LIVING ON THE EDGE MINISTRIES INC: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: LIVING ON THE EDGE MINISTRIES INC (EIN 46-0484695)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-11-12
IRS object ID: 201823169349302497
Schema version: 2017v2.3
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-11-12T13:24:01-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	363990892	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Capin Crouse LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1255 Lakes Parkway STE 130	AddressLine1Txt
City	Lawrenceville	CityNm
State Abbreviation	GA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	30043	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	460484695	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	LIVI	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7702164331	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3080 Premiere Parkway No 150	AddressLine1Txt
City	Duluth	CityNm
State Abbreviation	GA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	30097	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Andrew Accardy	PersonNm
Person Title	President & COO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7702164331	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-11-12	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Francis K Brown II	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00465640	PTIN
Phone	6785185301	PhoneNum

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	139.146.132.42	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2018-11-12	IPDt
IP Tm	12:22:41	IPTm
IP Timezone	MS	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	BC7E93441C0E7706BB7C53E05F5A04651DB7D2C8	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	EC95B27334CEADA22E8CDE7883BFE6EA4CBB0ABC	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2019-02-21 02:37:17Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Chip Ingram	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3080 Premiere Parkway No 150	AddressLine1Txt
City	Duluth	CityNm
State Abbreviation	GA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	30097	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$8,193,025	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.livingontheedge.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2002	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Living on the Edge engages in evangelism by presenting Biblical & traditional Christian claims.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	6	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	5	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	25	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	5	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$1,503	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$5,568,277	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$6,987,357	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$22,813	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$47,372	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$320,667	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$383,024	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$5,911,757	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$7,417,753	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$30,000	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$36,000	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,402,288	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,228,933	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$988,786	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$3,731,463	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$4,446,833	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$5,163,751	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$6,711,766	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$748,006	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$705,987	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$4,838,446	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$5,510,531	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$485,315	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$451,715	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$4,353,131	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$5,058,816	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	Living on the Edge (LOTE) glorifies God by helping individual believers live out their faith at home & at work, being a catalyst in transforming how America & the world think about God, influencing how pastors think about & approach preaching, and focusing how churches think about their communities.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$5,224,429	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$36,000	GrantAmt
Revenue	$366,575	RevenueAmt
Desc	LOTE proclaimed the Good News of Jesus Christ through the Internet, radio, and television, and through the distribution of DVDs, CDs, books, and other various publications.Practical teaching: Over 1 million people a week watch, listen, or stream the Biblical teaching of LOTE. Chip is heard on 900 radio outlets throughout the U.S. and LOTE TV is broadcast on NRB TV and numerous overseas outlets. LOTE's largest growth by far is in digital listeners, with an average of 24,000 daily users listening online via the Web and podcasts.Life changing tools: The Biblical, life changing resources created by LOTE equip everyday believers to live out their faith in truly transformational ways. To date, over 1.4 million people have experienced a LOTE group study. All resources are aimed at helping people move from being spiritual spectators to actively engaging their faith every day.Spiritual training: With an online community of just over 2 million people, LivingontheEdge.org delivers Biblical truth and discipleship resources that help people grow in their relationship with God and each other. LOTE's free online resources are easy to find and share, and help people apply God's truth to their lives in practical, transformational ways.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$5,224,429	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (1)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	36	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	25	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (1)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (1)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	6	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	5	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	0	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	HI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ND	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WV	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Andrew Accardy	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	7702164331	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3080 Premiere Parkway No 150	AddressLine1Txt
City	Duluth	CityNm
State Abbreviation	GA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	30097	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Gearl Spicer
Chairman of the Board	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Chip Ingram
CEO	45.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$163,703	$0	$9,043
Charlie Germany
Treasurer	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Phil Shaffer
Secretary	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Gregg Dedrick
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
AC Musgrave
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Andrew Accardy
President & COO	40.00		Yes (X)	$213,307	$0	$25,711

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$377,010	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$34,754	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	McQueen Mackin & Assoc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 2701	AddressLine1Txt
City	Carefree	CityNm
State Abbreviation	AZ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	85377	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	R&D for new volunteer tool	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$153,000	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$6,987,357	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$321,823	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$6,987,357	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$47,372	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$47,372	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$114,697	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$114,697	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$0	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$1,027,150	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$660,575	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$366,575	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$366,575	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$16,449	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$16,449	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$16,449	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$7,417,753	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$366,575	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$63,821	ExclusionAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$36,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$417,488	TotalAmt
Program Services	$281,804	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$104,372	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$31,312	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,457,106	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,166,906	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$31,066	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$259,134	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$65,951	TotalAmt
Program Services	$47,572	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,712	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,667	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$200,245	TotalAmt
Program Services	$144,442	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,342	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$38,461	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$88,143	TotalAmt
Program Services	$63,580	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,634	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$16,929	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,687	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,687	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,584	TotalAmt
Management And General	$27,584	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,237	TotalAmt
Management And General	$8,237	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$290,129	TotalAmt
Program Services	$270,368	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,812	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$16,949	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$848,992	TotalAmt
Program Services	$470,646	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$378,346	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$410,639	TotalAmt
Program Services	$115,097	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$185,163	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$110,379	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$401,632	TotalAmt
Program Services	$357,867	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$37,598	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,167	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$94,282	TotalAmt
Program Services	$70,712	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,428	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$14,142	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$226,002	TotalAmt
Program Services	$118,313	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,112	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$91,577	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,624	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,624	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$84,822	TotalAmt
Program Services	$63,617	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,482	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,723	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$26,948	TotalAmt
Management And General	$26,948	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Radio & TV Broadcasting	$1,160,580	$1,160,580
Pastoral Training & Edu	$630,321	$630,321
Product Development	$220,000	$220,000
UBI Taxes	$225		$225

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,129	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,604	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$525	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,711,766	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,224,429	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$498,551	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$988,786	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,198,679	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,720,774	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$45,299	BOYAmt
EOY	$177,425	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$290,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$200,000	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$544	BOYAmt
EOY	$25,232	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$142,337	BOYAmt
EOY	$178,502	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$28,196	BOYAmt
EOY	$49,797	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$936,571	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$514,552	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$311,926	BOYAmt
EOY	$422,019	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,508,619	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,526,230	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$299,031	BOYAmt
EOY	$188,123	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,815	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,429	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,838,446	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,510,531	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$485,315	BOYAmt
EOY	$451,715	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$485,315	BOYAmt
EOY	$451,715	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,214,895	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,804,287	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$138,236	BOYAmt
EOY	$254,529	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,353,131	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,058,816	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,838,446	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,510,531	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$705,987	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$302	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$5,095,915	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$5,199,376	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$5,531,587	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$5,568,277	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,987,357	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$28,382,512	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$5,095,915	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$5,199,376	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$5,531,587	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$5,568,277	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,987,357	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$28,382,512	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$284,325	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$28,098,187	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$25,579	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$11,574	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$23,537	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$32,681	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$47,372	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$140,743	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$382	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$6,012	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Total	$6,394	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,028	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	-$410	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$337	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year	$16,449	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$18,404	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$28,548,053	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$6,687,079	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.98420	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.90750	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule A, Part II, Line 10, Explanation of Other Income:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Other Income - 2013 Amount: $ 2,028. 2014 Amount: $ -410. 2015 Amount: $ 337. 2016 Amount: $ 0. 2017 Amount: $ 16,449.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$654,262	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$329,066	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$325,196	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$282,309	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$185,486	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$96,823	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$422,019	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	Middle East & North Africa	RegionTxt
Offices	0	OfficesCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities Conducted	Grants to Recipients Located in Region	TypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Region Total Expenditures	$36,000	RegionTotalExpendituresAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office	0	ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee	0	ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$36,000	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$36,000	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	Middle East & North Africa	RegionTxt
Purpose Of Grant	Missionary Support	PurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant	$36,000	CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	Check	MannerOfCashDisbursementTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	0	TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I, Line 2:	LOTE supports a missionary focused on ministry in the Middle East by given funds to Levant Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization, that are restricted for the missionary's personal support. LOTE receives a statement with each donation and semi-annual reports from Levant Ministries.
Part I, line 3:	Expenditures are accounted for using the accrual method of accounting.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
First Class Or Charter Travel	Yes (X)	FirstClassOrCharterTravelInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (1)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Chip Ingram
CEO	$163,703	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$8,045	$0	$998	$0	$172,746	$0	$0	$0
Andrew Accardy
President & COO	$213,307	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$31,435	$0	$244,742	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 1a	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Occasionally, listed persons on Part VII, travel first class for bona fide business purposes.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	15	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$321,823	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Fair Market Value	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	0	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (1)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	0	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Column (b):	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The number of contributions represent the number of contributions received, not the number of items donated.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 8b	The organization does not have any committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body. Therefore, this line was answered "no" in accordance with the instructions.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b	Form 990 is prepared by an independent CPA firm and reviewed in detail by the organization's top management. The reviewed Form 990 is then provided to the board of directors prior to filing with the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	LOTE requires all officers and board members to annually complete and sign a conflict of interest questionnaire. The Board Chair is responsible for reviewing the signed statements and ensuring that interested persons are in compliance with the conflict of interest policy. Should any potential conflicts of interest be disclosed, the board member or officer would be asked to refrain from participation in any deliberation or decision with regard to matters affected by the relationship.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15	Question 15a & 15b - Annually the independent Executive Committee determines the compensation for the organization's CEO and COO/CFO using comparability data and performance evaluations. The process and determination of compensation is documented in the meeting minutes.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	LOTE's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request.
Form 990, Part XII, line 2c:	LOTE's Board assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of its independent accountant. This process has not changed since the prior year.