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SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA
SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA (California) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,534,719 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($518,733). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.3M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $17M
What Sovereign Military Order of Malta Western Association-Usa does
Mission
Serving the poor and sick and promoting their god-given dignity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Pilgrimagesin fy25, five pilgrimages took place: lourdes, teen lourdes, guadalupe, lady of champion, and el camino pilgrimage.the lourdes pilgrimage program is an annual events wherein the order of malta takes severely ill (e.g., cancer patients) to lourdes, france for a 10 day spiritual retreat. All expense are paid for by the order.the guadalupe pilgrimage program is an annual event wherein the order of malta travels to mexico city to participate with the order of malta mexican association to work with families and children in various charities.the lady of champion pilgrimage is an annual, 3-day spiritual retreat coordinated by our members and staff in august to champion, wi. The el camino pilgrimage is a 10-day spiritual retreat to madrid, spain in september.
$1,672,327 spent50% of program spendingGrantsthe hospitaller program distributes money raised for feeding, clothing and caring for the poor, elderly, and sick. After the hospitaller committee reviews the requests for funding, money is granted to various organizations that submitted their applications. The order of malta contributes additional funds over what is raised during their fund raising drive. In addition, individuals sent funds separately requesting the order to send funds to organizations supported and approved of by the order. The order also provides additional money to help support centers built by and supported largely by the order of malta within and outside the united states.
$1,124,482 spentof which $1,089,249 as grants33% of program spendingInvestiture and membershipthe membership and investiture program takes place on a yearly basis. An individual interested in membership must be supported by 2 existing members in good standing within the order of malta. Each application is reviewed by the executive committee to see if the candidate is a good fit for the organization. Once they are approved, a 2 day orientation takes place for them to learn of the history, culture and responsibilities of being a member in our organization. Once the candidate is approved by rome they are able to attend the investiture event. Each candidate is then formally invited to be invested in to the order of malta in an investiture service and mass each june.
$375,821 spent$75,850 earned by the program11% of program spendingOther direct programsthe hygiene kit program takes place all year. Members get together at the local level to put together hygiene kits and distribute them to the homeless within their community. World day of the sick is an annual event in january, members organize local masses and events for the sick and distribute holy water to all parishioners. Members also distribute advent reflections during december.
$197,591 spentof which $131,322 as grants6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,370,221.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $12M to $15M (+23%).
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.
89% of SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $225k → $392k.
24 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 84% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. 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.
How concentrated its funding is
SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
88% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 24% · 2019 29% · 2020 25% · 2021 21% · 2022 17% · 2023 22% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
71% of SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
84% of SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $398k that is directly attributable, 80% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA
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.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA?
- SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA (California) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,534,719 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($518,733). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $2,534,719 in grants to SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $518,733 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA 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.
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 38 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