California · Nonprofit
DIXON MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL
DIXON MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,040 to it, the largest being BRABSON LIBRARY & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION XXX-XX-XXXX ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.6M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $19k
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What Dixon Montessori Charter School does
Mission
The organization is a tk-8 community dedicated exclusively to students and learning. Academic excellence is best achieved when students work at their own pace in a student-centered environment where individual learning styles and interests are honored.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 2024-2025, Dixon Montessori Charter School operated a tk-8 charter school that served approximately 467 students in dixon and surrounding communities. Dixon Montessori Charter School is a tk-8 community dedicated exclusively to students and learning. Dmcs emphasizes academic excellence and discovery within an environment that nurtures each student to achieve their individual greatest potential by blending montessori education with california common core state standards. Dmcs supports its mission through low teacher-to student ratios, family participation, multi-aged classrooms, a diverse curriculum, and differentiated learning for each student. Dmcs is a tuition-free public school committed to developing socially responsible life-long learners.
$6,052,268 spent$59,348 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $6,052,268.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.7M to $3.9M (+45%).
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 99% · 2018 96% · 2019 97% · 2020 96% · 2021 98% · 2022 98% · 2023 97% · 2024 96% · 2025 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of DIXON MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Benjamin T Ernest
Executive director
Board chair
Caitlin O'Holloran-Heller
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $250.
From the IRS filings of DIXON MONTESSORI CHARTER 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.
How concentrated its funding is
DIXON MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 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
DIXON MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL draws 53% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states 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
DIXON MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL is better cushioned than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like DIXON MONTESSORI CHARTER 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% 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 DIXON MONTESSORI CHARTER 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 DIXON MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL?
- DIXON MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,040 to it, the largest being BRABSON LIBRARY & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION XXX-XX-XXXX ($10,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DIXON MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $19,040 in grants to DIXON MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DIXON MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL?
- BRABSON LIBRARY & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION XXX-XX-XXXX is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DIXON MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 3 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