Minnesota · Nonprofit
SWEET PEA MONTESSORI
SWEET PEA MONTESSORI (Minnesota) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $338,188 to it, the largest being THE DOUGLASS BRANDENBORG FAMILY FDN ($120,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $338k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $338k
- Net assets
- $83k
What Sweet Pea Montessori does
Mission
Collaborating with families to nurture 81-1273267 95,529 0 200,785 12,128 0 0 4 the minds and spirits of infants and toddlers. We strive for equity, community, and connections with nature.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Nido - 6 weeks - 15 months in this small community of 6-8 infants, montessori trained caregivers to gently guide the children in their physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development. Our nido is designed with space for infants to move their bodies, specially created developmental materials for developing fine and gross motor skills and concentration, language materials, and furniture the perfect size for their small bodies. The adults in the nido spend one-on-one time with each child, talking with them, getting to know each ones uniqueness, and providing learning experiences for them based on their needs and interests. Infants are supported as they become more and more independent, leraning how to talk, walk, dress, use the bathroom, and interact with other children. Toddler community - 16 months - 36 months: the toddler community is a joyful commuinty of 10-12 toddlers, a montessori guide, and assistants. Each day is filled with wonder and learning.
$278,693 spent$280,831 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $278,693.
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 2021 to 2022, from $227k to $131k (−42%).
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 0% · 2021 25% · 2022 9% · 2023 15% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
17% of SWEET PEA MONTESSORI’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Sean Siberio
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $95k → $72k.
From the IRS filings of SWEET PEA MONTESSORI’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
SWEET PEA MONTESSORI leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
51% 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 SWEET PEA MONTESSORI.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 85% · 2021 50% · 2022 100% · 2023 83% — 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
72% of SWEET PEA MONTESSORI's grant income comes from Minnesota 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
SWEET PEA MONTESSORI runs a healthier operating margin 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 SWEET PEA MONTESSORI
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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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 SWEET PEA MONTESSORI: 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 SWEET PEA MONTESSORI?
- SWEET PEA MONTESSORI (Minnesota) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $338,188 to it, the largest being THE DOUGLASS BRANDENBORG FAMILY FDN ($120,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SWEET PEA MONTESSORI have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $338,188 in grants to SWEET PEA MONTESSORI, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SWEET PEA MONTESSORI?
- THE DOUGLASS BRANDENBORG FAMILY FDN is the largest funder on record, with $120,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SWEET PEA MONTESSORI 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 7 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