Colorado · Nonprofit
Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado
Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado (Colorado) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,921,345 to it, the largest being THE WILDFLOWER FOUNDATION ($1,467,595). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $432k
What Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado does
Mission
The mission of Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado (WMPSC) is to provide an authentic Montessori education that bridges academic outcomes and social emotional development across vibrant, one-of-a-kind learning environments deeply rooted in place, community, and a sense of belonging.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
To support Wildflower Montessori schools and to provide an authentic Montessori education that bridges academic outcomes and social emotional development across vibrant, one-of-a-kind learning environments deeploy rooted in place, community, and a sense of belonging.
$1,674,019 spent$953,783 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,674,019.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $1.5M to $3.1M (+103%).
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: 2024 15% · 2025 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
64% of Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado’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 4 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
Kelly Gomes
Executive Director
Board chair
Latia Henderson
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.
From the IRS filings of Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado’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
Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado.
“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
Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside Colorado, across 3 states in all.
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
Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado runs a healthier operating margin 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 Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado: 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 Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado?
- Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado (Colorado) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,921,345 to it, the largest being THE WILDFLOWER FOUNDATION ($1,467,595). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,921,345 in grants to Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado?
- THE WILDFLOWER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,467,595 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 6 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