Florida · Nonprofit
INNOVATION MONTESSORI INC
INNOVATION MONTESSORI INC (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,327 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($5,777). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Innovation Montessori Inc does
Mission
To operate a public charter in orange county, florida
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2026 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The florida charter was combined into one entity for innovation montessori ocoee, inc and innovation montessori high school ocoee, inc.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
To provide a strong montessori foundation that enables our students to achieve their full potential, develop curiosity, creativity and imagination, and become responsible citizens of the world
$9,022,160 spentof which $10,656,718 as grants$12,018,435 earned by the program93% of program spendingInnovation montessori ocoee offers a private, tuition based casa program for children between the ages of two and a half and four. The mission of this program for preschool age children is provide a strong montessori foundation that enables students to achieve their full potential, develop curiosity, creativity and imagination.
$646,232 spentof which $174,020 as grants$952,838 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,668,392.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.9M to $29M (+1427%).
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 3% · 2019 5% · 2020 5% · 2021 5% · 2022 5% · 2023 5% · 2024 85% · 2025 86% · 2026 83%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of INNOVATION MONTESSORI INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% 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
Heather Clay
Executive director
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $777 → $2k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% 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 INNOVATION MONTESSORI 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
INNOVATION MONTESSORI INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% 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
91% 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 INNOVATION MONTESSORI INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 83% · 2021 78% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
91% of INNOVATION MONTESSORI 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 $550 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Florida, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k 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.
Against its field
INNOVATION MONTESSORI INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 20 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 20 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2026
Government funding INNOVATION MONTESSORI INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $433k on record.
- FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - GENERAL $432k
- AID TO OTHERS - GENERAL $954
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 INNOVATION MONTESSORI 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- Innovation Montessori High School-Ocoee Inc · disregarded
- Imo Casa LLC · disregarded
- PTO Owls LLC · disregarded
- Ampm Youth Programs LLC · disregarded
- Innovation Montessori Foundation Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INNOVATION MONTESSORI INC?
- INNOVATION MONTESSORI INC (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,327 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($5,777). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INNOVATION MONTESSORI INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $6,327 in grants to INNOVATION MONTESSORI INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INNOVATION MONTESSORI INC?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,777 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INNOVATION MONTESSORI INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 2 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing