Montana · Nonprofit
LITTLE SEEDS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC
LITTLE SEEDS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC (Montana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,570 to it, the largest being First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc ($1,570). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $645k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $86k
What Little Seeds Early Childhood Center Inc does
Mission
Provide quality childcare services to families in the community. Little seeds early childhood center, inc. Enrolls children without regard to gender, race, national origin, economic or religious background.we offer learning experiences for children of this community, under the leadership of qualified teachers. We will provide for each child:encouragement in fostering positive feelings of self-worth as each child discovers the value of their unique individuality.a stimulating environment and varied activities to aid the child in desirable growth and development of his/her language, cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and spiritual capacities.opportunities to develop a sense of responsibility to self and to others.guidance to develop constructive, non-violent methods for resolving conflicts.opportunities to learn through play experience.opportunities for creating and wondering.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Provide quality childcare services to families in the community as well as provide moderate and low income families the opportunity to enter and remain in the job market and workforce all while building community relations.
$555,014 spent$493,644 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $555,014.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $208k to $96k (−54%).
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: 2020 23% · 2021 18% · 2022 26% · 2023 3% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
3% of LITTLE SEEDS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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
Shelby Scharen
Executive director
Board chair
Austin Dean
Board president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $240 → $150.
From the IRS filings of LITTLE SEEDS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER 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.
Where its funders are
100% of LITTLE SEEDS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC's grant income comes from Montana funders.
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
LITTLE SEEDS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC has grown faster than half of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like LITTLE SEEDS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER 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 Montana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LITTLE SEEDS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER 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 LITTLE SEEDS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC?
- LITTLE SEEDS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC (Montana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,570 to it, the largest being First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc ($1,570). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LITTLE SEEDS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,570 in grants to LITTLE SEEDS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LITTLE SEEDS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC?
- First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,570 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LITTLE SEEDS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Montana. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 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