Massachusetts · Nonprofit
ASTER MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC
ASTER MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $80,060 to it, the largest being THE WILDFLOWER FOUNDATION ($80,060). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $649k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $80k
- Net assets
- $-77698
What Aster Montessori School Inc does
Mission
Aster montessori school is a non-profit organization aimed to be an experiment in a new learning environment, blurring the boundaries between home-schooling and institutional schooling, between scientists and teachers, between schools and the neighborhoods around them.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Aster montessori school is an authentic montessori school serving children ages 3-6 years of age and their families in cambridge, ma.
$454,810 spent$602,515 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $454,810.
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 2023 to 2024, from $168k to $247k (+47%).
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: 2021 16% · 2022 8% · 2023 12% · 2024 7% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
7% of ASTER MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $7k → $13k.
From the IRS filings of ASTER 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.
Where its funders are
ASTER MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
ASTER MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ASTER MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ASTER MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC: 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 ASTER MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC?
- ASTER MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $80,060 to it, the largest being THE WILDFLOWER FOUNDATION ($80,060). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASTER MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $80,060 in grants to ASTER MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASTER MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC?
- THE WILDFLOWER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $80,060 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASTER 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 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