ECS MINISTRIES: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: ECS MINISTRIES (EIN 01-0555559)
Tax period: 2017-07-01 to 2018-06-30
Filed: 2018-10-26
IRS object ID: 201812999349300231
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 O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-10-26T10:56:28-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2018-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	450250958	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	EIDE BAILLY LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1545 ASSOCIATES DR STE 101	AddressLine1Txt
City	DUBUQUE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	52002	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	010555559	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ECS Ministries	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	ECSM	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5635852070	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 1028	AddressLine1Txt
City	Dubuque	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	520041028	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Terry Wilson	PersonNm
Person Title	Executive Director	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	5635852070	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-10-25	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Carmen Krantz	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00031958	PTIN
Phone	5635561790	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-10-07	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	198.135.125.119	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2018-10-25	IPDt
IP Tm	15:53:26	IPTm
IP Timezone	CD	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	330E77A2EC15986A2DC713C7FDB26B906589BB96	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	6ECD4448988750106123FDC789D6ADA2AEDCDED1	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2018-06-14 16:35:46Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Emmaus International	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Terry Wilson	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 1028	AddressLine1Txt
City	Dubuque	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	520041028	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,292,417	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.ecsministries.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2002	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	IA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	ECS Ministries exists to glorify God by providing doctrinally sound resources and structured study.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	10	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	10	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	18	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	20	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$293,408	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$552,798	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$36,075	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$16,800	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$73,113	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$398,555	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$405,442	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$708,763	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,067,428	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$2,000	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$583,157	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$644,235	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$81,112	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$237,928	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$365,381	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$823,085	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,009,616	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$114,322	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$57,812	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,680,740	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,783,005	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$63,292	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$63,138	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,617,448	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,719,867	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	ECS Ministries exists to glorify God by providing doctrinally sound resources and structured study materials for the purpose of teaching people from every nation to know Jesus Christ as Savior and to live in a way that is consistent with God's word.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	Yes (1)	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$516,886	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$414,517	RevenueAmt
Desc	Provided Bible material to prison inmates and individuals in North America directly or through associates. Approximately 179,820 courses in English and Spanish were distributed with an estimated 60% completion rate.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$165,024	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$156,432	RevenueAmt
Desc	Provided Bible education material directly or through overseas associates to people outside the United States. Approximately 1,420,807 courses were distributed with an estimated 74% completion rate.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$103,494	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$30,746	RevenueAmt
Desc	Provided doctrinally sound training to develop discipleship in the local church. Held three events with 105 participants.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$785,404	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	Yes (1)	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	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	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	0	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	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (1)	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	21	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	18	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
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	10	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	10	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	0	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Terry Wilson	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	5635852070	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2250 Chaney Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Dubuque	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	52001	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (12 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Ian Taylor
Chair	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Stephen Wilson
Vice Chair	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Dale Twestern
Treasurer until May 2018	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Ken Murray
Treasurer as of May 2018	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Timothy Jeske
Secretary	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Joel Hernandez
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Abey Varughese
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David Harper
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dan Smith
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Phil Parsons
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mark Woodhouse
Board Member	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Terry Wilson
Executive Director	40.00		Yes (X)	$65,285	$0	$13,759

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$65,285	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$13,759	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$552,798	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$552,798	TotalContributionsAmt

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$36,075	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$36,075	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$36,075	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$44,567	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$44,567	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$93,357	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$64,811	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$28,546	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$28,546	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$28,546	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$565,620	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$160,178	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$405,442	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$405,442	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,067,428	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$441,517	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$73,113	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$81,202	TotalAmt
Program Services	$32,481	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$40,601	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$8,120	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$421,526	TotalAmt
Program Services	$341,850	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$44,640	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$35,036	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,267	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,059	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$208	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$90,241	TotalAmt
Program Services	$77,911	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,098	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,232	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$44,999	TotalAmt
Program Services	$36,214	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,377	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,408	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,050	TotalAmt
Management And General	$13,050	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$46,815	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,807	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$182	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$25,826	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$33,331	TotalAmt
Program Services	$28,752	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,181	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,398	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,935	TotalAmt
Program Services	$22,476	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$459	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,090	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,958	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,650	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$482	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,788	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,045	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,743	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,792	TotalAmt
Program Services	$18,792	ProgramServicesAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,562	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,562	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,506	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,506	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Ministry	Desc
Total	$131,586	TotalAmt
Program Services	$131,586	ProgramServicesAmt

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$53,926	TotalAmt
Program Services	$37,473	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,510	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,943	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,009,616	TotalAmt
Program Services	$785,404	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$143,100	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$81,112	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,600	BOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$183,853	BOYAmt
EOY	$223,598	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$36,114	BOYAmt
EOY	$53,003	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$378,315	BOYAmt
EOY	$367,163	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,372	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,877	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$68,047	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$34,830	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,642	BOYAmt
EOY	$33,217	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,990,703	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,041,647	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$61,141	BOYAmt
EOY	$54,500	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,680,740	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,783,005	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$60,177	BOYAmt
EOY	$57,909	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,115	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,229	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$63,292	BOYAmt
EOY	$63,138	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,978,140	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,056,503	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$601,492	BOYAmt
EOY	$634,792	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$37,816	BOYAmt
EOY	$28,572	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,617,448	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,719,867	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,680,740	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,783,005	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$57,812	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$41,109	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$3,498	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	Yes (1)	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd

Acct Compile Or Review Basis AcctCompileOrReviewBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
Audit Committee	0	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$618,367	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$582,413	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$852,014	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$293,408	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$552,654	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,898,856	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$595,691	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$607,726	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$648,004	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$581,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$601,695	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,034,616	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,214,058	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,190,139	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,500,018	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$874,908	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,154,349	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,933,472	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,131	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,300	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$300	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,150	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,670	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$10,551	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$336,801	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$319,530	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$553,032	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$91,029	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$262,610	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,563,002	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$338,932	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$321,830	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$553,332	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$94,179	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$265,280	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,573,553	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$4,359,919	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$40,311	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$17,758	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$21,443	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$34,755	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$44,567	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$158,834	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$40,311	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$17,758	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$21,443	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$34,755	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$44,567	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$158,834	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,254,369	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,207,897	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,521,461	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$909,663	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,198,916	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$6,092,306	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.71560	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.71480	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.02610	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.02390	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$37,816	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$388	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$9,632	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$28,572	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$37,816	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$144	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$144	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$37,816	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$36,496	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1,320	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$37,816	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$37,844	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$1,348	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$36,496	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$36,884	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$960	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$37,844	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.00000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	1.00000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.00000	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	0	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$4,270	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$4,270	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$63,777	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$30,560	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$33,217	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$33,217	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Royalties Payable	Desc
Amt	$5,229	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$5,229	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Part V, Line 4:

ECS Ministries holds an endowment fund, established through donor-restricted funds, for the use of foreign ministries in Eastern Europe. Other expenditure for facilities and programs includes expenditures of $388 and a reclassification of net assets for $9,244.

Part X, Line 2:

ECS Ministries is organized as an Iowa nonprofit corporation and has been recognized by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code as organizations described in Section 501(c)(3), qualifies for the charitable contribution deduction under Section 170(b)(1)(A)(viii), and has been determined not to be a private foundation under Section 509(a)(2). ECS Ministries is annually required to file a Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990) with the IRS. In addition, ECS Ministries is subject to income tax on net income that is derived from business activities that is unrelated to its exempt purposes. Management has determined that ECS Ministries is not subject to unrelated business income tax and has not filed an Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return (Form 990-T) with the IRS. Management believes that ECS Ministries has appropriate support for any tax positions taken affecting its annual filing requirements, and as such, does not have any uncertain tax positions that are material to the financial statements. ECS Ministries would recognize future accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits and liabilities in income tax expense if such interest and penalties are incurred.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	Europe (Including Iceland & Greenland)	RegionTxt
Offices	0	OfficesCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities Conducted	Program services	TypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services Provided	Sales of books and courses	SpecificServicesProvidedTxt

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	$0	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$0	TotalSpentAmt
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

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, line 2	L.I.T. (Life in Truth) events provide discipleship training to teach and inspire associates and students to know the Bible and be involved in their local churches as disciplemakers.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 8b	The Organization does not have committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b	The Form 990 is provided to the Board of Directors before filing. The organization's Finance/Audit committee will review the Form 990 with the tax preparer.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	Each board member, officer, and management employee shall certify in writing annually to the board that they have received and read a copy of the conflicts of interest policy and that no conflicts exist except as may be disclosed as part of their certification.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a	The Executive Director's compensation is reviewed and determined annually by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors initially compared the Executive Director's compensation to other similar nonprofit executives. The salary was adjusted at that point and each year the Executive Director receives a cost of living raise. The deliberation and decision is documented in the personnel file and board minutes.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are made available upon request.
Form 990, Part XI, line 9:	Change in Value of Split Interest Agreement 3,498.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Org Txbl Corp Tr IdRelatedOrgTxblCorpTrGrp

Related Organization Name RelatedOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Charitable Remainder Trust	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Primary Activities	Charitable income	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Direct Controlling NA	N/A	DirectControllingNACd
Controlled Organization	0	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	0	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	0	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	Yes (1)	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	0	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	0	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	0	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	0	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	0	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	0	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	0	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	0	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	0	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	0	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	0	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	0	TransferFromOtherOrgInd