VITAL CONNECTIONS INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2017

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Organization: VITAL CONNECTIONS INC (EIN 20-2967786)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-05-07
IRS object ID: 201831279349201123
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-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-05-07T14:21:35-04:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	383085184	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BYKER & ASSOCIATES INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 158	AddressLine1Txt
City	GRANDVILLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	494680158	ZIPCd

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

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	202967786	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	VITAL CONNECTIONS INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	VITA	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6162917328	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	6116 16TH AVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	HUDSONVILLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	49426	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CRAIG PIPPEL	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6162917328	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-04-24	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	SCOTT VANPOPERING	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00240005	PTIN
Phone	6165348100	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-05-07	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Website Address	HTTP://HELPZIM.SQUARESPACE.COM	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts	$44,866	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$42,744	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Investment Income	$1,992	InvestmentIncomeAmt
Sale Of Assets Gross	$130	SaleOfAssetsGrossAmt
Gain Or Loss From Sale Of Assets	$130	GainOrLossFromSaleOfAssetsAmt
Total Revenue	$44,866	TotalRevenueAmt
Grants And Similar Amounts Paid	$43,166	GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaidAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct	$535	FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Other Expenses Total	$1,152	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$44,853	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	$13	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$62,286	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$5,805	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$68,104	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part II	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIInd

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$61,452	BOYAmt
EOY	$66,937	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total Detail OtherAssetsTotalDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,500	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,500	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$62,952	BOYAmt
EOY	$68,437	EOYAmt

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$666	BOYAmt
EOY	$333	EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$62,286	BOYAmt
EOY	$68,104	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Primary Exempt Purpose	PROCLAMATION OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL.	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp (2 entries)

Description Program Srvc AccomDescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt	Grants And AllocationsGrantsAndAllocationsAmt	Foreign GrantsForeignGrantsInd	Program Service ExpensesProgramServiceExpensesAmt
PROCLAMATION OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.	$19,616	Yes (X)	$20,327
PROCLAMATION OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.	$23,550	Yes (X)	$23,550

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$43,877	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (8 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt
CRAIG PIPPEL
PRESIDENT	000.00	$0
MIKE NEWHOF
VICE-PRES	000.00	$0
TERESA PIPPEL
SECRETARY	000.00	$0
JODI FEYEN
TREASURER	000.00	$0
RANDY VRUGGINK
DIRECTOR	000.00	$0
ROBERT J FABER
DIRECTOR	000.00	$0
LEILA SCHMIDT
DIRECTOR	000.00	$0
JOSH WHITE
DIRECTOR	000.00	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	false	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	false	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiledInd
Made Loans To From Officers	false	MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JODI FEYEN	PersonNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	680 ANDOVER	AddressLine1Txt
City	KENTWOOD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	49548	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	6162385466	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds	false	DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided	false	TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof Srvc	NONE	PartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule A	Yes (true)	FiledScheduleAInd

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	$78,404	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$57,070	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$49,119	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$51,279	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$42,744	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$278,616	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$78,404	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$57,070	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$49,119	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$51,279	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$42,744	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$278,616	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$97,932	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$180,684	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,267	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,376	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,212	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,735	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,122	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$11,712	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$290,328	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$451	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.62230	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.49860	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10	CLASS OF ACTIVITY: GENERAL SUPPORT CASH CONTRIBUTION: 23,550 RELATIONSHIP: NONE
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10	NAME: ALASKA FEEDING CENTER ADDRESS: ZIMBABWE CASH CONTRIBUTION: 7,726 NAME: VANA VEDU - CHEGUTU ADDRESS: ZIMBABWE CASH CONTRIBUTION: 9,863
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16	EXPENSES OFFICE 136 MISSIONS 1,016 TOTAL 1,152
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 20	OTHER INCREASES 5,805 CHANGES IN INVESTMENT MARKET VALUE 0
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24	OTHER LOANS RECEIVABLE 1,500 1,500 TOTAL 1,500 1,500
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26	ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES 666 333
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 31	PROCLAMATION OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

VITAL CONNECTIONS INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2017

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Filer Filer

Business Name BusinessName

US Address USAddress

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Other Assets Total Detail OtherAssetsTotalDetail

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp (2 entries)

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (8 entries)

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

US Address USAddress

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

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