Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
THE BALA HOUSE
THE BALA HOUSE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $178,226 to it, the largest being CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SCHOLARSHIP FUND ($74,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $178k
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What The Bala House does
Mission
At bala house montessori, young children discover themselves as creative, independent learners in a diverse, supportive montessori environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
School- The Bala House provides montessori classes for children ages three to six. There are four mixed age preschool classes and two kindergarten classes. There is an early morning and afternoon extended care program that combines many of the practical life experiences found in the morning montessori classrooms, with outdoor play, theme-based learning projects, and opportunities for creative and imaginary play. The school also provided a supplemental care program.
$1,523,676 spent$1,729,079 earned by the program81% of program spendingCamp-the summer camp enrichment program runs for 8 weeks, which provides all campers a continuity of montessori fundamentals practiced in the school programs. Also offered are movement and art classess.
$58,271 spent$142,064 earned by the program3% of program spendingSpecial programs/others-music, art and movement are integral to the daily sessions, and are supplemented with specific instruction. These classes, which are taught by specialists, include singing and rhythm, experience with various art media, such as clay and collage, and movement education.
$39,705 spent$2,624 earned by the program2% of program spendingN/a
$262,057 spent14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,883,709.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $2.3M to $2.1M (−7%).
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 19% · 2023 2% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $17k → $11k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 THE BALA HOUSE’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
THE BALA HOUSE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 THE BALA HOUSE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 74% · 2020 62% · 2021 51% · 2022 56% · 2023 93% — 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
58% of THE BALA HOUSE'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 $74k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $104k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Organizations like THE BALA HOUSE
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE BALA HOUSE: 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 THE BALA HOUSE?
- THE BALA HOUSE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $178,226 to it, the largest being CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SCHOLARSHIP FUND ($74,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE BALA HOUSE have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $178,226 in grants to THE BALA HOUSE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BALA HOUSE?
- CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SCHOLARSHIP FUND is the largest funder on record, with $74,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BALA HOUSE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 4 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