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ADAMS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC

ADAMS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,363 to it, the largest being HOYT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION F SHERMAN HOYT & ($2,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.2M
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$5k
Net assets
$3.6M
2/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Adams Montessori School Inc does

Mission

To guide children in their self-formation, which is believed to be best achieved in an environment that fosters self-discipline and freedom with responsibility.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Toddler through sixth grade education was provided for approximately 115 children under the montessori philosophy.

    $1,435,735 spent$1,988,739 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,435,735.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.4M) Expenses 100 ($1.3M) Net assets 100 ($2.6M)2018 Revenue 100 ($1.4M) Expenses 101 ($1.3M) Net assets 103 ($2.7M)2019 Revenue 105 ($1.5M) Expenses 108 ($1.4M) Net assets 106 ($2.7M)2020 Revenue 88 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.3M) Net assets 103 ($2.7M)2021 Revenue 97 ($1.4M) Expenses 104 ($1.4M) Net assets 104 ($2.7M)2022 Revenue 134 ($1.9M) Expenses 146 ($1.9M) Net assets 111 ($2.9M)2023 Revenue 151 ($2.2M) Expenses 148 ($2.0M) Net assets 121 ($3.1M)2024 Revenue 156 ($2.2M) Expenses 149 ($2.0M) Net assets 131 ($3.4M)2025 Revenue 151 ($2.2M) Expenses 145 ($1.9M) Net assets 140 ($3.6M)
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Revenue (151)Expenses (145)Net assets (140)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $4.3M to $4.5M (+4%).

$4.3M
$4.3M
$4.2M
$4.2M
$4.1M
$4.1M
$4.2M
$4.3M
$4.5M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 9% · 2023 9% · 2024 8% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$106k
’17
$80k
’18
$76k
’19
−$68k
’20
$19k
’21
−$17k
’22
$196k
’23
$258k
’24
$239k
’25
11
months of
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.

Chief executive

Rosine Afshar

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed910111111991012
Joined·+1+2+2+0+1+0+2+2
No longer listed·01203010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $250 → $184.

1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of ADAMS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC’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.

How concentrated its funding is

ADAMS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

37%
largest funder
90%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 53% · 2022 86% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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

ADAMS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.

PA
DE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’21
’22
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $813 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.

04Its place in the field

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

74% of spending goes to programs.

Program 74%Management 25%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
90%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds ADAMS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC?
ADAMS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,363 to it, the largest being HOYT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION F SHERMAN HOYT & ($2,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ADAMS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $5,363 in grants to ADAMS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ADAMS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC?
HOYT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION F SHERMAN HOYT & is the largest funder on record, with $2,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ADAMS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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