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THE MONTESSORI SOCIETY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC

THE MONTESSORI SOCIETY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $101,563 to it, the largest being BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($83,105). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$7.0M
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$102k
Net assets
$7.7M
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What The Montessori Society of Central Maryland Inc does

Mission

To provide educational services from the toddler to the middle school level utilizing the teachings and philosophy of the late dr. Maria montessori.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Tuition and fees received in exchange for the education of children at the primary, elementary, and middle school levels, following the principles and techniques advocated by the late dr. Maria montessori. Tuition and fees are also received in exchange for the training of montessori primary teachers in order to further the teaching principles and philosophy of dr. Maria montessori.

    $4,794,569 spentof which $1,076,104 as grants$6,790,994 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $4,794,569.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($4.5M) Expenses 100 ($4.5M) Net assets 100 ($4.6M)2018 Revenue 101 ($4.6M) Expenses 98 ($4.4M) Net assets 103 ($4.8M)2019 Revenue 111 ($5.0M) Expenses 110 ($4.9M) Net assets 98 ($4.5M)2020 Revenue 112 ($5.1M) Expenses 108 ($4.8M) Net assets 97 ($4.4M)2021 Revenue 102 ($4.6M) Expenses 78 ($3.5M) Net assets 129 ($5.9M)2022 Revenue 123 ($5.5M) Expenses 101 ($4.5M) Net assets 155 ($7.1M)2023 Revenue 123 ($5.6M) Expenses 129 ($5.8M) Net assets 153 ($7.0M)2024 Revenue 143 ($6.5M) Expenses 144 ($6.5M) Net assets 156 ($7.2M)2025 Revenue 155 ($7.0M) Expenses 146 ($6.6M) Net assets 166 ($7.7M)
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Revenue (155)Expenses (146)Net assets (166)Peer revenue range

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 $6.6M to $11M (+64%).

$6.6M
$11M
$10M
$10M
$12M
$13M
$15M
$15M
$15M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 14% · 2022 8% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

1% of THE MONTESSORI SOCIETY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,352 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$21k
’17
$153k
’18
$75k
’19
$211k
’20
$1.1M
’21
$1.0M
’22
−$241k
’23
−$14k
’24
$471k
’25
5.6
months of
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

Mark Berman

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed171716171615171415
Joined·+7+9+3+5+4+6+0+2
No longer listed·710265431
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $15k → $261.

2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% 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 SOCIETY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC’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 MONTESSORI SOCIETY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

91% 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 MONTESSORI SOCIETY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC.

82%
largest funder
99%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 76% · 2019 100% · 2020 81% · 2021 98% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.

Where its funders are

83% of THE MONTESSORI SOCIETY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC'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 $17k that is directly attributable, 56% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 2 states.

MD
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $85k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE MONTESSORI SOCIETY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin7% · above the median
Months of reserve5.6mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

73% of spending goes to programs.

Program 73%Management 21%Fundraising 6%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE MONTESSORI SOCIETY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC?
THE MONTESSORI SOCIETY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $101,563 to it, the largest being BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($83,105). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE MONTESSORI SOCIETY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $101,563 in grants to THE MONTESSORI SOCIETY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE MONTESSORI SOCIETY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC?
BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $83,105 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE MONTESSORI SOCIETY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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