Minnesota · Nonprofit
MONTESSORI TRAINING CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC
MONTESSORI TRAINING CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,054,590 to it, the largest being I A O'SHAUGHNESSY FOUNDATION ($1,852,852). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $6.1M
- Net assets
- $9.0M
What Montessori Training Center of Minnesota Inc does
Mission
To transform the lives and society by broadening access to the power of dr. Maria montessori's proven method of education
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Mcm initiated its first satellite location for training in chicago, illinois. Two diploma courses, at the 0-3 and 3-6 levels, were offered in the blended format serving a region that has often not had access to ami teacher preparation programs. 42% of students identify as persons of the global majority.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Cornerstone montessori school (which aims to help children of all economic and ethnic backgrounds benefit from a montessori classroom) completed its 16th year of operation with an enrollment of approximately 50 children ages 16 months-6 years. A public k-6 charter school, cornerstone montessori elementary school with an enrollment of approximately 140 students, is also housed on mcm's campus.
$1,087,616 spent$486,752 earned by the program47% of program spendingTeacher training diploma courses: 14 students completed the in-person ami 3-6 diploma course (teacher training for working with children ages 3-6 years) in may 2025. 79% of students were persons of the global majority; each student received some level of tuition assistance, with two applicants receiving full scholarships that consist of tuition, living stipend, material stipend, and mentorship. 2025 marked the completion of mcm's first blended learning option for the 3-6 training level. 12 students completed the blended ami 3-6 diploma course that graduate in june 2025. 50% of students are persons of the global majority; 83% of students receive some level of tuition assistance. 14 students continued into the summer iii session of ami 6-12 diploma course (teacher training for working with children ages 6-12). 36% of students are persons of the global majority; all students receive some level of tuition assistance. In addition, in the early summer (may and june) of 2025, mcm initiated its first satellite location for training in chicago, illinois. Two diploma courses, at the 0-3 and 3-6 levels, were offered in the blended format serving a region that has often not had access to ami…
$901,804 spent$541,504 earned by the program39% of program spendingOutreach: the international montessori museum, which has traveled throughout the world and is now permanently housed at montessori center of minnesota, showcases more than 100 years of the montessori method. In june 2025, molly o'shaughnessy, mcm's executive director emeritus and ami 3-6 trainer, began formally archiving mcm's historic materials in a way that will both support research into the history of the montessori movement in the united states- and minnesota in particular-and make these resources more accessible to the public. Mcm's outreach programs continue to thrive through support of mentorship at montessori partners serving all children (mpsac) schools and within the greater montessori community in minnesota, predominately serving mcm alumni and practitioners at local schools. Additionally, mcm continues to support assessment of children's academic, cognitive, and social-emotional development at mpsac schools as part of the commitment of the collaborative's commitment to program evaluation. Mcm provides a mentorship program to support teachers in training as well as new montessori teachers by pairing them with experienced teachers in the field. This has proven to be a…
$339,275 spent15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,328,695.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $11M to $10M (−8%).
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: 2019 6% · 2020 5% · 2021 15% · 2022 5% · 2023 9% · 2024 4% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
65% of MONTESSORI TRAINING CENTER OF MINNESOTA 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. 5 of the last 7 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
Kelsey Echols
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $560k → $718k.
10 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 TRAINING CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 funders by total. 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 TRAINING CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
41% 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 TRAINING CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 36% · 2019 33% · 2020 42% · 2021 48% · 2022 42% · 2023 34% — 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.
How long its funders stay
53% of MONTESSORI TRAINING CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% 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
87% of MONTESSORI TRAINING CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 TRAINING CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters 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 MONTESSORI TRAINING CENTER OF MINNESOTA 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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MONTESSORI TRAINING CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC?
- MONTESSORI TRAINING CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,054,590 to it, the largest being I A O'SHAUGHNESSY FOUNDATION ($1,852,852). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MONTESSORI TRAINING CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $6,054,590 in grants to MONTESSORI TRAINING CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MONTESSORI TRAINING CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC?
- I A O'SHAUGHNESSY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,852,852 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MONTESSORI TRAINING CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 39 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