Minnesota · Nonprofit
MONTESSORI AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDCARE CENTER INCORPORATED
MONTESSORI AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDCARE CENTER INCORPORATED (Minnesota) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,471,433 to it, the largest being HIAWATHA EDUCATION FOUNDATION ($599,700). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $987k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Montessori American Indian Childcare Center Incorporated does
Mission
The mission of Montessori American Indian Childcare Center is to address the early childhood needs and the academic achievement gap of American Indian children, through revitalizing language and culture.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Montessori American Indian Childcare Center provides direct care for children ages 3-6 years old as a Rule Three Licensed Childcare Center in the state of MN. As such, the Montessori American Indian Childcare Center charges a monthly tuition for their services. Tuition is received in the forms of 1) direct payments from parents, and 2) payments on behalf of low-income children through public tuition assistance scholarships, namely County Childcare Assistance Program (CCAP) and Think Small Early Learning Scholarships. MAICC provides daily transportation to and from their home for many children. MAICC also participates in the Child & Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and provides breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack for all children. MAICC is aware of the importance of family and a stable home environment and as such provides additional programming opportunities to provide a wrap-around approach. Wrap around services include Family Nest and additional parenting engagement activities; Prenatal to Three (P23) programming that offers weekly playgroup, one on one visits, a lending library and a monthly workshop to families with children between birth and age three; Family Coaching…
$778,525 spent$251,983 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $778,525.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $706k to $1.3M (+79%).
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: 2018 30% · 2019 36% · 2020 18% · 2021 50% · 2022 25% · 2023 30% · 2024 16% · 2025 39%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of MONTESSORI AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDCARE CENTER INCORPORATED’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% 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.
Chief executive
Janice LaFloe
Executive Director
Board chair
Lucy Littlewolf Arias
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $87k → $584k.
4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDCARE CENTER INCORPORATED’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 AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDCARE CENTER INCORPORATED has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 83% · 2019 40% · 2020 36% · 2021 32% · 2022 26% · 2023 27% — 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 AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDCARE CENTER INCORPORATED's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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
100% of MONTESSORI AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDCARE CENTER INCORPORATED's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $118k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDCARE CENTER INCORPORATED is better cushioned than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MONTESSORI AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDCARE CENTER INCORPORATED
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In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MONTESSORI AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDCARE CENTER INCORPORATED?
- MONTESSORI AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDCARE CENTER INCORPORATED (Minnesota) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,471,433 to it, the largest being HIAWATHA EDUCATION FOUNDATION ($599,700). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MONTESSORI AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDCARE CENTER INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $2,471,433 in grants to MONTESSORI AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDCARE CENTER INCORPORATED, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MONTESSORI AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDCARE CENTER INCORPORATED?
- HIAWATHA EDUCATION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $599,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MONTESSORI AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDCARE CENTER INCORPORATED find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 17 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