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Mi Escuela Montessori Inc

Mi Escuela Montessori
  • Lakeland, FL
  • Tax exemption issued: Aug. 2019
  • EIN: 83-2946978

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a 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 June 2025 tax filing, this nonprofit:

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

Tax Filings and Audits 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. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Organizations with gross receipts of less than $50,000 can file the form 990-N postcard filing, which doesn’t include financial details. All Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Audits are required to be submitted by nonprofit organizations that spend $750,000 or more in federal grant money in a fiscal year. "Single audits" look at the entire organization's finances and compliance, while other audits are program specific. Nonprofit Explorer has PDFs of audits for some nonprofits for fiscal year 2015 and later. Audit data is from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

Fiscal Year Ending June
2025

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$3,460,808
Expenses
$3,545,862
Net Income
-$85,054
Net Assets
$1,061,829
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $151,002
4.4%
Program Services $3,292,091
95.1%
Investment Income $17,715
0.5%
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 $93,000
2.6%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $2,146,477
60.5%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $1,491,060
Total Liabilities $429,231
Net Assets $1,061,829
Other
Operated a school
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Kelly De La Cruz (Executive Director) $80,793 $0 $5,962
Daniel Medina (President) $0 $0 $0
Cathleen Drake Nelson (Vice President) $0 $0 $0
Martin Marmol (Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
Sue Bizzera (Secretary) $0 $0 $0
Jonathan Sierra (Director) $0 $0 $0
Joyce Bentley (Director) $0 $0 $0
Lyndia Lawson (Director) $0 $0 $0
Lori Albritton (Director) $0 $0 $0
Hazel Sellers (Director) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Jan. 7, 2026

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

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2024

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$3,624,709
Expenses
$2,943,177
Net Income
$681,532
Net Assets
$1,146,883
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $632,428
17.4%
Program Services $2,992,262
82.6%
Investment Income $19
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 $90,150
3.1%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $1,637,834
55.6%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $1,650,229
Total Liabilities $503,346
Net Assets $1,146,883
Other
Operated a school
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Kelly De La Cruz (Executive Director) $94,204 $0 $4,800
Daniel Medina (President) $0 $0 $0
Cathleen Drake Nelson (Vice President) $0 $0 $0
Martin Marmol (Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
Sue Bizzera (Secretary) $0 $0 $0
Jonathan Sierra (Director) $0 $0 $0
Joyce Bentley (Director) $0 $0 $0
Lyndia Lawson (Director) $0 $0 $0
Lori Albritton (Director) $0 $0 $0
Hazel Sellers (Director) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Feb. 21, 2025

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

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$3,155,691
Expenses
$2,833,871
Net Income
$321,820
Net Assets
$465,351
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $780,580
24.7%
Program Services $2,375,036
75.3%
Investment Income $75
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 $85,500
3.0%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $1,502,536
53.0%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $1,297,057
Total Liabilities $831,706
Net Assets $465,351
Other
Operated a school
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Kelly De La Cruz (Executive Director) $68,449 $0 $4,800
Daniel Medina (President) $0 $0 $0
Cathleen Drake Nelson (Vice President) $0 $0 $0
Martin Marmol (Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
Sue Bizzera (Secretary) $0 $0 $0
Jonathan Sierra (Director) $0 $0 $0
Joyce Bentley (Director) $0 $0 $0
Lyndia Lawson (Director) $0 $0 $0
Lori Albritton (Director) $0 $0 $0
Hazel Sellers (Director) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Dec. 6, 2023

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

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PDF XML
Audit

Audit for an entity that spends $750,000+ in federal grant money in a fiscal year

PDF

Fiscal Year Ending June
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$2,005,134
Expenses
$1,922,837
Net Income
$82,297
Net Assets
$143,531
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $478,476
23.9%
Program Services $1,526,292
76.1%
Investment Income $366
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 $88,929
4.6%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $888,485
46.2%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $1,250,699
Total Liabilities $1,107,168
Net Assets $143,531
Other
Operated a school
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Kelly De La Cruz (Executive Director) $49,950 $0 $1,600
Daniel Medina (President) $0 $0 $0
Cathleen Drake Nelson (Vice President) $0 $0 $0
Martin Marmol (Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
Sue Bizzera (Secretary) $0 $0 $0
Jonathan Sierra (Director) $0 $0 $0
Joyce Bentley (Director) $0 $0 $0
Lyndia Lawson (Director) $0 $0 $0
Lori Albritton (Director) $0 $0 $0
Hazel Sellers (Director) $0 $0 $0
Alain Nunez (Director) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Nov. 1, 2022

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

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$109,298
Expenses
$50,064
Net Income
$59,234
Net Assets
$61,234
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $109,298
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $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 $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $80,463
Total Liabilities $19,229
Net Assets $61,234
Other
Operated a school
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Daniel Medina (President) $0 $0 $0
Cathleen Drake Nelson (Vice President) $0 $0 $0
Martin Marmol (Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
Sue Bizzera (Secretary) $0 $0 $0
Jonathan Sierra (Director) $0 $0 $0
Joyce Bentley (Director) $0 $0 $0
Lyndia Lawson (Director) $0 $0 $0
Lori Albritton (Director) $0 $0 $0
Hazel Sellers (Director) $0 $0 $0
Alain Nunez (Director) $0 $0 $0
Kelly De La Cruz (Executive Director) $0 $0 $0
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990
Filed on Dec. 9, 2021

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

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XML

Fiscal Year Ending June
2020

Gross receipts
Less than $50,000

Postcard filings do not ask for a specific revenue amount and provide no additional financial details.

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990-N

Postcard filing for an organization with gross receipts less than $50,000. These filings do not generate a downloadable form.

Fiscal Year Ending June
2019

Gross receipts
Less than $50,000

Postcard filings do not ask for a specific revenue amount and provide no additional financial details.

Document Links

990-N

Postcard filing for an organization with gross receipts less than $50,000. These filings do not generate a downloadable form.

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What Is This Data?

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains financial information from tax returns processed by the IRS since the 2012 calendar years, as well as data extracted from digital filings. IRS summary data also includes limited older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits for nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

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