RELIEF NETWORK MINISTRIES INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2020

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Organization
RELIEF NETWORK MINISTRIES INC (EIN 76-0678774)
Tax period
2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed
2021-11-14
IRS object ID
202103199349200425
Schema version
2020v4.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2021-11-14T00:57:07-07:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2020-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type990EZReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2020-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN760678774EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RELIEF NETWORK MINISTRIES INCBusinessNameLine1Txt
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Business Name ControlRELIBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone2815353553PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1PO BOX 1307AddressLine1Txt
CityLEAGUE CITYCityNm
State AbbreviationTXStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP775741307ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonAmbrose OkoriePersonNm
Person TitlePresidentPersonTitleTxt
Phone8323853229PhoneNum
Signature2021-10-31SignatureDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer1TrustedCustomerCd
OOB Security Verification11OOBSecurityVerificationCd
Last Submission Rqr OOB1LastSubmissionRqrOOBCd
Authentication Assurance LevelAAL2AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Profile Password ChangeYes (X)ProfilePasswordChangeInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2020TaxYr
Build TS2022-09-23 18:48:47ZBuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting CashYes (X)MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Website Addresswww.reliefnetworks.orgWebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts$135,822GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part IYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc$111,100ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Program Service Revenue$24,722ProgramServiceRevenueAmt
Membership Dues$0MembershipDuesAmt
Investment Income$0InvestmentIncomeAmt
Sale Of Assets Gross$0SaleOfAssetsGrossAmt
Cost Or Other Basis Expense Sale$15CostOrOtherBasisExpenseSaleAmt
Gain Or Loss From Sale Of Assets-$15GainOrLossFromSaleOfAssetsAmt
Gaming Gross Income$0GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Gross Income$0FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Special Events Direct Expenses$0SpecialEventsDirectExpensesAmt
Special Events Net Income Loss$0SpecialEventsNetIncomeLossAmt
Gross Sales Of Inventory$0GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold$0CostOfGoodsSoldAmt
Gross Profit Loss Sls Of Invntry$0GrossProfitLossSlsOfInvntryAmt
Other Revenue Total$0OtherRevenueTotalAmt
Total Revenue$135,807TotalRevenueAmt
Grants And Similar Amounts Paid$45,992GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaidAmt
Benefits Paid To Or For Members$0BenefitsPaidToOrForMembersAmt
Salaries Other Comp Empl Bnft$26,400SalariesOtherCompEmplBnftAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct$1,107FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Occupancy Rent Utlts And Maint$4,800OccupancyRentUtltsAndMaintAmt
Printing Publications Postage$682PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total$27,171OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses$106,152TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year$29,655ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY$44,872NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets-$15,205OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY$59,322NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part IIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIIInd

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BOY$10,018BOYAmt
EOY$41,192EOYAmt

Land And Buildings LandAndBuildingsGrp

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BOY$33,680BOYAmt
EOY$33,680EOYAmt

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BOY$23,591BOYAmt
EOY$1,000EOYAmt

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BOY$67,289BOYAmt
EOY$75,872EOYAmt

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BOY$22,417BOYAmt
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BOY$44,872BOYAmt
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Primary Exempt PurposeRNM exists to provide access to safe domestic water, medical relief, and vocational job skills training to the poor and needy in various communities; and in particular, the 3rd World Countries - with the current focus on Nigeria and the Niger Republic in West Africa, Widows job skills and Orphanage care through partnerships in India. Furthermore, RNM is committed to addressing the need to remove conditions that lead to abject poverty, cycles of disease, and ill health, especially among children and women thru sustainable development. Working with donor partners and volunteers, RNM focus on alleviating acute shortages of sanitary drinking water which significantly contribute to low schooling, poor health & hygiene among the desperately poor. RNM also uses solar power, safe Water Access, and Hygiene education as a tool for integral mission, thereby using the opportunity to share the love of Christ through its intentional gospel proclamation activities.PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp (3 entries)

Description Program Srvc AccomDescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxtGrants And AllocationsGrantsAndAllocationsAmtProgram Service ExpensesProgramServiceExpensesAmt
We had no physical fundraising campaigns in 2020 due to COVID-19 and the State of emergency. We did mostly Online fundraising during the period we normally would do our Walk for Water Relief and the Gala. We also used the September 9/11 Shell Oil Company Heroes Program to help us raise some matching funds to reach the minimum public support level of 33% of the funds raised in 2020. The majority of our funds came from grants from the Giles family foundations and the Government Covid-19 grants/PPP loans that were forgiven. Specific water well project funding that we used to get from partners like LWI in the USA was discontinued in the prior year. However, we were also successful in locally generated revenue in Nigeria used in-country to do a few well projects and sustain our local staff - the drill teams and the Health & Hygiene WASH teams. Overall, we drilled 8 new public wells, 4 privately sponsored wells for private-ministry partnership well projects that supply the communities where the sponsor owns the property, plus 8 Rehabilitation wells. Further, we conducted Hygiene and Sanitation training in all the sites where we drilled new wells or did rehab projects. The WASH team also did an average of 1-2 Site Visits per month to old water well project sites that are successful and functional from as far back as 2003. That means a minimum of 12 Sites were visited to confirm the functionality of their water well projects, reinforce hygiene training, and share the gospel of Christ as the need arises.$16,500$27,500
Other international charity work we did was to provide food, and support for staff/teachers at 3 Orphanages / Widow Care ministries or partners in India and did a water well rehab for an Orphanage in Nigeria. Provided a motorbike to Orphanage 2 in India for food and miscellaneous transportation services.$2,500$6,500
Finally, we invested in our Workshop landed property in Aba, Abia State by rebuilding part of the fallen fencing; added a security gate raised the land from flood plains by sand-filling it plus a topping off with some crushed rocks in readiness for Workshop building construction.$2,500$2,500
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses$36,500TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxtAverage Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRtCompensationCompensationAmtEmployee Benefit ProgramEmployeeBenefitProgramAmtExpense Account Other AllwncExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
Dr Ambrose S O Okorie
President / Founder36$19,200$0$18,000
Michael D Smith
Secretary2$0$0$0
Cyril E Okeke
Treasurer / Associate Events Director2$0$0$0
Emile Chuck Toups
Director - Strategy and Planning2$0$0$0
David Durkin
Director V-TEN2$0$0$0
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Activities Not Previously Rpt0ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt0ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
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Subject To Proxy Tax0SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc0OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Direct Indirect Pltcl Expend$0DirectIndirectPltclExpendAmt
Form1120 Pol Filed0Form1120PolFiledInd
Made Loans To From OfficersYes (1)MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Loans To From Officers$6,500LoansToFromOfficersAmt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4911$0TaxImposedUnderIRC4911Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4912$0TaxImposedUnderIRC4912Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4955$0TaxImposedUnderIRC4955Amt
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans0EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Tax Imposed On Organization Mgr$0TaxImposedOnOrganizationMgrAmt
Tax Reimbursed By Organization$0TaxReimbursedByOrganizationAmt
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is FldTXStatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

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PersonCyril E OkekePersonNm

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1PO BOX 1307AddressLine1Txt
CityLEAGUE CITYCityNm
State AbbreviationTXStateAbbreviationCd
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Phone8326926348PhoneNum
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Foreign Financial AccountYes (1)ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Financial Account CntryNIForeignFinancialAccountCntryCd
Foreign OfficeYes (1)ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Office CountryNIForeignOfficeCountryCd
Donor Advised Fnds0DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital0OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided0TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent0RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent0TransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty0PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities0LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating0SchoolOperatingInd
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Filed Schedule AYes (1)FiledScheduleAInd

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Publicly Supported Org509a2Yes (X)PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$156,788CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
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Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

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Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSchedule A, Part III, Line 12FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationOther Income: SBA Federal EIDL $10000 emergency loan/grant and the PPP Loan $36000 that was forgivenExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

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ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

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Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
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Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loans Btwn Org Interested Prsn LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonAmbrose OkoriePersonNm
Relationship With OrgPresident/Co-FounderRelationshipWithOrgTxt
Loan PurposeInternational Travel for MissionsLoanPurposeTxt
Loan To OrganizationYes (X)LoanToOrganizationInd
Original Principal$7,750OriginalPrincipalAmt
Balance Due$6,500BalanceDueAmt
Default0DefaultInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (1)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Written Agreement0WrittenAgreementInd
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Total Balance Due$6,500TotalBalanceDueAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10Specific Funded Water Well Projects, Funded Orphanage Support project for feeding and supplies during COVID-19 pandemic Emergency
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16Other Program Expenses - New Wells, Well Rehabs, Orphanage, and Widow Care ministries.
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20Description;Amount^Losses from resale of Ford F 150 not exported due to high duties;-3000|Accum Assets depreciation on 4 trucks rigs in W Africa plus repairs costs;-12205^Total;-15205^
Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24Description;EOY Amount^Pledges made in 2020 uncollected receivable Durkin;500|Subsequent year Shell Match for Durkin;500^Total;1000^
Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26Description;EOY Amount^Amegy Business Visa Credit Card Balance;10902|Other liabilities leases and interests paid;5648^Total;16550^

Reasonable Cause Explanation ReasonableCauseExplanation

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ExplanationGot an Extention to file late with a due date of Nov. 15 due to challenges from COVID-19 and the need to give the Accounting firm responsible for bookkeeping to generate accurate financial reports for 2020.ExplanationTxt

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