EXPLORERS BIBLE STUDY ASSOCIATION: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: EXPLORERS BIBLE STUDY ASSOCIATION (EIN 87-0400516)
Tax period: 2012-09-01 to 2013-08-31
Filed: 2014-01-14
IRS object ID: 201400149349300635
Schema version: 2012v2.3
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2014-01-14T13:16:25-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2013-08-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BLANKENSHIP CPA GROUP PLLC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	308 E COLLEGE ST	AddressLine1
City	DICKSON	City
State	TN	State
ZIP Code	37055	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-09-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	870400516	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	EXPLORER'S BIBLE STUDY ASSOCIATION	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	EXPL	NameControl
Phone	6154467316	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	P O BOX 425	AddressLine1
City	DICKSON	City
State	TN	State
ZIP Code	37056	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JIM GABRIELSEN	Name
Title	PRESIDENT	Title
Phone	6154467316	Phone
Date Signed	2014-01-02	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JULIE H TURNER	Name
Phone	6154465106	Phone
Date Prepared	2014-01-02	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2015-11-30 17:44:51Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	JIM GABRIELSEN	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2652 HIGHWAY 46 SOUTH	AddressLine1
City	DICKSON	City
State	TN	State
ZIP Code	37055	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	417711	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.EXPLORERBIBLESTUDY.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1973	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	TN	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	THE MISSION OF EXPLORER'S BIBLE STUDY ASSOCIATION IS TO BRING INDIVIDUALS CLOSER TO GOD THROUGH IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE BIBLE. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE PUBLISHING AND DISTRIBUTION OF BIBLE STUDY MATERIALS.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	7	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	5	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	5	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	96924	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	116070	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	54	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	65	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	238327	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	256373	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	335305	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	372508	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	231624	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	218220	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	5091	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	119114	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	139952	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	350738	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	358172	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-15433	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	14336	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	487912	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	459078	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	162097	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	118927	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	325815	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	340151	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	THE MISSION OF EXPLORER'S BIBLE STUDY ASSOCIATION IS TO BRING INDIVIDUALS CLOSER TO GOD THROUGH IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE BIBLE. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE PUBLISHING AND DISTRIBUTION OF BIBLE STUDY MATERIALS.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	255401	Expense
Description	THE PUBLISHING AND DISTRIBUTION OF BIBLE STUDY MATERIALS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH TRAINING MATERIALS AND VIDEOS FOR GROUPS ACROSS THE NATION.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	255401	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	true	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	true	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	8	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	5	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	7	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	5	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	JIM GABRIELSEN	NamePerson
Telephone Number	6154467316	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2652 HWY 46 SOUTH	AddressLine1
City	DICKSON	City
State	TN	State
ZIP Code	37055	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (7 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
JIM GABRIELSEN
PRESIDENT	50.00	X	X	82000	0	2460
GARY RUSSELL
SECRETARY/TR	40.00	X	X	35000	0	2325
CAREY HAUENSTEIN
CHAIRMAN	1.00	X	X	0	0	0
BILL HAYS
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
JOHN HENDRICKS
BOARD MEMBER	6.00	X		0	0	0
WENDELL COOK
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	X		0	0	0
BETH FITTS
BOARD MEMBER		X		0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	117000	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	4785	TotalOtherCompensation
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	116070	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	116070	TotalContributions

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	65	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	65	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	284607	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	45203	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	239404	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	239404	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
LEADERSHIP TRAINING CONFERENC	10664	10664
ROYALTY INCOME	3695	3695
SHIPPING INCOME	2062	2062

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	548	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	548	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	16969	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	372508	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	256438	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	117692	Total
Program Services	61963	ProgramServices
Management And General	55277	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	452	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	68868	Total
Program Services	63097	ProgramServices
Management And General	5505	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	266	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5598	Total
Program Services	3752	ProgramServices
Management And General	1824	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	22	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	13917	Total
Program Services	12271	ProgramServices
Management And General	1592	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	54	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12145	Total
Program Services	7664	ProgramServices
Management And General	4434	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	47	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7772	Total
Management And General	7772	ManagementAndGeneral

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	14447	Total
Program Services	14447	ProgramServices

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9286	Total
Program Services	3875	ProgramServices
Management And General	1161	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4250	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	13277	Total
Program Services	10548	ProgramServices
Management And General	2729	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	789	Total
Program Services	710	ProgramServices
Management And General	79	ManagementAndGeneral

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5484	Total
Program Services	4167	ProgramServices
Management And General	1317	ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12039	Total
Program Services	9621	ProgramServices
Management And General	2418	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9061	Total
Program Services	5652	ProgramServices
Management And General	3409	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral
TRAINING	29283	26355	2928
POSTAGE & SHIPPING	12291	12291
SCHOLARSHIPS	7520	7520
BAD DEBTS	5770	5770

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	12933	Total
Program Services	5698	ProgramServices
Management And General	7235	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	358172	Total
Program Services	255401	ProgramServices
Management And General	97680	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	5091	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	41816	BOY
EOY	23255	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	110112	BOY
EOY	109249	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	46721	BOY
EOY	49350	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	767877	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	490653	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	288013	BOY
EOY	277224	EOY

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1250	BOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	487912	BOY
EOY	459078	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15775	BOY
EOY	14586	EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	137093	BOY
EOY	97000	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	9229	BOY
EOY	7341	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	162097	BOY
EOY	118927	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	272903	BOY
EOY	288454	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	52912	BOY
EOY	51697	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	325815	BOY
EOY	340151	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	487912	BOY
EOY	459078	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	14336	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	94689	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	83292	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	188837	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	96924	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	116070	CurrentTaxYear
Total	579812	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	326851	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	282114	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	287592	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	272667	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	284607	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1453831	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	421540	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	365406	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	476429	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	369591	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	400677	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2033643	Total

Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	45200	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	25495	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	37750	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	22330	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	22395	CurrentTaxYear
Total	153170	Total

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	45200	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	25495	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	37750	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	22330	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	22395	CurrentTaxYear
Total	153170	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	1880473	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	127	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	71	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	54	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	54	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	65	CurrentTaxYear
Total	371	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	127	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	71	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	54	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	54	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	65	CurrentTaxYear
Total	371	Total

Other Income509 OtherIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	13119	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	7890	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	12294	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	9861	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	6305	CurrentTaxYear
Total	49469	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	434786	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	373367	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	488777	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	379506	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	407047	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2083483	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.90260	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.90890	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.00000	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	88693	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	88693	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	41917	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	3224	Depreciation
Book Value	38693	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	1532	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	514	Depreciation
Book Value	1018	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	635735	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	486915	Depreciation
Book Value	148820	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	277224	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	OTHER ACCRUED LIABILITIES	Description
Amount	$7,341	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	7341	TotalOfAmounts
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	372508	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal	372508	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	372508	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	358172	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	358172	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	358172	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	A COPY OF THE FORM 990 AND SCHEDULES IS EMAILED TO ALL BAORD MEMBERS FOR THEIR REVIEW AND COMMENTS PRIOR TO FILING.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS MONITORED BY THE STAFF AND REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITHOUT THE CEO PRESENT CONSIDERS THEIR BUDGET AND DETERMINES A REASONABLE SALARY FOR THE LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CEO.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	THE CEO DETERMINES THE SALARY FOR ALL THE EMPLOYEES INCLUDING GARY RUSSELL WHO IS A DIRECTOR AND AN EMPLOYEE.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE ON GUIDESTAR.ORG AS WELL AS TO ANYONE WHO REQUESTS THEM FROM THE EXPLORER'S BIBLE STUDY HEADQUARTERS.

EXPLORERS BIBLE STUDY ASSOCIATION: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Filer Filer

Name Name

US Address USAddress

Officer Officer

Preparer Preparer

Form 990 IRS990

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Address US AddressUS

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (7 entries)

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (3 entries)

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Advertising Advertising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Occupancy Occupancy

Travel Travel

Interest Interest

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Insurance Insurance

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

Total Assets TotalAssets

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Total509 Total509

Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Other Income509 OtherIncome509

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land Land

Buildings Buildings

Equipment Equipment

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

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