Florida · Nonprofit
MAY SANDS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC
MAY SANDS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,075 to it, the largest being CORNELIA T BAILEY CHARITABLE TRUST ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $32k
- Net assets
- $633k
What May Sands Montessori School Inc does
Mission
To provide quality montessori education. The core philosophy and underlying purpose of may sands montesori school is reflected in the following concepts: high expectations for students and teachers, creative endeavors as an integral part of the student growth and development, and an increase in self-esteem through mechanics that ensure the improvement of the student's self-image as learners.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Charter school in key west, fl currently serving 99 students from vpk (volunteer pre-kindergarten), pk3 (prekindergarten program for three-year-old children) through eight grade for the fiscal year ended june 30, 2025, offering a curriculum and program design that is authentically grounded in montessori pedagogy.
$1,025,642 spent$135,233 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,025,642.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.3M to $878k (−32%).
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: 2022 16% · 2024 90% · 2025 90%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of MAY SANDS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $200 → $3k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 MAY SANDS MONTESSORI SCHOOL 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
MAY SANDS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 92%; 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% · 2021 98% · 2022 100% · 2023 51% — 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
95% of MAY SANDS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2k 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
MAY SANDS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC runs a healthier operating margin 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 MAY SANDS MONTESSORI SCHOOL 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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MAY SANDS MONTESSORI SCHOOL 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 MAY SANDS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC?
- MAY SANDS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,075 to it, the largest being CORNELIA T BAILEY CHARITABLE TRUST ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MAY SANDS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $32,075 in grants to MAY SANDS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAY SANDS MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC?
- CORNELIA T BAILEY CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAY SANDS MONTESSORI SCHOOL 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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