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CREEKSIDE MONTESSORI JOYFUL LEARNING CENTER INC

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $411K · expenses $353K · assets $464K

Also known as
Joyful Learning Center Inc
EIN
82-0900331
Address
PO BOX 6, COLORADO CITY, AZ 86021-0006
Website
creeksideway.com
NTEE code
B24
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2017
Cross-check
ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer

Mission

Creekside Montessori is here to work with families to create a peaceful community of diverse, respectful, self-motivated and independent learners who seek out and joyfully embrace academic and social opportunities.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

13 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Margaret Z Williams Director2018-2025 $66,249$306,888 1
Debbie Cooke Teacher2018-2025 $17,566$152,254 1
Cathy A Stubbs Teacher2020-2025 $34,198$109,750 1
Samantha Hammon Teacher2021-2025 $33,249$80,632 1
Simeon Hammon Teacher2021-2025 $10,596$52,650 1
Cameron Hammon Teacher2023-2025 $21,074$47,837 1
Fiona Cawley Teacher2024-2025 $9,411$19,534 1
Jennifer Knudson Teacher2025 $13,402$13,402 1
Nola Hammon Teacher2024-2025 $5,498$13,084 1
Renae Hammon Teacher2025 $12,390$12,390 1
Ava L Dutson Teacher2025 $1,786$1,786 1
Sarah B Hammon (former) Teacher2018-2022 $210$98,981 1
Katie Crawford (former) Teacher2022 $10,171$10,171 1

People by year

2025 · 11 people listed · 11 paid, $225K · 11 employees · 20 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Margaret Z Williams Director40 $66,249$0$0 $66,2491
Cathy A Stubbs Teacher47 $34,198$0$0 $34,1981
Samantha Hammon Teacher47 $33,249$0$0 $33,2491
Cameron Hammon Teacher30 $21,074$0$0 $21,0741
Debbie Cooke Teacher26 $17,566$0$0 $17,5661
Jennifer Knudson Teacher12 $13,402$0$0 $13,4021
Renae Hammon Teacher11 $12,390$0$0 $12,3901
Simeon Hammon Teacher12 $10,596$0$0 $10,5961
Fiona Cawley Teacher12 $9,411$0$0 $9,4111
Nola Hammon Teacher6 $5,498$0$0 $5,4981
Ava L Dutson Teacher2 $1,786$0$0 $1,7861
2024 · 8 people listed · 8 paid, $195K · 8 employees · 20 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Margaret Z Williams Director40 $62,689$0$0 $62,6891
Cathy A Stubbs Teacher30 $34,709$0$0 $34,7091
Debbie Cooke Teacher26 $32,512$0$0 $32,5121
Samantha Hammon Teacher27 $17,633$0$0 $17,6331
Cameron Hammon Teacher22 $16,963$0$0 $16,9631
Simeon Hammon Teacher17 $12,865$0$0 $12,8651
Fiona Cawley Teacher35 $10,123$0$0 $10,1231
Nola Hammon Teacher17 $7,586$0$0 $7,5861
2023 · 6 people listed · 6 paid, $135K · 6 employees · 20 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Margaret Z Williams Director36 $54,519$0$0 $54,5191
Debbie Cooke Teacher26 $26,808$0$0 $26,8081
Simeon Hammon Teacher22 $16,577$0$0 $16,5771
Cathy A Stubbs Teacher17 $15,925$0$0 $15,9251
Samantha Hammon Teacher15 $11,336$0$0 $11,3361
Cameron Hammon Teacher13 $9,800$0$0 $9,8001
2022 · 7 people listed · 7 paid, $99K · 6 employees · 20 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Margaret Z Williams Director38 $42,301$0$0 $42,3011
Debbie Cooke Teacher20 $20,408$0$0 $20,4081
Samantha Hammon Teacher5 $12,864$0$0 $12,8641
Katie Crawford Teacher5 $10,171$0$0 $10,1711
Simeon Hammon Teacher5 $9,477$0$0 $9,4771
Cathy A Stubbs Teacher3 $3,273$0$0 $3,2731
Sarah B Hammon Teacher1 $210$0$0 $2101
2021 · 6 people listed · 6 paid, $81K · 6 employees · 20 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Margaret Z Williams Director37 $26,082$0$0 $26,0821
Sarah B Hammon Teacher37 $21,658$0$0 $21,6581
Debbie Cooke Teacher27 $12,884$0$0 $12,8841
Cathy A Stubbs Teacher27 $11,861$0$0 $11,8611
Samantha Hammon Teacher23 $5,550$0$0 $5,5501
Simeon Hammon Teacher15 $3,135$0$0 $3,1351
2020 · 4 people listed · 4 paid, $72K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Sarah B Hammon Teacher37 $30,503-- $30,5031
Debbie Cooke Teacher27 $17,541-- $17,5411
Margaret Z Williams Director37 $14,663-- $14,6631
Cathy A Stubbs Teacher27 $9,784-- $9,7841
2019 · 3 people listed · 3 paid, $47K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Sarah B Hammon Teacher38 $28,636-- $28,6361
Debbie Cooke Teacher33 $16,291-- $16,2911
Margaret Williams Director40 $1,923-- $1,9231
2018 · 3 people listed · 3 paid, $65K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Margaret Williams Director40 $38,462-- $38,4621
Sarah B Hammon Teacher27 $17,974-- $17,9741
Debbie Cooke Teacher34 $8,244-- $8,2441

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$410,953$353,159 $464,405$459,556 $1,204$409,182 $225,4191120
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$452,663$321,038 $407,056$401,762 $2,628$436,334 $195,080820
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$382,172$225,704 $276,547$270,137 $10,406$357,007 $134,965620
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$188,242$182,797 $117,230$113,669 $12,132$157,818 $98,704620
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$186,826$147,189 $110,264$108,224 $9,170$156,127 $81,170620
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$169,723$128,488 $70,405$54,978 $31,689$138,034 ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$123,271$108,709 $15,200$13,743 $8,640$104,216 ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$99,011$96,245 $10,217-$819 $26,200$71,711 ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $2,664 in all, tax years 2020 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “CREEKSIDE MONTESSORI JOYFUL LEARNING CENTER INC” 2020-2023 4$2,664 2023$629
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990 · $353,159 spent · pay $244,248 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $225,419$225,419-- 63.8%
Fees: accounting $26,389$26,389-- 7.5%
Other (as described)Supplies & Materials $24,964$24,964-- 7.1%
All other expenses $22,796$21,612$1,184- 6.5%
Payroll taxes $17,661$17,661-- 5.0%
Other (as described)Utilities $12,598$12,598-- 3.6%
Other (as described)Housekeeping $8,296$8,296-- 2.3%
Depreciation and depletion $7,189$7,189-- 2.0%
Other (as described)Employee Education $5,012$5,012-- 1.4%
Other employee benefits $1,168$1,168-- 0.3%
Fees: other services $609--$609 0.2%
Advertising and promotion $528$528-- 0.1%
Insurance $269$269-- 0.1%
Office expenses $261-$261- 0.1%
Total$353,159100%

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2024 · Form 990 · $321,038 spent · pay $212,265 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $195,080$195,080-- 60.8%
All other expenses $25,016$18,109$6,907- 7.8%
Fees: accounting $25,012$23,761$1,251- 7.8%
Other (as described)Repairs $15,546$15,546-- 4.8%
Payroll taxes $15,462$15,462-- 4.8%
Other (as described)Supplies & Materials $14,553$13,948$605- 4.5%
Other (as described)Utilities $13,242-$13,242- 4.1%
Other (as described)Field Trip $6,674$6,674-- 2.1%
Depreciation and depletion $6,634$6,634-- 2.1%
Other employee benefits $1,723$1,723-- 0.5%
Advertising and promotion $751-$751- 0.2%
Insurance $722-$722- 0.2%
Fees: other services $623--$623 0.2%
Total$321,038100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $225,704 spent · pay $147,886 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $134,965$134,965-- 59.8%
Fees: accounting $23,126$21,970$1,156- 10.2%
All other expenses $16,480$14,850$1,250$380 7.3%
Payroll taxes $10,701$10,701-- 4.7%
Other (as described)Utilities $9,873-$9,873- 4.4%
Other (as described)Supplies & Materials $8,001$6,331-$1,670 3.5%
Depreciation and depletion $7,296$7,296-- 3.2%
Other (as described)Repairs $6,193$6,193-- 2.7%
Other (as described)Tax and License $4,315-$4,315- 1.9%
Other employee benefits $2,220$2,220-- 1.0%
Office expenses $1,389$1,389-- 0.6%
Advertising and promotion $864$864-- 0.4%
Insurance $269-$269- 0.1%
Interest $12$12-- 0.0%
Total$225,704100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $182,797 spent · pay $107,049 · grants $0 · events $1,235
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $98,704$98,704-- 54.0%
All other expenses $16,033$2,578$13,455- 8.8%
Fees: accounting $14,507$14,507-- 7.9%
Other (as described)Supplies & Materials $11,819$9,259$2,560- 6.5%
Other (as described)Repairs $10,518$10,518-- 5.8%
Other (as described)Housekeeping $9,143-$9,143- 5.0%
Payroll taxes $8,345$8,345-- 4.6%
Other (as described)Utilities $7,082$7,082-- 3.9%
Depreciation and depletion $5,663$5,663-- 3.1%
Advertising and promotion $560$560-- 0.3%
Insurance $263-$263- 0.1%
Travel $160$160-- 0.1%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income $2,451$1,235reported apart
Total$182,797100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $147,189 spent · pay $87,542 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $81,170$81,170-- 55.1%
Occupancy $17,103-$17,103- 11.6%
Fees: accounting $11,140$1,331$9,809- 7.6%
Other (as described)Supplies & Materials $6,671$6,671-- 4.5%
Payroll taxes $6,372$6,372-- 4.3%
Other (as described)Counseling & Tutoring $6,325$6,325-- 4.3%
Other (as described)Repairs $5,592$5,592-- 3.8%
Depreciation and depletion $3,542-$3,542- 2.4%
All other expenses $3,406$1,756$1,650- 2.3%
Other (as described)Merchant Fees $2,216-$2,216- 1.5%
Fees: other services $2,127-$1,977$150 1.4%
Office expenses $1,045$88$957- 0.7%
Insurance $257-$257- 0.2%
Advertising and promotion $223-$223- 0.2%
Total$147,189100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $128,488 spent · pay $72,646 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $72,646 56.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $27,086 21.1%
Fees to independent contractors $16,482 12.8%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $12,099 9.4%
Printing, publications, postage $175 0.1%
Total$128,488100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $108,709 spent · pay $50,949 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $50,949 46.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $31,542 29.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $17,328 15.9%
Fees to independent contractors $8,760 8.1%
Printing, publications, postage $130 0.1%
Total$108,709100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $96,245 spent · pay $70,244 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $70,244 73.0%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $9,844 10.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $8,696 9.0%
Fees to independent contractors $7,334 7.6%
Printing, publications, postage $127 0.1%
Total$96,245100%

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