Montessori Northwest

Analysis

Montessori Northwest is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1980, 46 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 May 2023, Montessori Northwest reported income of $1.0m and spending of $972k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2023, income fell from $1.6m to $1.0m (-33%), an average of -9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2020, when income dropped by 23%. 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, Montessori Northwest 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 80th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Meadville Public Library Inc ($1.0m), Upper Moreland Free Public Library ($1.0m) and Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.2% and program service revenue 96% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $196k (20% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $455k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $384k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 6 employees.