South Carolina · Nonprofit
SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OFTHE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM
SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OFTHE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,750 to it, the largest being LAWRENCE J AND DORA P CHASTANG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($7,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $728k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $641k
What Sovereign Military Order Ofthe Temple of Jerusalem does
Mission
The organization is incorporated in new jersey and seeks to emulate chivalric and charitable traditions of the original templars by donating cash and time to charitable purposes in their communities and by donating cash to us tax exempt organizations
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The order provides scholarships to deserving high school and college students residing in the greater holy land so that they may receive high quality education at christian institutions while remaining in their homes. In keeping with the orders ecumenical tradition, scholarships are provided at various church supported high schools and universities rather than just a single school. Priories, commanderies, and individuals may elect to sponsor a student either by name or anonymously. Scholarships are usually multi-year so that the educational endeavors of the student can be maintained rather than having to deal with the uncertainty of year-to-year funding. While the sponsor is required to pay one years tuition at a time, the sponsoring organization or individual must agree at the onset to sponsor the student throughout the entire scholarship/educational period.
$727,256 spent100% of program spendingThe order provides scholarships to deserving high school and college students residing in the greater holy land so that they may receive high quality education at christian institutions while remaining in their homes. In keeping with the orders ecumenical tradition, scholarships are provided at various church supported high schools and universities rather than just a single school. Priories, commanderies, and individuals may elect to sponsor a student either by name or anonymously. Scholarships are usually multi-year so that the educational endeavors of the student can be maintained rather than having to deal with the uncertainty of year-to-year funding. While the sponsor is required to pay one years tuition at a time, the sponsoring organization or individual must agree at the onset to sponsor the student throughout the entire scholarship/educational period.
The u.s. Order enlists talented, accomplished men and women of high moral character to advocate and participate in charitable and civic causes in their local communites as well as to support the orders major initiatives to buttress a christian presence in the holy land. Those who support these efforts are spiritually enriched by participating in the recovery and perpetuation of the christian spirit and ideals that inspired the early templars. The ceremonies and rich traditions of the order help shape our focus on these causes.
The purpose of the corporation is to operate for the benefit and support of humanitarian objectives of the grand priory of the united states of america of the sovereign military order of the temple of jerusalem (hereinafter smotj), to wit, to help christians at risk in and around the holy land and to keep the pilgrim roads to the holy land open for all people of faith. Such assistance may include aid to the homeless, grants for projects and purposes for which dedicated estate pledges are received, as well as the provision of scholarships, and educational purposes that fight intolerance, protect minorities and provide aid to the needy and afflicted.
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $727,256.
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 2017 to 2018, from $874k to $722k (−17%).
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 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OFTHE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM’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
SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OFTHE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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 SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OFTHE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM
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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 51 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OFTHE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM: 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 SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OFTHE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM?
- SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OFTHE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,750 to it, the largest being LAWRENCE J AND DORA P CHASTANG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($7,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OFTHE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $7,750 in grants to SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OFTHE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OFTHE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM?
- LAWRENCE J AND DORA P CHASTANG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $7,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OFTHE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 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