Wonder Montessori School

Analysis

Wonder Montessori School is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2004, 22 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 December 2023, Wonder Montessori School reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.1m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.5m to $1.4m (-9.5%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Wonder Montessori School sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Student Government Association ($1.4m), Foundations Preschool of Washtenaw County ($1.4m) and Spring Bilingual Montessouri Academy ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $716k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $860k, net assets of $788k. It reported 21 employees.