Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237095245
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2123711522
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $7,375,054
- Expenses
- $6,562,046
- Assets
- $7,005,841
- Liabilities
- $2,343,027
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KENNETH CRAIG (PRESIDENT)
- REVEREND DR JEFFREY R TREXLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (ENDED 09/25))
- CATHY DEMEROTO STARTED 0925 (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- REVEREND DR JEFFREY R TREXLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (ENDED 09/25)): $228,812 total reported compensation
- MATTHEW LAROSE (IT SYSTEMS MANAGER): $158,494 total reported compensation
- TIFFANY MAZZA-DOWD (COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST): $155,508 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The order of malta is a worldwide, lay, religious order of the roman catholic church, which seeks to glorify god by promoting the sanctification of each member through his or her work with the sick and the poor and witness to the catholic faith.
What it reported doing in 2025
The investiture program is the process by which candidates, usually 70to 90 individuals, prepare to be accepted into the order. Thepreparation period is one year and contains three elements: aneducational program, opportunities for spiritual growth and developmentand hands on work with the sick and the poor overseen by the areachairs. When completed, the candidate submits an application that isapproved by the board and the sovereign council in rome. The formalinvestiture ceremony occurs annually in november.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 61% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 55% for direct work, and 45% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - Most voting board members are independent and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 58
- Transparency & Controls: 60
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 62.6%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 70.1%; rating input score 70
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 31.2%; rating input score 31; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.07; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 13.8%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 62.6% of revenue deployed · 70.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $4.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $229K · 19 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 34 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 29 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 31/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.