SHINING MOUNTAINS MONTESSORI SCHOOL

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B21

Classification

1200

Street

343 US HIGHWAY 24 SOUTH

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

• THE BUSINESS AND PURPOSE OF SMMS IS TO PROVIDE AN AUTHENTIC MONTESSORI APPROACH TO EDUCATION. SMMS WILL SERVE AS A UNIFYING MODEL FOR CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN BUENA VISTA, COLORADO. SMMS WILL AIM TO PROVIDE SAFE, NURTURING, PEACEFUL AND EXPLORATORY ENVIRONMENTS DESIGNED FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS AND SUCCESSES THAT CHALLENGE AND SUPPORT STUDENTS ENABLING STUDENTS TO BE INDEPENDENT AND SELF-EMPOWERED. SMMS'S GOAL IS TO FOSTER CHILDREN WHO CONNECT TO THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, ARE CURIOUS LIFELONG LEARNERS, WHO RESPECT THEMSELVES, THEIR ENVIRONMENT, OTHERS AND THEIR COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $210,622 · Revenue $192,276

• THE BUSINESS AND PURPOSE OF SMMS IS TO PROVIDE AN AUTHENTIC MONTESSORI APPROACH TO EDUCATION. SMMS WILL SERVE AS A UNIFYING MODEL FOR CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN BUENA VISTA, COLORADO. SMMS WILL AIM TO PROVIDE SAFE, NURTURING, PEACEFUL AND EXPLORATORY ENVIRONMENTS DESIGNED FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS AND SUCCESSES THAT CHALLENGE AND SUPPORT STUDENTS ENABLING STUDENTS TO BE INDEPENDENT AND SELF-EMPOWERED. SMMS'S GOAL IS TO FOSTER CHILDREN WHO CONNECT TO THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, ARE CURIOUS LIFELONG LEARNERS, WHO RESPECT THEMSELVES, THEIR ENVIRONMENT, OTHERS AND THEIR COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $885

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $292,563

  Expenses

  $277,501

  Contributions

  $98,670

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $301,669

  Expenses

  $226,076

  Contributions

  $66,185

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• EARLY MILESTONES COLORADO

  $26,000

  2023 · CHILDCARE SUP. GRANT

• CHAFFEE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $19,045

  2024 · DISBURSEMENT GRANT: $10K BUELL, +CO GIVES

• CHAFFEE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $12,657

  2023 · DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FOR CO GIVES, STRIPE, AND FALL GRANTS

• CHAFFEE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $10,775

  2022 · PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS AND GENERAL SUPPORT

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