Alef Bet Montessori School Inc

Rockville, MD
Tax-exempt since Aug. 2007
EIN: 20-8512281

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Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a 501(c)(3) Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Category: Educational Institutions and Related Activities / Primary, Elementary Schools (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Details

According to its July 2023 tax filing, this nonprofit:

Operated a school

Organization is a school. Details are reported on Schedule E.

Reported conflict of interest transactions

Organizations must report loans, grants or business transactions with interested parties, which may include key employees and officers, their family members and any businesses in which they hold a controlling interest. These transactions must be reported on Schedule L.

Revenue

$1.83M (2023)

Expenses

$1.5M (2023)

Total Assets

$3.12M (2023)

Total Liabilities

$471k (2023)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2011 to 2023

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending July
2023

Revenue

$1,825,292

Expenses

$1,501,105

Net Income

$324,187

Net Assets

$2,652,423

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$739,876	40.5%
Program Services	$1,059,418	58.0%
Investment Income	$11,775	0.6%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	-$16,715
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$30,938	1.7%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$227,198	15.1%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$565,109	37.6%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$3,123,028
Total Liabilities	$470,605
Net Assets	$2,652,423

Operated a school

Reported conflict of interest transactions

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Ayelet Lichtash (Founder/Executive Director)	$113,068	$0	$79,268
Alan Heller (President)	$0	$0	$0
Connie Lindenauer (Finance Comm Chair And Tre)	$0	$0	$0
Devorah Berman (Dev Chair/Parents Assoc Li)	$0	$0	$0
Neal Freed (Board Member)	$0	$0	$0
Orlee Turiz (Board Member)	$0	$0	$0
Samantha Schepps (Board Member)	$0	$0	$0

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Filed on Feb. 7, 2024

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Fiscal Year Ending July
2022

Revenue

$1,449,981

Expenses

$1,319,847

Net Income

$130,134

Net Assets

$2,328,236

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$478,174	33.0%
Program Services	$971,673	67.0%
Investment Income	$134	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$189,392	14.3%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$435,223	33.0%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$2,881,240
Total Liabilities	$553,004
Net Assets	$2,328,236

Operated a school

Reported conflict of interest transactions

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Ayelet Lichtash (Founder/Executive Director)	$102,426	$0	$107,671
Alan Heller (President)	$0	$0	$0
Alicia Stern (Past President)	$0	$0	$0
Connie Lindenauer (Finance Comm Chair And Treasurer)	$0	$0	$0
Devorah Berman (Dev Chair/Parents Assoc Li)	$0	$0	$0
Neal Freed (Board Member)	$0	$0	$0
Orlee Turiz (Board Member)	$0	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Dec. 15, 2022

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Fiscal Year Ending July
2021

Revenue

$1,459,245

Expenses

$1,086,374

Net Income

$372,871

Net Assets

$2,198,102

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$550,260	37.7%
Program Services	$899,999	61.7%
Investment Income	$221	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$8,765	0.6%
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$193,711	17.8%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$441,652	40.7%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$2,975,968
Total Liabilities	$777,866
Net Assets	$2,198,102

Operated a school

Reported conflict of interest transactions

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Ayelet Lichtash (Founder/Executive Director)	$106,957	$0	$54,230
Alan Heller (President)	$0	$0	$0
Alicia Stern (Past President)	$0	$0	$0
Connie Lindenauer (Finance Comm Chair)	$0	$0	$0
Devorah Berman (Dev Chair/Parents Assoc Liaison)	$0	$0	$0
Neal Freed (Board Member)	$0	$0	$0
Orlee Turiz (Board Member)	$0	$0	$0

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990

Filed on April 6, 2022

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Fiscal Year Ending July
2020

Revenue

$1,349,564

Expenses

$852,173

Net Income

$497,391

Net Assets

$1,825,231

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$399,685	29.6%
Program Services	$451,353	33.4%
Investment Income	$1,071	0.1%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$7,455	0.6%
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$490,000	36.3%

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$136,686	16.0%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$331,312	38.9%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$3,310,730
Total Liabilities	$1,485,499
Net Assets	$1,825,231

Operated a school

Reported conflict of interest transactions

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Ayelet Lichtash (Founder)	$107,917	$0	$33,402
Alicia Myara (President)	$0	$0	$0
Iris Yachin (Gala Committee/Secretary)	$0	$0	$0
Bryn Sherman (Dev Chair)	$0	$0	$0
Devorah Berman (Building Committee)	$0	$0	$0
Alan Heller (Co Chair Financial Committee)	$0	$0	$0
Jill Pogach Michaels (Building Committee)	$0	$0	$0
Connie Lindenauer (Treasurer/Co Chair Financial Committee)	$0	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Dec. 22, 2021

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Fiscal Year Ending July
2019

Revenue

$548,163

Expenses

$445,532

Net Income

$102,631

Net Assets

$1,337,345

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$406,884	74.2%
Program Services	$141,155	25.8%
Investment Income	$124	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$0
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$242,752	54.5%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$2,978,709
Total Liabilities	$1,641,364
Net Assets	$1,337,345

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2018

Revenue

$895,218

Expenses

$557,260

Net Income

$337,958

Net Assets

$1,234,714

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$653,816	73.0%
Program Services	$241,194	26.9%
Investment Income	$208	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$131,816	23.7%
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$226,015	40.6%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$2,867,727
Total Liabilities	$1,633,013
Net Assets	$1,234,714

Operated a school

Compensation

Key Employees and Officers	Compensation	Related	Other
Ayelet Lichtash (Founder)	$100,000	$0	$31,815
Alicia Myara (President)	$0	$0	$0
Iris Yachin (Secretary)	$0	$0	$0
Bryn Sherman (Dev Chair)	$0	$0	$0
Devorah Berman (Committee)	$0	$0	$0
Alan Heller (Co Chair)	$0	$0	$0
Jill Pogach Michaels (Committee)	$0	$0	$0
Connie Lindenauer (Treasurer)	$0	$0	$0

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990

Filed on Nov. 15, 2019

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2017

Revenue

$786,882

Expenses

$619,729

Net Income

$167,153

Net Assets

$342,168

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$556,578	70.7%
Program Services	$230,013	29.2%
Investment Income	$291	0.0%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$0
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$341,749	55.1%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$1,451,823
Total Liabilities	$1,109,655
Net Assets	$342,168

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2016

Revenue

$741,240

Expenses

$720,981

Net Income

$20,259

Net Assets

$174,349

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$333,329	45.0%
Program Services	$407,484	55.0%
Investment Income	$0
Bond Proceeds	$427	0.1%
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$0
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$425,169	59.0%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$180,676
Total Liabilities	$6,327
Net Assets	$174,349

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2015

Revenue

$813,038

Expenses

$894,665

Net Income

-$81,627

Net Assets

$154,089

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$201,005	24.7%
Program Services	$611,432	75.2%
Investment Income	$601	0.1%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$0
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$489,183	54.7%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$160,520
Total Liabilities	$6,431
Net Assets	$154,089

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2014

Revenue

$1,011,969

Expenses

$883,248

Net Income

$128,721

Net Assets

$236,846

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$194,549	19.2%
Program Services	$816,777	80.7%
Investment Income	$643	0.1%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$0
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$554,698	62.8%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$247,348
Total Liabilities	$10,502
Net Assets	$236,846

990

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2013

Revenue

$782,736

Expenses

$774,613

Net Income

$8,123

Net Assets

$385,853

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$55,030	7.0%
Program Services	$726,923	92.9%
Investment Income	$783	0.1%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$0
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$487,782	63.0%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$393,484
Total Liabilities	$7,631
Net Assets	$385,853

The IRS has provided extracted financial data for this filing, but has not yet released the source documents.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2012

Revenue

$744,912

Expenses

$612,170

Net Income

$132,742

Net Assets

$377,730

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$104,178	14.0%
Program Services	$639,486	85.8%
Investment Income	$1,248	0.2%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$0
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$356,909	58.3%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$387,086
Total Liabilities	$9,356
Net Assets	$377,730

The IRS has provided extracted financial data for this filing, but has not yet released the source documents.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2011

Revenue

$483,046

Expenses

$409,741

Net Income

$73,305

Net Assets

$244,408

Notable Sources of Revenue		Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions	$69,496	14.4%
Program Services	$412,298	85.4%
Investment Income	$1,252	0.3%
Bond Proceeds	$0
Royalties	$0
Rental Property Income	$0
Net Fundraising	$0
Sales of Assets	$0
Net Inventory Sales	$0
Other Revenue	$0

Notable Expenses		Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation	$0
Professional Fundraising Fees	$0
Other Salaries and Wages	$303,721	74.1%

Assets/Debt
Total Assets	$247,336
Total Liabilities	$2,928
Net Assets	$244,408

990

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2010

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2009

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2008

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

990-EZ

Short form tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2007

Extracted financial data is not available for the forms filed in this tax period, but Form 990 documents are available for download.

990

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Alef Bet Montessori School Inc

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Details

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue $1.83M (2023)

Expenses $1.5M (2023)

Total Assets $3.12M (2023)

Total Liabilities $471k (2023)

Tax Filings by Year

Fiscal Year Ending July 2023

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec. 2011

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Revenue

$1.83M (2023)

Expenses

$1.5M (2023)

Total Assets

$3.12M (2023)

Total Liabilities

$471k (2023)

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