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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
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

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).

  1. 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 program
    93% of program spending
  2. Innovation 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 program
    7% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,668,392.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($2.5M) Expenses 100 ($2.3M) Net assets 100 ($320k)2019 Revenue 229 ($5.7M) Expenses 248 ($5.8M) Net assets 120 ($384k)2020 Revenue 257 ($6.4M) Expenses 262 ($6.1M) Net assets 222 ($712k)2021 Revenue 255 ($6.4M) Expenses 272 ($6.3M) Net assets 236 ($756k)2022 Revenue 321 ($8.0M) Expenses 335 ($7.8M) Net assets 306 ($979k)2023 Revenue 340 ($8.5M) Expenses 389 ($9.0M) Net assets 139 ($445k)2024 Revenue 441 ($11M) Expenses 479 ($11M) Net assets -29 ($-92356)2025 Revenue 470 ($12M) Expenses 486 ($11M) Net assets 115 ($367k)2026 Revenue 519 ($13M) Expenses 511 ($12M) Net assets 453 ($1.5M)
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Revenue (519)Expenses (511)Net assets (453)Peer revenue range

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%).

$613k
$1.0M
$1.4M
$1.9M
$29M
$29M
$28M
$28M
$29M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

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).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,254 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$172k
’17
−$67k
’19
$328k
’20
$44k
’21
$223k
’22
−$534k
’23
−$117k
’24
$460k
’25
$1.1M
’26
6.9
months of
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.

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Listed867777768
Joined··+2+1+0+0+4+1+4
No longer listed··1100422
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $777 → $2k.

Funder
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'21
'22
'23
total
funders
2
2
1
1

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.

91%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

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.

NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’21
Florida out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

INNOVATION MONTESSORI INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 20 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin8% · below the median
Months of reserve6.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)20% · top quartile

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.

State$433k
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Top programs
  • 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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 19%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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

FL

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