Arizona · Nonprofit
ACORN CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL
ACORN CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $694k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $275k
What Acorn Christian Montessori School does
Mission
Our purpose is to raise children up in the light of the lord, dedicating their precious spirit to his holy work. Curriculum is enhanced with christian songs and lessons based on the time line of creation. Acorn christian montessori is a non-denominational program. We encourage all children and their families to enjoy each day the lord has made. Acorn christian montessori's environment contains specially designed tactile materials along with new, state-of-the-art saxon and mcgraw hill textbooks. We also have custom-made computers utilizing online/secured internet for learning and skill development. Our goal is to cultivate interest, concentration, motivation and self-discipline through academic interest.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The school provides a christian montessori program for children ages 2-5 years. The children participate in the serving arizona project where the children perform different community service projects within our community including baked goods for local fire departments and singing at the grayson house, an assisted living center. The school also provides partial scholarships to families and children in need and sponsors a child from world vision.
$728,981 spentof which $23,481 as grants$465,659 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $728,981.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $114k to $382k (+235%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 4% · 2018 4% · 2019 4% · 2020 8% · 2021 8% · 2022 29% · 2023 47% · 2024 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
33% of ACORN CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of ACORN CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
ACORN CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ACORN CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ACORN CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Acorn Montessori Charter School · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ACORN CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ACORN CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL?
- ACORN CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ACORN CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to ACORN CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL.
- Who is the largest funder of ACORN CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL?
- LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ACORN CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing