGO MONTESSORI$30,000
POINCIANA MONTESSORI$30,000
SUPER HEROES 5K INC$26,635
WILD ROSE MONTESSORI$25,000
SAGE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%KYDS: $15k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
MN
MI
NY
MA
NV
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AR
TN
SC
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.4M · 51 repeat orgs$2.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +99% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

51 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

51
22

Total granted

$7.4M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+99%
+34%

Still filing today

92%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $454k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • WM
    Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado
    3× · 2023–2025 · $1.5M · revenue ×18 · 100% of their budget
  • MW
    MINNESOTA WILDFLOWER MONTESSORI SCHOOL
    4× · 2019–2023 · $339k · revenue +150% · 27% of their budget
  • FD
    FLOR DE LOTO MONTESSORI CORP
    5× · 2020–2025 · $265k · revenue +180%

Funded once

  • EE
    EMBRACING EQUITY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $1.2M · revenue -59% · 84% of their budget
  • NC
    NATIONAL CENTER FOR MONTESSORI IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
    one grant, 2021 · $200k · revenue -13%
  • RT
    RISING TIDE MONTESSORI INC
    one grant, 2021 · $129k · revenue -100% · 100% of their budget
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Magnolia Montessori School

The organization's mission is to operate a non-profit educational institution incorporating the Montessori method of instruction for children, including a child care center, and a primary, elementary and junior high school with…

Education
2
Northwest Montessori School

To provide an individualized learning environment, based on the principles of Dr. Maria Montessori, that is designed to help students become independent, life-long learners who are academically grounded and socially confident about their…

Education
3
The Montessori School

The Montessori School educates children from 18 months-6th grade. Our program is rooted in the educational philosophy of Dr. Maria Montessori faithful to her method. In our caring environment, sustained by freedom peace, the school…

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4
Sullivan Montessori Inc

Preschool for children ages 18 months and up. Provide a well rounded program including a variety of classes such as cooking, art and yoga.

Education
5
Monarch Preschool Inc

Monarch Preschool offers a unique play-based learning experience for your child. Play-based, child-led education supports social and emotional development, strengthens language and numeracy skills, and inspires a life-long love of learning.

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6
Montessori School of Sonoma Incorporated

To operate a licenced Montessori School for students 12 months to 10 years old.

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7
Everyday Blooms Montessori Inc

We believe that the first six years of a childs life are the most critical. We offer a high quality learning environment to a diverse community of children and families.

Education
8
The Brickton Montessori School

Brickton has an intimate setting which affords a more direct interaction and relationship between directresses and students. It provides educational services to pre-primary and elementary students.

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9
Wildflower Montessori School

Wildflower montessori school is an authentic montessori lab school serving children ages 2.9-6 years of age and their families.

Education
10
Morningside Montessori School Association

Morningside montessori school blends the philosophy and methods of dr. maria montessori with today's best practices in child development. together, we nurture children into compassionate, independent, lifelong learners.

Education
11
Montessori Childrens House of Nantucket Inc

MONTESSORI SCHOOL that works to create an environment that inspires children to develop inner discipline, self assurance, and a love of learning

Education
12
Montessori Del Mar Community School

Our mission is to provide a safe, nurturing and stimulating Montessori environment where children develop their natural joy of learning and become engaged citizens of the world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Orchid Montessori School; the most unlike its peers is Super Heroes 5K Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

77 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 77 of the 87 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

39
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
39
Early backer (in before they grew)
74/77
Grantees still filing
47/77
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado: $1,467,595 · EducationWildflower Montessori Public Schools of ColoradoEMBRACING EQUITY INC: $1,180,895 · EducationEMBRACING EQUITY INCMINNESOTA WILDFLOWER MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $339,085 · EducationTHE DAHLIA SCHOOL: $291,000 · Education+61 more: $4,898,864 · Education+61 moreHOGAR RUTH PARA MUJERES MALTRATADAS INC: $264,750 · OtherHOGAR RUTH PARA M…LILY MONTESSORI PARENT CHILD CENTER: $196,700 · OtherLILY MONTESSORI P…SUNDROPS MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $169,000 · OtherSUNDROPS MONTESSO…SADULA ROSE MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $125,000 · OtherSADULA ROSE MONTE…SEA LAVENDER MONTESSORI INC: $118,500 · OtherSEA LAVENDER MONT…Elderberry Montessori: $100,000 · OtherElderberry Montes…ALHELI MONTESSORI: $92,042 · OtherALHELI MONTESSORIESCUELA CUNDEAMOR MONTESSORI: $89,000 · OtherESCUELA CUNDEAMOR…GROVE MONTESSORI A WILDFLOWER PUBLIC SCHOOL (V): $85,603 · OtherGROVE MONTESSORI …Alyssum Montessori School Inc: $57,625 · Other+9 more: $281,507 · Other+9 moreSUPER HEROES 5K INC: $211,645 · Human ServicesKONSCIOUS YOUTH DEVELPMENT & SERVIC A NJ NONPROFIT CORP: $15,000 · Human ServicesCasa de la Bondad Inc: $12,000 · Human Services
Education$8,177,439Other$1,579,727Human Services$238,645

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado: $1,467,595 over 3y, 100% of budgetEMBRACING EQUITY INC: $1,180,895 over 1y, 84% of budgetMINNESOTA WILDFLOWER MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $339,085 over 4y, 27% of budgetFLOR DE LOTO MONTESSORI CORP: $265,400 over 5y, 17% of budgetHOGAR RUTH PARA MUJERES MALTRATADAS INC: $264,750 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetROXBURY ROOTS MONTESSORI INC: $251,830 over 4y, 87% of budgetROSEBAY MONTESSORI: $228,403 over 7y, 28% of budgetSUPER HEROES 5K INC: $211,645 over 4y, 25% of budgetHoneypot Montessori Incorporated: $203,319 over 3y, 83% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR MONTESSORI IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: $200,040 over 1y, 12% of budgetLILY MONTESSORI PARENT CHILD CENTER: $196,700 over 3y, 73% of budgetBlazing Stars Montessori School Inc: $187,926 over 3y, 90% of budgetDC WILDFLOWER PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: $172,847 over 4y, 12% of budgetSUNDROPS MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $169,000 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetESCUELA MONTESSORI SAN CRISTOBAL INC: $159,250 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetCANTUTA MONTESSORI CORP: $152,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetWILDFLOWER FOUNDATION POINCIANA MONTESSORI: $150,000 over 2y, 55% of budgetFlame Lily Montessori: $136,250 over 4y, 39% of budgetLOTUS MONTESSORI ACADEMY: $136,000 over 4y, 48% of budgetJUN ZI LAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $131,400 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetRISING TIDE MONTESSORI INC: $128,830 over 1y, 100% of budgetECHINACEA MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $125,050 over 2y, 53% of budgetSADULA ROSE MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $125,000 over 2y, 98% of budgetClover Montessori School: $124,960 over 4y, 33% of budgetSEA LAVENDER MONTESSORI INC: $118,500 over 2y, 93% of budgetThe Dahlia School of San Francisco Elementary: $110,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetHOLLYHOCK MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $110,000 over 2y, 78% of budgetWISTERIA MONTESSORI INC: $108,000 over 3y, 78% of budgetCAPUCINE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC: $100,000 over 2y, 55% of budgetElderberry Montessori: $100,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetMountain Laurel Montessori: $99,000 over 1y, 78% of budgetSpicebush Montessori: $95,000 over 3y, 78% of budgetTHE GIRASOL SCHOOL CORP: $93,780 over 2y, 19% of budgetWILD ROSE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC: $85,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetASTER MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC: $80,060 over 4y, 9.9% of budgetZinnia Montessori School Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetSAGE MONTESSORI INC: $74,650 over 3y, 83% of budgetHYACINTH MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $70,000 over 2y, 82% of budgetMIRAMELINDA MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC: $63,352 over 2y, 21% of budgetSWEET PEA MONTESSORI: $61,121 over 3y, 13% of budgetGOLDENROD MONTESSORI: $61,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetAlyssum Montessori School Inc: $57,625 over 2y, 20% of budgetTHE SCHOOL OF HARVEST: $57,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetAcacia Montessori: $51,500 over 2y, 43% of budgetRain Lily Montessori School Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 94% of budgetOrchid Montessori School: $47,000 over 1y, 57% of budgetIxora Montessori Inc: $45,850 over 2y, 29% of budgetINSTITUTO NUEVA ESCUELA INC: $45,361 over 2y, 0.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Hiawatha Education Fo…Silicon Valley Commun…Paypal Charitable Giv…Amazonsmile FoundationFidelity Investments …
Hiawatha Education FoundationMN13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hiawatha Education Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Wildflower Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wildflower Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 160%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    16get no government money at all
    20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Wildflower Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Wildflower Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 87 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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