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GRAND CHAPTER OF CALIFORNIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR
GRAND CHAPTER OF CALIFORNIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $796k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Grand Chapter of California Order of the Eastern Star does
Mission
To promote and practice charity and fraternialism.the subordinate organizations promoting charity and fraternalism through the grand chapter of california, order of the eastern star.we strive to live our lives by the enduring beliefs of brotherly love,relief, and truth along with certain core values:friendship: we are affiliated with the largest fraternal organizationin the world to which both women and men can belong. There areaffiliated chapters in almost all 50 states and in 27 countries aroundthe world, in addition to the chapters and grand chapter in californiamembers can go anywhere and know that they can find friends and ahelpful hand when they are in need.community service: we encourage our members not only to help oneanother, but also to reach out to their communities. Members are activein many community-based projects for those requiring assistance.diversity: the members of our order reflect the social, cultural,educational, ethnic, and religious diversity of the community ar
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
During the year, the grand chapter promoted charity and fraternalism through its 115 subsidiary chapters in california and approximately 10,846 members (9,162 are dues paying), the grand chapter session and other activites.
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.2M to $1.4M (+12%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Karen Fletcher
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of GRAND CHAPTER OF CALIFORNIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
GRAND CHAPTER OF CALIFORNIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like GRAND CHAPTER OF CALIFORNIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- California Eastern Star Foundation · exempt
- Eastern Star Homes of California · exempt
- Endowment Fund of Grand Chapter of Ca · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GRAND CHAPTER OF CALIFORNIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GRAND CHAPTER OF CALIFORNIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR?
- GRAND CHAPTER OF CALIFORNIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GRAND CHAPTER OF CALIFORNIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to GRAND CHAPTER OF CALIFORNIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR.
- Who is the largest funder of GRAND CHAPTER OF CALIFORNIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR?
- ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GRAND CHAPTER OF CALIFORNIA ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing