Discovery Garden Montessori School

Analysis

Discovery Garden Montessori School is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 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 2024, Discovery Garden Montessori School reported income of $1.1m and spending of $963k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $370k to $1.1m (+187%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Discovery Garden Montessori School sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Phoenix Pact Fund ($1.1m), Salem Montessori School Incorporated ($1.1m) and South Carolina Junior Golf Foundation ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 9.9% and program service revenue 86% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $662k. It paid $6,473 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $344k against liabilities of $183k, net assets of $162k. It reported 43 employees.