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THE THEOSOPHICAL ORDER OF SERVICE USA INC
THE THEOSOPHICAL ORDER OF SERVICE USA INC (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,185 to it, the largest being KERN FOUNDATION TRUST ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $53k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $18k
- Net assets
- $606k
What The Theosophical Order of Service USA Inc does
Mission
THE THEOSOPHICAL ORDER OF SERVICE USA is "A union of those who love in the service of all that suffers." The goal of the TOS is service to our fellow humans and all of life on our planet. The TOS actively seeks to help fund groups and other 501(c)3 organizations that are providing viable and sustainable solutions that help maintain or restore the dignity and self-sufficiency of individuals and/or their communities. The TOS hopes to offer an opportunity for transformation of the situation, environment or people involved.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The golden link college, manila, the philippines - donated funds were sent to the school to provide scholarships to approximately 400 low income students. Golden link offers k-12 and college level courses. Besides core academics, the focus is on developing character, integrity and self confidence in its students.
$41,856 spentof which $15,000 as grants$4,410 earned by the program68% of program spendingNative american project - financial assistance was provided to fund scholarships to the waldorf school that serves the lakota native american tribe in south dakota
$4,000 spent$70 earned by the program6% of program spendingHUMANITARIAN AID - Provided funding and volunteer assistance to 501(c)3 organizations whose aim is to help relieve the suffering of people, plants & animals
$15,855 spent$8,500 earned by the program26% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $61,711.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2020 to 2021, from $424k to $554k (+31%).
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
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $81 → $25.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 THE THEOSOPHICAL ORDER OF SERVICE USA INC’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.
How concentrated its funding is
THE THEOSOPHICAL ORDER OF SERVICE USA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
83% of THE THEOSOPHICAL ORDER OF SERVICE USA INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $185 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
62%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE THEOSOPHICAL ORDER OF SERVICE USA INC: 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 THE THEOSOPHICAL ORDER OF SERVICE USA INC?
- THE THEOSOPHICAL ORDER OF SERVICE USA INC (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,185 to it, the largest being KERN FOUNDATION TRUST ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE THEOSOPHICAL ORDER OF SERVICE USA INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $18,185 in grants to THE THEOSOPHICAL ORDER OF SERVICE USA INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE THEOSOPHICAL ORDER OF SERVICE USA INC?
- KERN FOUNDATION TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE THEOSOPHICAL ORDER OF SERVICE USA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 3 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing