New York · Nonprofit
THE BROOKLYN MONTESSORI LTD
THE BROOKLYN MONTESSORI LTD (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,400 to it, the largest being THE PFIZER FOUNDATION INC ($1,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.9M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What The Brooklyn Montessori Ltd does
Mission
The mission of our school is to provide affordable, high quality pre-school education guided by the montessori teaching principles, with the goal of fostering in our children a strong sense of independence, creativity, respect for self and others, and an appreciation of diversity in people, and a deep love of learning. Our school is a community that prides itself on its respect for, and celebration of, diversity. Our families and staff come from a number of cultures, speak a number of different languages, celebrate different religions, represent diverse family constellations, and generally, reflect all the faces of brooklyn. This respect for and commitment to diversity is reflected not only in our hiring and employment practices, but is also a consideration in our admissions procedures. Respect and positive communication are key values for our school.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
At montessori day school of brooklyn (brooklyn montessori ltd), we continued to serve families and children in prospect heights, brooklyn through the 2024-25 school year. We worked with up to 109 two- to five-year-old children daily, in seven classrooms, using our montessori-focused pedagogy to help them grow as independent learners and engaged participants, both here at school and in the wider community. Faculty (both lead teacher, assistant level and administration) continued to develop their montessori-based skills and knowledge by attending the yearly american montessori society (ams) conference; by attending intensive infant/toddler or early childhood training programs at west side montessori school in manhattan; by participating in online and local workshops offered by ams and the center for emotionally responsive teaching practices; and by receiving mentorship from experienced and credentialed teachers in our program. We continued to hold onsite professional development workshops on topics ranging from lifesaving procedures to early childhood best practices. We continued working with parents by conferring with them individually about their children's development and by…
$2,986,276 spentof which $156,924 as grants$3,809,802 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,986,276.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.3M to $3.5M (+51%).
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 13% · 2022 15% · 2023 2% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of THE BROOKLYN MONTESSORI LTD’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 9 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
Latisha Cook
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $50 → $1k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 BROOKLYN MONTESSORI LTD’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 BROOKLYN MONTESSORI LTD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
25% 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 BROOKLYN MONTESSORI LTD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 71% — 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
100% of THE BROOKLYN MONTESSORI LTD's grant income comes from New York funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $600 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
THE BROOKLYN MONTESSORI LTD is better cushioned than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE BROOKLYN MONTESSORI LTD
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE BROOKLYN MONTESSORI LTD: 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 BROOKLYN MONTESSORI LTD?
- THE BROOKLYN MONTESSORI LTD (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,400 to it, the largest being THE PFIZER FOUNDATION INC ($1,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BROOKLYN MONTESSORI LTD have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $2,400 in grants to THE BROOKLYN MONTESSORI LTD, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BROOKLYN MONTESSORI LTD?
- THE PFIZER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BROOKLYN MONTESSORI LTD find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 3 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