Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BERKSHIRE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC
BERKSHIRE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,891,631 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($7,000,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $7.9M
- Net assets
- $6.7M
What Berkshire Montessori School Inc does
Mission
To work in the tradition of dr. Maria montessori to inspire children to develop independent thinking, self-assurance, inner discipline, and a love of learning in an authentic montessori environment.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Program
In 2006, todd covert and meagan ledendecker opened the doors to a small montessori classroom in the berkshires. With just 24 students ages 3 to 6, they had a bold vision: to create a school rooted in montessori values where children could grow with confidence, independence, and a deep connection to the world around them. From that modest beginning, the montessori school of the berkshires (msb) began to grow. Within a few years, the original space could no longer hold the expanding community. In 2010, msb moved to its current location: a custom-designed, energy-efficient building nestled on 40 acres of berkshire woodland. The school continued to evolve, expanding in 2017 to accommodate growing enrollment and support a fully integrated montessori program with a strong focus on academic excellence. Along the way, msb enriched its campus and programming to align with its educational philosophy-adding a greenhouse, upgraded playgrounds, a chicken coop, an apiary, and a maple sugaring operation. The establishment of the land stewardship program further deepened this connection, enhancing outdoor learning spaces and courtyards, maintaining a network of trails that extend learning beyond…
$2,875,127 spentof which $1,171,472 as grants$2,542,883 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,875,127.
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 2018 to 2019, from $7.4M to $9.0M (+21%).
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 15% · 2023 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
37% of BERKSHIRE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $330k → $17k.
6 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 BERKSHIRE 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
BERKSHIRE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BERKSHIRE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 97% · 2019 100% · 2020 92% · 2021 100% · 2022 97% · 2023 66% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
20% of BERKSHIRE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
100% of BERKSHIRE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2k that is directly attributable, 51% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states 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.
Against its field
BERKSHIRE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,412 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,412 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023
Government funding BERKSHIRE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $700 on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$700
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BERKSHIRE 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
79% 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 BERKSHIRE 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 BERKSHIRE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC?
- BERKSHIRE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,891,631 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($7,000,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BERKSHIRE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $7,891,631 in grants to BERKSHIRE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BERKSHIRE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $7,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BERKSHIRE 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 8 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