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DBA BIBLICAL HISTORY CENTER IS AN INTERFAITH MUSEUM OF DAILY LIFE IN ANTIQUITY COMMITTED TO MAKING HISTORY COME ALIVE THROUGH MEANINGFUL INTERACTION OF ITS VISITORS WITH FULL-SCALE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTIONS OF DISCOVERIES FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD. false false 564882 333223 ARCHEOLOGICAL GARDEN TOURS ARE AN INTERACTIVE WALK THROUGH AN ARCHOLOGICAL GARDEN WHERE FULL-SCALE REPLICAS OF STRUCTURES RELEVANT TO DAILY LIFE IN BIBLICAL TIMES BRING HISTORY TO LIFE. THE CENTER HAS TWO BIBLICAL MEAL ROOMS; (1) THE "JERUSALEM BIBLICAL MEAL ROOM" IS A COPY OF ONE DISCOVERED AT POMPEII; (2) THE "MOUNT ZION BIBLICAL MEAL ROOM" IS A REPLICA OF ONE DISCOVERED AT HERCULANEUM. EACH ROOM SERVES A FOUR-COURSE MEAL CONSISTING OF 15 DIFFERENT FOOD ITEMS, INCLUDING SOUP, SALAD, MAIN COURSE, DESSERT, AND ALL BEVERAGES. TO EXPERIENCE THE ANCIENT WORLD IN A PERSONAL WAY, THE CENTER OFFERS HANDS ON OPPORTUNITIES OF MAKING BREAD LIKE THE SHEPHERDS IN THE DESERT HAVE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. THE CENTER ALSO HAS FOUR ARCHEOLOGICAL PITS FOR KIDS TO LEARN THE PURPOSE OF ARCHEOLOGY. THREE PITS ARE BASED ON REAL-LIFE ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS FROM DIFFERENT PERIODS OF TIME AND ONE PIT IS DEDICATED TO THE YOUNGEST ARCHEOLOGIST AND IS FILLED WITH "DINOSAUR REMAINS AND FOSSILS". 564882 true true false false false false false true false false true false false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false true true false false false false false false false false true 5 0 true 17 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 15 14 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false GA X DERRICK LEWIS 7068837688 PO BOX 3900 LAGRANGE GA 30241 REV PAUL BLAIR BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 SALLY DOWLAND BOARD CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 KEVIN DUNN BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 SUE DUTTERA BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 CAROLE FREEMAN BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 REV BETTY GAMBLE BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 REV ROB GROTHEER BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 WAYNE HARMS BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 SHERRY HART BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 PHILIP HERR BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 KARLA HERR BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 KATHY REYES BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 JUDY LERWICK BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 DAN WARD BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 LEE WASHAM BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 DERRICK LEWIS CHIEF OPERAT 40.00 X 57494 0 0 HANNANIAH PINTO CHIEF PROGRA 40.00 X 36589 0 0 JIM FLEMING CEO & DIRECT 20.00 X 24645 0 0 118728 false false false 529881 101406 529881 BIBLICAL MEALS 900099 225126 225126 MUSEUM ENTRANCE FEE 900099 47472 47472 OTHER PROGRAM SERVICE 900099 24585 24585 LECTURES AND NEWSLETTERS 900099 18056 18056 DIGGINGS 900099 13721 13721 4263 4263 333223 422 422 19765 169 19596 19596 19596 99887 101406 -1519 -1519 -1519 881603 331704 20018 94083 65336 28747 196876 130924 11905 54047 9751 9751 26480 18359 3643 4478 5231 5231 16000 16000 31483 31483 51629 51629 17963 10711 7252 31473 2482 28991 7559 7559 24676 24676 117091 117091 6677 6677 BIBLICAL MEALS 72124 72124 INTELLECTUAL FEES 39770 39770 REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE 22156 10516 11640 BUSINESS & STATE REGISTRA 10467 921 9546 35399 6898 26892 1609 816888 564882 182326 69680 55513 87263 1783 109542 477 1515 5375 4150782 830068 3432502 3320714 21093 25075 3512406 3548446 43209 35904 24645 35822 587514 554967 750 750 656118 627443 X 2844299 2783588 11989 137415 2856288 2921003 3512406 3548446 64715 X false true X true false X 406704 783191 695108 373613 529881 2788497 189213 253905 271275 333940 333223 1381556 595917 1037096 966383 707553 863104 4170053 4170053 10016 10008 13008 19842 20018 72892 10016 10008 13008 19842 20018 72892 605933 1047104 979391 727395 883122 4242945 0.98280 0.98550 0.02000 0.01000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X false 380512 380512 3549682 653133 2896549 3277061 DEPOSITS 750 750 X 881772 169 169 881603 881603 817057 169 169 816888 816888 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 1, PART III, LINE 1A IN 2013, THE CENTER ENTERED INTO A GENERAL LOAN AGREEMENT WITH THE ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY (IAA). THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES THE CENTER WITH HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS WHICH WILL BE ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION AT THE CENTER FOR A PERIOD OF TEN (10) YEARS. THE COLLECTIONS ARE MADE UP OF ARTIFACTS OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND ARE OBJECTS THAT ARE HELD FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CURATORIAL PURPOSES. THE TITLE OF THE ARTIFACTS SHALL REMAIN IN THE NAME OF IAA AND THE CENTER IS PROHIBITED FROM MAKING ANY OTHER FORM OF REPRESENTATION. THEREFORE, THE ARTIFICTS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. THE ORGANIZATION QUALIFIES FOR THE CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION DEDUCTION UNDER SECTION 170(B)(1)(A) AND HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS AN ORGANIZATION OTHER THAN A PRIVATE FOUNDATION UNDER SECTION 509(A)(1). ACCORDINGLY, NO PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES IS REFLECTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. FASB ASC 740-010, INCOME TAXES, ADDRESSES THE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER TAX BENEFITS CLAIMED OR EXPECTED TO BE CLAIMED ON A TAX RETURN SHOULD BE RECORDED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. UNDER THAT GUIDANCE, THE ORGANIZATION MAY RECOGNIZE THE TAX BENEFIT FROM AN UNCERTAIN TAX POSITION ONLY IF IT IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THAT THE TAX POSITION WILL BE SUSTAINED ON EXAMINATION BY TAXING AUTHORITIES BASED ON THE TECHNICAL MERITS OF THE POSITION. EXAMPLES OF TAX POSITIONS INCLUDE THE TAX-EXEMPT STATUS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND VARIOUS POSITIONS RELATED TO THE POTENTIAL SOURCES OF UNRELATED BUSINESS TAXABLE INCOME (UBIT). THE TAX BENEFITS RECOGNIZED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FROM SUCH A POSITION ARE MEASURED BASED ON THE LARGEST BENEFIT THAT HAS A GREATER THAN 50% LIKELIHOOD OF BEING REALIZED UPON ULTIMATE SETTLEMENT. THERE WERE NO UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS IDENTIFIED OR RECORDED AS LIABILITIES FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014. THE ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990, RETURN OF ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX, FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015, 2014, AND 2013, ARE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE IRS, GENERALLY FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THEY WERE FILED. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XI, LINE 2D RENTAL EXPENSES 169 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XII, LINE 2D RENTAL EXPENSES 169 DR JAMES FLEMING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INTELLECTUAL FEES PAYABLE X 35822 35822 false true false 35822 BIBLICAL RESOURCES LLC CEO/DIRECTOR 10635 RENTAL INCOME false BIBLICAL RESOURCES LLC CEO/DIRECTOR 9130 RENTAL INCOME false BIBLICAL RESOURCES LLC CEO/DIRECTOR 2000 CONTRIBUTION false SCHEDULE L, PART V SCHEDULE L, PART II, LOANS TO AND FROM INTERESTED PERSONS: (A) NAME OF PERSON: DR. JAMES FLEMING (B) RELATIONSHIP WITH ORGANIZATION: CEO (C) PURPOSE OF LOAN) INTELLECTUAL FEES SCHEDULE L, PART IV, BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING INTERESTED PERSONS: (A) NAME OF PERSON: BIBLICAL RESOURCES, LLC (B) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERESTED PERSON AND ORGANIZATION: THE CEO AND CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE THE MEMBER OWNERS OF BIBLICAL RESOURCES, LLC (C) AMUNT OF TRANSACTION: 10,635 (D) DESCRIPTION OF TRANSACTION: RENTAL INCOME AGREEMENT BASED ON SALES, WITH A MINIMUM OF 10,000 PER YEAR (E) SHARING OF ORGANIZATION REVENUES: NO (A) NAME OF PERSON: BIBLICAL RESOURCES, LLC (B) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERESTED PERSON AND ORGANIZATION: THE CEO AND CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE THE MEMBER OWNERS OF BIBLICAL RESOURCES, LLC (C) AMUNT OF TRANSACTION: 9,130 (D) DESCRIPTION OF TRANSACTION: RENTAL INCOME AGREEMENT TO RENT HOUSE OWNED BY THE EXEMPT ORGANIZATION TO THE INTERESTED PARTY FOR OFFICE SPACE. RENTAL 9,000 PER YEAR AND 130 REIMBURSEMENT OF CREDIT CARD FEES. (E) SHARING OF ORGANIZATION REVENUES: NO A) NAME OF PERSON: BIBLICAL RESOURCES, LLC (B) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERESTED PERSON AND ORGANIZATION: THE CEO AND CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE THE MEMBER OWNERS OF BIBLICAL RESOURCES, LLC (C) AMUNT OF TRANSACTION: 2,000 (D) DESCRIPTION OF TRANSACTION: CONTRIBUTED CASH TO THE ORGANIZATION (E) SHARING OF ORGANIZATION REVENUES: NO X 2 101406 FAIR MARKET VALUE false false false FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION EXPLORATIONS IN ANTIQUITY, INC. DBA BIBLICAL HISTORY CENTER IS AN INTERFAITH MUSEUM OF DAILY LIFE IN ANTIQUITY COMMITTED TO MAKING HISTORY COME ALIVE THROUGH MEANINGFUL INTERACTION OF ITS VISITORS WITH FULL-SCALE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTIONS OF DISCOVERIES FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A ARE BASED ON REAL-LIFE ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS FROM DIFFERENT PERIODS OF TIME AND ONE PIT IS DEDICATED TO THE YOUNGEST ARCHEOLOGIST AND IS FILLED WITH "DINOSAUR REMAINS AND FOSSILS". FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2 PHILIP HERR KARLA HERR BOARD MEMBER BOARD MEMBER SPOUSES FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER REVIEWS THE FORM 990 WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. THE AUDIT COMMITTEE THEN PRESENTS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C THE WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE POLICY HANDBOOK. THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SIGN OFF THAT THEY HAVE READ THE POLICY AND ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE POLICY. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEET TO DISCUSS THE DIRECTORS AND STAFF COMPENSATION. MANY FACTORS ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION, INCLUDING THE 2015 NATIONAL COMPARATIVE MUSEUM SALARY SURVEY PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF MUSEUMS AND THE NEW KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION, LTD. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE CENTER PROVIDES COPIES OF ITS FORM 990 UPON REQUEST ONLY. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 RENTAL EXPENSES 169 RENTAL EXPENSES -169