Tennessee · Nonprofit
IMANI MONTESSORI
IMANI MONTESSORI (Tennessee) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,968 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($55,050). 2 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 FY2024
- $114k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $72k
- Net assets
- $-25799
What Imani Montessori does
Mission
Imani Montessori's mission is to create an inclusive, enriching, educational environment that nurtures the whole child.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Imani Montessori community school (imcs) is nashville's first montessori micro-school dedicated to global citizenship, experiential learning, and academic excellence. In 2024, imcs served 29 students from 20 households, spanning grades 3-12. The school combines montessori pedagogy, culturally responsive curriculum, and experiential "earthseed" farm learning at our gallatin campus. Key 2024 accomplishments conducted local, regional, and international field studies, including travel to colombia and cuba. Cuba field study and humanitarian mission: students and staff brought and donated over 4,000 worth of food and household supplies to families in cuba, combining cultural immersion with service learning. Produced a student short film and an original music track, showcasing our emphasis on creative expression and multimedia learning. Went camping as part of our experiential outdoor education program, emphasizing teamwork, nature literacy, and independence. Studied animal husbandry, successfully raising over 19 goats to adulthood at our gallatin farm campusgiving students hands-on experience in biology, agriculture, and responsible stewardship. Established a partnership with tennessee…
$153,610 spent$92,046 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $153,610.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $17k to $62k (+267%).
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.
19% of IMANI MONTESSORI’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. 2 of the last 2 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.
Board chair
Imani Gross
Chair/exe di
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $46 → $22k.
4 of 4 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 IMANI MONTESSORI’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
IMANI MONTESSORI leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% 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 IMANI MONTESSORI.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 55% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of IMANI MONTESSORI'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $72k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
IMANI MONTESSORI receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $72k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like IMANI MONTESSORI
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% 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 IMANI MONTESSORI: 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 IMANI MONTESSORI?
- IMANI MONTESSORI (Tennessee) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,968 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($55,050). 2 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 IMANI MONTESSORI have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $71,968 in grants to IMANI MONTESSORI, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IMANI MONTESSORI?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $55,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IMANI MONTESSORI find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 2023–2024), 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