RELIEF NETWORK MINISTRIES INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2016

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Organization
RELIEF NETWORK MINISTRIES INC (EIN 76-0678774)
Tax period
2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed
2017-11-15
IRS object ID
201713209349200621
Schema version
2016v3.0
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)
Return2017-11-15T21:15:39-07:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2016-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type990EZReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2016-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN760678774EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO BOX 1307AddressLine1Txt
CityLEAGUE CITYCityNm
State AbbreviationTXStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP775741307ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonAmbrose OkoriePersonNm
Person TitlePresidentPersonTitleTxt
Phone8323853229PhoneNum
Signature2017-11-15SignatureDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address98.195.249.88IPv4AddressTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2016TaxYr
Build TS2017-02-10 21:41:12ZBuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Website Addresswww.reliefnetworks.orgWebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts$168,066GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part IYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc$116,471ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Program Service Revenue$51,595ProgramServiceRevenueAmt
Membership Dues$0MembershipDuesAmt
Investment Income$0InvestmentIncomeAmt
Sale Of Assets Gross$0SaleOfAssetsGrossAmt
Cost Or Other Basis Expense Sale$0CostOrOtherBasisExpenseSaleAmt
Gain Or Loss From Sale Of Assets$0GainOrLossFromSaleOfAssetsAmt
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$168,066TotalRevenueAmt
Grants And Similar Amounts Paid$61,371GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaidAmt
Benefits Paid To Or For Members$0BenefitsPaidToOrForMembersAmt
Salaries Other Comp Empl Bnft$53,439SalariesOtherCompEmplBnftAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct$3,547FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Occupancy Rent Utlts And Maint$22,146OccupancyRentUtltsAndMaintAmt
Printing Publications Postage$4,637PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total$18,779OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses$163,919TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year$4,147ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY$16,816NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$895OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY$21,858NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part IIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIIInd

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$7,158BOYAmt
EOY$10,150EOYAmt

Land And Buildings LandAndBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$25,500BOYAmt
EOY$24,605EOYAmt

Other Assets Total Detail OtherAssetsTotalDetail

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BOY$7,158BOYAmt
EOY$8,352EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$39,816BOYAmt
EOY$43,107EOYAmt

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$23,000BOYAmt
EOY$21,249EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

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BOY$16,816BOYAmt
EOY$21,858EOYAmt
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 current focus on Nigeria and Niger Republic in West Africa. 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. We focus on alleviating acute shortages of sanitary drinking water which significantly contribute low schooling, poor health & hygiene among the desperately poor. RNM also uses safe Water Access and Hygiene education as a tool for integral mission, thereby use the opportunity to share the love of Christ through its intentional gospel proclamation activities.PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Description Program Srvc AccomA. Water Wells - Well drilling, WASH (Water And Sanitation Hygiene), Christian Witness/Church Mobilization: In 2016: 15 new deep wells were drilled in Nigeria and 2 in Niger. We did 4 water well Rehabilitations; and 2 AWPs - Alternate Water Projects (such as water filtration /treatment systems) -were installed. In addition, we recorded -for existing well sites in communities and schools - we recorded 28 Well Sites visited for on-going O&M (Operate & Maintenance). B. We also recorded 3 CapM (Capital Maintenance or major well repair) projects done in 3 communities. C. During the year- we trained 5500 in Hygiene promotion and education in schools, churches and communities. Further, we trained 1500 in Orality methods non-literate learners for use in Christian Witness & Church mobilization outreach to schools, churches and communities.DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt
Grants And Allocations$85,000GrantsAndAllocationsAmt
Foreign GrantsYes (X)ForeignGrantsInd
Program Service Expenses$30,000ProgramServiceExpensesAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses$30,000TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (6 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
Treasurer3$0$0$0
Emile Chuck Toups
Director - Strategy and Planning2$0$0$0
David Durkin
Director V-TEN2$0$0$0
Portia Reitzell
Director - Events & Volunteers2.00$0$0$0
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Activities Not Previously Rpt0ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt0ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI0OrganizationHadUBIInd
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$21,243LoansToFromOfficersAmt
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

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonCyril E OkekePersonNm

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO BOX 1307AddressLine1Txt
CityLEAGUE CITYCityNm
State AbbreviationTXStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP775741307ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Phone8326926348PhoneNum
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org0TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd EmplNONEPartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof SrvcNONEPartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule AYes (1)FiledScheduleAInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Publicly Supported Org509a2Yes (X)PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$194,200CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$112,531CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$110,000CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$112,755CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$156,788CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$686,274TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$2,500CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,750CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,000CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$14,390CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$11,278CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$31,918TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$780CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$0CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$780TotalAmt

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Current Tax Year$0CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$0TotalAmt

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Current Tax Year$0CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$0TotalAmt

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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$196,700CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
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Current Tax Year$168,066CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$718,972TotalAmt

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Current Tax Year$0CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$0TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$2,500CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$18,500CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$6,000CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$0CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$0CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$27,000TotalAmt

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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$2,500CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$0CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$0CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$27,000TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509$691,972PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$13CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$0CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$3CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$16TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

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Current Tax Year$0CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$0TotalAmt

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Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$0CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$3CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$16TotalAmt

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$0CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$0CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$23,369CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$0CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$23,369TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

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Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$196,713CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$114,281CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$112,000CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$151,294CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$168,069CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$742,357TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY5090.93213PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY5090.93752PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY0.00002InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY0.00002InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSchedule A, Part III, Line 12FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationApprox. 34% of our overall revenue came from program and project grants from Living Water International - a partner organization; 30% from National Christian Foundation grants from a Christian family funding; and the remaining 36% from the general public - donors, volunteers and advocates.ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

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ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Loans Btwn Org Interested Prsn LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp (2 entries)

Business Name Line2BusinessName/BusinessNameLine2TxtRelationship With OrgRelationshipWithOrgTxtLoan PurposeLoanPurposeTxtLoan To OrganizationLoanToOrganizationIndOriginal PrincipalOriginalPrincipalAmtBalance DueBalanceDueAmtDefaultDefaultIndBoard Or Committee ApprovalBoardOrCommitteeApprovalIndWritten AgreementWrittenAgreementInd
Amegy Bank of Texas
Business Visa Credit CardBusiness BankerOperating Credit as neededYes (X)$9,350$14,3930Yes (1)Yes (1)
Ambrose Okorie
President / FounderOperational and Field ExpensesYes (X)$9,500$6,8500Yes (1)0
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Balance Due$21,243TotalBalanceDueAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10Core program expenses - drilling, materials, pumps Other Related program expenses - project travels, WASH training, Operate & Maintain - Site Service Visits, Orphanage & Widow Care / feed the poor, Medical Missions, Job Skills Training Designated projects expenses
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16Description;Amount^Travel Entertainment Including Mission trips;8599|Supplies and web hosting services;1536|Fundraising Spend Adverts and Promotions;6328|Interests Merchant Fee and Miscellaneous Expenses;2316^Total;18779^
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20Workshop property or fenced compound depreciation
Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24Description;EOY Amount^Crew Truck Ford F150 Acquired in Dec 2016;6554|Other drill bits and supplies sent to Africa in 2016;1798^Total;8352^
Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26Description;EOY Amount^Amegy Bank Business Visa Credit Card Balance;14393|Other Director Personal Credit Cards for RNM;6856^Total;21249^

Reasonable Cause Explanation ReasonableCauseExplanation

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ExplanationWaited for reviews and accurate bookkeeping from Accounting company to completed before the Hurricane Harvey hit our area and took away so much of our normal work routine hours thereby making it impossible to submit return sooner than Nov 15.ExplanationTxt

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