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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF THE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM.

Totals

Total revenue
$728,273
Total expenses
$727,256
Contributions and grants received
$404,398
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$267,978
Investment income
$1,620
Other revenue
$54,277
Total assets, end of year
$762,407
Total liabilities, end of year
$121,481
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$640,926
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$727,256
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$727,256

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $341,251

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $63,147

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PRIORY EVENTS

    total $245,428 · related or exempt $245,428

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EVENTS AND PROMOTIONS

    total $22,550 · related or exempt $22,550

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,620 · related or exempt $1,620

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $83,140

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $58,200

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $24,940 · related or exempt $24,940

  • 11a · Other revenue: PRIORY OTHER INCOME

    total $29,337 · related or exempt $29,337

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $29,337

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $31,515 · program services $31,515

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,167 · program services $8,167

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $42,289 · program services $42,289

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $20,656 · program services $20,656

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $339,755 · program services $339,755

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $19,708 · program services $19,708

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,585 · program services $14,585

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,878 · program services $3,878

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $10,065 · program services $10,065

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,195 · program services $6,195

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTINGDUPLICATING

    total $5,286 · program services $5,286

  • 24b · Other expenses: JERUSALEM MITERDF

    total $6,718 · program services $6,718

  • 24c · Other expenses: ADMIN EXPENSES

    total $4,426 · program services $4,426

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRIORY DONATIONS

    total $164,013 · program services $164,013

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $50,000 · program services $50,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $516,063 · end of year $533,371

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $119,128 · end of year $128,468

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $100,568 · end of year $100,568

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,755 · end of year $8,869

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $105,114 · end of year $112,612

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $621,890 · end of year $640,926

Mission and programs · 2025

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

  • 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.

    Expenses $727,256

  • 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.

  • 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.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • FREDERICK KIENLE

    GRAND PRIORPRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • SANDOR MAYUGA

    GRAND CHANCELLORVICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • LISA DONANT

    GRAND SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • DAVID BOTSKO

    GRAND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • DIANE ALLEN

    GRAND INSPECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • DAVID SCHORN

    GRAND REGISTRAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
18 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601399349301540

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