Mariposa Montessori School

Analysis

Mariposa Montessori School is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Gatos, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2001, 25 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, Mariposa Montessori School reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.2m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $955k to $1.4m (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Mariposa 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 83rd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School Inc ($1.4m), Kradwell School Inc ($1.4m) and Wildflower Foundation ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.1% and program service revenue 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $101k (8.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $628k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $476k, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 20 employees.