Secret Garden Montessori

Analysis

Secret Garden Montessori is a registered charity in United States, based in Frenchtown, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Secret Garden Montessori reported income of $450k and spending of $344k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $265k to $450k (+70%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Secret Garden Montessori sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gateways Academy Inc ($450k), Dialogue Institute ($450k) and Avela - a Vision for Engineering Literacy & Access ($450k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 8.3% and program service revenue 89% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $156k (45% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $84k. At year end it held assets of $428k against liabilities of $7,611, net assets of $421k. It reported 13 employees.