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Montessori Elementary At Highland Park

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 / Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12 (B29) (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Details

According to its June 2023 tax filing, this nonprofit:

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

An independent audit commissioned by this organization for the fiscal year ending June 2023 identified:

Significant deficiency in internal controls
Audit identified a deficiency in internal financial or governance controls that could limit the organization's ability to track and report financial data reliably. The deficiency is less severe than a material weakness but warrants attention from management.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$3.8M (2023)

Expenses
$3.27M (2023)

Total Assets
$1.66M (2023)

Total Liabilities
$196k (2023)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2022 to 2023

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. 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.

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
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$3,802,908
Expenses
$3,269,018
Net Income
$533,890
Net Assets
$1,461,600
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $3,802,908
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 $1,873,438
57.3%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $1,657,374
Total Liabilities $195,774
Net Assets $1,461,600
Other
Operated a school
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Sue Anne Wells (Chair) $0 $0 $0
Edna Varner (Secretary) $0 $0 $0
Mclain Maclellan (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Susan Stein (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Hal North (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Shewanee Howard Baptiste (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Tammy Swenson (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Keith King (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Keith Sanford (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Dawn Bullard (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Alexia Phinizey (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Dalya Qualls White (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Tom White (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Elaine Swafford (Executive Director) $0 $164,624 $0

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Fiscal Year Ending June
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$3,595,025
Expenses
$2,674,151
Net Income
$920,874
Net Assets
$920,874
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $3,595,025
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 $1,377,748
51.5%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $1,023,338
Total Liabilities $102,464
Net Assets $920,874
Other
Operated a school
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Sue Anne Wells (Chair) $0 $0 $0
Edna Varner (Secretary) $0 $0 $0
Stacey Roddy (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Susan Stein (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Hal North (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Shewanee Howard Baptiste (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Tammy Swenson (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Keith King (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Keith Sanford (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Dawn Bullard (Board Member) $0 $0 $0
Elaine Swafford (Executive Director) $0 $157,591 $0

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