Colorado · Nonprofit
MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF COLORADO
MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF COLORADO (Colorado) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $315,472 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($178,913). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.4M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $315k
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What Montessori Academy of Colorado does
Mission
The Montessori Academy of Colorado is a metropolitan school that engages each child through innovative academics, exploration of character, and a fearless, forward mindset. Mac is dually accredited with the association of colorado independent schools (acis) and american montessori society (ams)
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The Montessori Academy of Colorado (mac) is an independent school for children from eight weeks through eighth grade, located in denver, colorado, and accredited by the american montessori society (ams) and the association of colorado independent schools (acis). The mission of the school is to engage each child through innovative academics, exploration of character, and a fearless, forward mindset. Mac delivers an authentic montessori education for children from eight weeks through fifth grade, offering personalized, hands-on learning in mixed-age classrooms that nurtures each child's individuality while fostering independence, collaboration, and a lifelong love of learning, and a purpose-based middle school program for grades six through eight, guiding students to discover their own sense of purpose and their contribution to the world. The school provides educational instruction to approximately 260 students, and funds its operations primarily from tuition and fees. Mac is committed to making its program accessible to families accross a range of financial circumstances and provides tuition assistance to eligible families each year through its financial aid program.
$6,611,299 spentof which $242,511 as grants$7,378,703 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $6,611,299.
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 $8.4M to $15M (+78%).
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: 2021 11% · 2022 10% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF COLORADO’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Meghan Quinlivan
Board chair/
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $11k → $78k.
5 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF COLORADO’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
MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF COLORADO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF COLORADO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 66% · 2020 81% · 2021 40% · 2022 50% · 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF COLORADO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
98% of MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF COLORADO'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 $7k that is directly attributable, 82% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $308k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF COLORADO's revenue grew 67% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF COLORADO
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF COLORADO?
- MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF COLORADO (Colorado) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $315,472 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($178,913). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF COLORADO have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $315,472 in grants to MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF COLORADO, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF COLORADO?
- COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $178,913 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MONTESSORI ACADEMY OF COLORADO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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