FISCHER FAMILY MINISTRIES INC: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: FISCHER FAMILY MINISTRIES INC (EIN 20-5678382)
Tax period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed: 2011-04-22
IRS object ID: 201101129349300100
Schema version: 2010v3.2
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 D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-04-22T08:07:35-00:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	LAWHORN AND COMPANY	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 4938	AddressLine1
City	CLEVELAND	City
State	TN	State
ZIP Code	373204938	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2010-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	205678382	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FISCHER FAMILY MINISTRIES INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	FISC	NameControl
Phone	4234739300	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 4938	AddressLine1
City	CLEVELAND	City
State	TN	State
ZIP Code	37320	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	STEVEN FISCHER	Name
Title	PRESIDENT	Title
Date Signed	2011-04-22	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	KEN LAWHORN	Name
Phone	4234739300	Phone
Date Prepared	2011-04-22	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As DoingBusinessAs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FAITH TO THE NATIONS	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	STEVEN FISCHER	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 4938	AddressLine1
City	CLEVELAND	City
State	TN	State
ZIP Code	37320	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	123012	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.fischerfm.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2006	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	TN	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	FISCHER FAMILY MINISTRIES ADVANCES THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST PRIMARILY TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE LIVING IN ASIA THROUGH TEACHING, PREACHING AND DISCIPLESHIP. FISCHER FAMILY MINISTRIES ADVANCES THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST PRIMARILY TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE LIVING IN ASIA THROUGH TEACHING, PREACHING AND DISCIPLESHIP.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	7	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	4	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	57936	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	120536	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	2476	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	57936	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	123012	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	17715	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	32750	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	0	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	51229	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	67926	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	68944	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	100676	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-11008	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	22336	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	5331	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	28485	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	5331	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	28485	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	FISCHER FAMILY MINISTRIES ADVANCES THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST PRIMARILY TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE LIVING IN ASIA THROUGH TEACHING, PREACHING AND DISCIPLESHIP.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	87978	Expense
Description	FISCHER FAMILY MINISTRIES ADVANCES THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST PRIMARILY TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE LIVING IN ASIA THROUGH TEACHING, PREACHING AND DISCIPLESHIP.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	87978	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	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	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	true	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
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBonds
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccount
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuer
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
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Info In Schedule O Part V	X	InfoInScheduleOPartV
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	1	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	false	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Form990-T Filed	false	Form990-TFiled
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
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneState
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	7	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	4	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	true	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	false	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	false	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Name Business NameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	LAWHORN & COMPANY INTERNATIONAL	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Telephone Number	4234739300	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 4938	AddressLine1
City	CLEVELAND	City
State	TN	State
ZIP Code	37312	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (7 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector
STEVEN FISCHER
PRESIDENT	040.00	X	32750	0	0
SHARMIN FISCHER
VICE PRESIDENT	040.00	X	0	0	0
HOPE ELLIS
SECRETARY/TREASURER	001.00	X	0	0	0
BRANT ATKINSON
BOARD MEMBER	001.00		0	0	0	X
JASON GRATEHOUSE
BOARD MEMBER	001.00		0	0	0	X
MARK JOHNSON
BOARD MEMBER	001.00		0	0	0	X
JOAB FISCHER
BOARD MEMBER	040.00		0	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	32750	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	120536	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	120536	TotalContributions

Gross Rents GrossRents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Personal	876	Personal

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Personal	876	Personal

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	876	TotalRevenueColumn

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn
REIMBURSEMENTS	1101
OTHER INCOME	499

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	1600	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	123012	TotalRevenueColumn

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	32750	Total
Program Services	32750	ProgramServices

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1225	Total
Management And General	1225	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fees For Services Prof Fundraising		FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	212	Total
Program Services	212	ProgramServices

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1713	Total
Management And General	1713	ManagementAndGeneral

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	30	Total
Program Services	30	ProgramServices

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	40876	Total
Program Services	40876	ProgramServices

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	633	Total
Management And General	633	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	573	Total
Management And General	573	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	Program ServicesProgramServices
LIST 1-MANAGEMENT GENERAL EXPENSES	8554	8554
LIST 2-PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES	14110		14110

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	100676	Total
Program Services	87978	ProgramServices
Management And General	12698	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	0	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5135	BOY
EOY	15093	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	7636	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	196	BOY
EOY	889	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	5500	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	633	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	4867	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5331	BOY
EOY	28485	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5331	BOY
EOY	28485	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5331	BOY
EOY	28485	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5331	BOY
EOY	28485	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	22336	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	818	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	true	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Audit Committee	false	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	77177	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	57936	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	120536	CurrentTaxYear
Total	255649	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	77177	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	57936	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	120536	CurrentTaxYear
Total	255649	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	255649	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	877	CurrentTaxYear
Total	877	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	1600	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1600	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	258126	TotalSupport
First5 Years170	X	First5Years170
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.00000	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Percentage509	0.00000	PublicSupportPercentage509
Investment Income Percentage	0.00000	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Facts And Circumstances Test	Part II Line 10 THE ORGANIZATION HAD REIMBURSEMENTS, RENTAL INCOME, AND OTHER INCOME IN TAX YEAR 2010.	FactsAndCircumstancesTest

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	5500	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	633	Depreciation
Book Value	4867	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	4867	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue	123012	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	100676	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	22336	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	22336	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990 Part V	3	THE ORGANIZATION HAD REIMBURSEMENTS, RENTAL INCOME, AND OTHER INCOME IN TAX YEAR 2010.
Form 990 Part VI	11	THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED A COPY OF ITS 2010 FORM 990 TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
Form 990 Part XI	5	ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO ASSETS AFTER ISSUANCE OF 2009 990