Sovereign Order of Malta-Western Association

Analysis

Sovereign Order of Malta-Western Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Menlo Park, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Sovereign Order of Malta-Western Association reported income of $3.9m and spending of $4.3m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $4.7m to $3.9m (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sovereign Order of Malta-Western Association sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 91st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include There with Care ($3.9m), Union-Snyder Agency on Aging Inc ($3.9m) and United Friends Group Homes ($3.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $587k. At year end it held assets of $13.6m against liabilities of $828k, net assets of $12.8m. It reported 6 employees.