FISHBOWL MINISTRIES INC: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization: FISHBOWL MINISTRIES INC (EIN 46-0607080)
Tax period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed: 2025-11-17
IRS object ID: 202523219349326952
Schema version: 2024v5.0
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2025-11-17T20:45:41-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	450491842	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BLANKENSHIP CPA GROUP PLLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	700 CHURCH ST STE 100	AddressLine1Txt
City	NASHVILLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TN	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	37203	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2024-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	460607080	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FISHBOWL MINISTRIES INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	FISH	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7078458877	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 44	AddressLine1Txt
City	FORTUNA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	95540	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MICHAEL DELAMARIAN III	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7143457893	PhoneNum
Signature	2025-11-17	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	JOSEPH D PROCTOR CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01073239	PTIN
Phone	6159929222	PhoneNum
Preparation	2025-11-17	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2024	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	Yes (X)	AddressChangeInd
Principal Officer	MICHAEL DELAMARIAN III	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3053 JOHNSON ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	HYDESVILLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	95547	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$340,847	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.FISHBOWLMINISTRIES.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2012	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	TN	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	PROVIDE SPIRITUAL COUNSELING AND MENTORING TO PASTORS AND CHURCH LEADERS	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	5	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	5	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$366,078	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$340,847	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$366,078	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$340,847	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$56,870	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$358,956	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$273,862	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$358,956	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$330,732	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$7,122	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$10,115	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$42,547	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$52,662	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$42,547	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$52,662	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	PROVIDE SPIRITUAL COUNSELING AND MENTORING TO PASTORS AND CHURCH LEADERS	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$259,711	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$340,847	RevenueAmt
Desc	PROVIDE SPIRITUAL COUNSELING AND MENTORING TO PASTORS AND CHURCH LEADERS	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$56,870	ExpenseAmt
Desc	PROVIDE SPIRITUAL COUNSELING AND MENTORING TO PASTORS AND CHURCH LEADERS	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$56,870	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$316,581	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	7	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	5	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	5	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DANIEL HARWELL	PersonNm
Phone	7143457893	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	165 TIMBER FALLS LANE	AddressLine1Txt
City	TULLAHOMA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TN	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	37388	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd
LYLE R WILLIAMS
PRESIDENT EM	10.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$33,436
MICHAEL DELAMARIAN III
PRESIDENT	10.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$22,434
BARBARA BANDIMERE
BOARD MEMBER			$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
DAVID BANDIMERE
BOARD MEMBER			$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
DAN HARWELL
TREASURER		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
ROBERT SPECK
BOARD MEMBER			$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
BARBARA WELLS
SECRETARY		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Compensation	$55,870	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	GREGORY RHODES	PersonNm

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2876 N GREENBIER RD	AddressLine1Txt
City	LONG BEACH	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	90815	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	COUNSELING	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$154,860	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$340,847	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$340,847	TotalContributionsAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$340,847	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$56,870	TotalAmt
Program Services	$56,870	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,780	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,780	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,396	TotalAmt
Management And General	$9,396	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,551	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,551	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$975	TotalAmt
Management And General	$975	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MINISTER EXPENSES	Desc
Total	$248,160	TotalAmt
Program Services	$248,160	ProgramServicesAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$330,732	TotalAmt
Program Services	$316,581	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$14,151	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$42,547	BOYAmt
EOY	$52,662	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$42,547	BOYAmt
EOY	$52,662	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$42,547	BOYAmt
EOY	$52,662	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$42,547	BOYAmt
EOY	$52,662	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$42,547	BOYAmt
EOY	$52,662	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$10,115	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd

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	$279,089	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$293,861	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$341,651	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$376,384	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$340,847	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,631,832	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$279,089	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$293,861	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$341,651	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$376,384	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$340,847	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,631,832	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$1,631,832	PublicSupportTotal170Amt
Total Support	$1,631,832	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	1.00000	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	1.00000	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D	PROVIDE SPIRITUAL COUNSELING AND MENTORING TO PASTORS AND CHURCH LEADERS
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2	DAVID BANDIMERE BARBARA BANDIMERE BOARD MEMBER BOARD MEMBER SPOUSE BARBARA BANDIMERE DAVID BANDIMERE BOARD MEMBER BOARD MEMBER SPOUSE
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THIRD PARTY CPA PREPARES THE 990, THEN GIVES IT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR REVIEW AND SIGNATURE BEFORE FILING.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	UPON REQUEST

FISHBOWL MINISTRIES INC: Form 990, tax year 2024

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 IRS990

US Address USAddress

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

US Address USAddress

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

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