South Carolina · Nonprofit
THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF CAMDEN
THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF CAMDEN (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $14,315 to it, the largest being CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($14,315). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $14k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What The Montessori School of Camden does
Mission
The mission of The Montessori School of Camden is to engage students to become peaceful citizens of the global community using the montessori approach to nurture in them an enthusiasm for learning, resourcefulness, a sense of responsibility for their actions, and respect for themselves, others, and their environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The Montessori School of Camden is a public 5k - grade 8 charter school with a privately funded infant - 4k program located between camden and lugoff, south carolina. Msc's mission is to nurture the "whole" child to inspire independence and a lifetime love of learning. Founded by dr. Sheryl sweet in 1979 as the montessori pre-school at the joseph kershaw academy (jka), the school now occupies an eleven acre campus and serves children 6 weeks to 15 years of age. The middle school program opened in july 2019.
$1,156,432 spent$543,248 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,156,432.
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 $1.2M to $1.7M (+48%).
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 71% · 2020 82% · 2021 80% · 2022 74% · 2023 75% · 2024 75% · 2025 66%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF CAMDEN’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. 1 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
Dr Deanna Taylor
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF CAMDEN’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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF CAMDEN'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14k 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 MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF CAMDEN 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 THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF CAMDEN
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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% 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 MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF CAMDEN: 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 MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF CAMDEN?
- THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF CAMDEN (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $14,315 to it, the largest being CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($14,315). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF CAMDEN have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $14,315 in grants to THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF CAMDEN, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF CAMDEN?
- CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $14,315 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF CAMDEN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 1 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