SHIPS OF TARSHISH INC: Form 990, tax year 2025

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Organization
SHIPS OF TARSHISH INC (EIN 45-2617344)
Tax period
2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31
Filed
2026-05-11
IRS object ID
202631319349306058
Schema version
2025v4.0
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)
Return2026-05-11T17:42:15-04:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2025-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN710923901PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Chechele Law PABusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line17127 1st Ave SAddressLine1Txt
CitySt PetersburgCityNm
State AbbreviationFLStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP33707ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2025-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN452617344EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Ships of Tarshish IncBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlSHIPBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone8132642571PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line14204 Carrollwood Village DriveAddressLine1Txt
CityTAMPACityNm
State AbbreviationFLStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP33618ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonGeoffrey RogersPersonNm
Person TitlePresidentPersonTitleTxt
Phone8132642571PhoneNum
Signature2026-04-21SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid PreparerYes (true)DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preparer PersonSamantha ChechelePreparerPersonNm
PTINP00290761PTIN
Phone7273816001PhoneNum
Preparation2026-04-21PreparationDt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2025TaxYr
Build TS2025-03-06 01:10:19ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Principal OfficerGeoffrey RogersPrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line14204 Carrollwood Village DrAddressLine1Txt
CityTAMPACityNm
State AbbreviationFLStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP33618ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts$2,425GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For AffiliatesfalseGroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation2011FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateFLLegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or MissionProduction of Christian educational films,videos and television episodesActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body5VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent5VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee0TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI$0TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants$280PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants$590CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue$2,409PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue$1,441CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income$496PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income$394CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue$0CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue$3,185PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue$2,425CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid$0CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members$0CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid$0CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns$0CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense$61CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses$5,095PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses$9,176CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses$5,095PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses$9,176CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses-$1,910PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses-$6,751CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY$34,459TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY$27,708TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$0TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY$34,459NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY$27,708NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
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Significant New Program SrvcfalseSignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant ChangefalseSignificantChangeInd
Expense$2,623ExpenseAmt
Revenue$590RevenueAmt
DescDistributed film to organizations and individuals via the internet andDesc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Expense$6,029ExpenseAmt
Revenue$1,441RevenueAmt
DescIncreased digital access to media by management of e-mail lists andDesc
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses$8,652TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3Yes (true)DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B RequiredfalseScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign ActyfalsePoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying ActivitiesfalseLobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy TaxfalseSubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised FundfalseDonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation EasementsfalseConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of ArtfalseCollectionsOfArtInd
Credit CounselingfalseCreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi EndowmentsfalseDonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building EquipmentYes (true)ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other SecfalseReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related InvstfalseReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other AssetsfalseReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other LiabilitiesfalseReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 FootnotefalseIncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl StmtfalseIndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl StmtfalseConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School OperatingfalseSchoolOperatingInd
Foreign OfficefalseForeignOfficeInd
Foreign ActivitiesfalseForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To OrgfalseMoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To IndividualsfalseMoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional FundraisingfalseProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising ActivitiesfalseFundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming ActivitiesfalseGamingActivitiesInd
Operate HospitalfalseOperateHospitalInd
Grants To OrganizationsfalseGrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To IndividualsfalseGrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J RequiredfalseScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt BondsfalseTaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit TransfalseEngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit TransfalsePYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan OutstandingfalseLoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related PersonfalseGrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org MemfalseBusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam MemfalseBusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl EntfalseBusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash ContrifalseDeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art ContributionfalseDeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate OperationsfalseTerminateOperationsInd
Partial LiquidationfalsePartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded EntityfalseDisregardedEntityInd
Related EntityfalseRelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl EntfalseRelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd OrgfalseTrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted PrtshpfalseActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O RequiredfalseScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document0IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G0IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld CompliancefalseBackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee0EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over LimitfalseUnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial AccountfalseForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter TransfalseProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party NotificationfalseTaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible ContributionsfalseNondeductibleContributionsInd
DAF Excess Business HoldingsfalseDAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable DistributionsfalseTaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To DonorfalseDistributionToDonorInd
Indoor Tanning ServicesfalseIndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht PymtfalseSubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst IncfalseSubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Excs Tax Sect4951 Or4952 Or4953falseExcsTaxSect4951Or4952Or4953Ind
Info In Schedule O Part VIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members5GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member5IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business RlnYes (true)FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt DutiesfalseDelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org DocumentsfalseChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or MisusefalseMaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or StockholdersfalseMembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board MembersfalseElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To ApprovafalseDecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing BodyfalseMinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of CommitteesfalseMinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing AddressfalseOfficerMailingAddressInd
Local ChaptersfalseLocalChaptersInd
Policies Reference ChaptersYes (true)PoliciesReferenceChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn BodyYes (true)Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest PolicyYes (true)ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered PrsnYes (true)AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring EnfrcYes (true)RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower PolicyfalseWhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention PolicyfalseDocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEOfalseCompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process OtherfalseCompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint VenturefalseInvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is FldFLStatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonGeoffrey RogersPersonNm
Phone8132642571PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line14204 CarrollwooAddressLine1Txt
CityTAMPACityNm
State AbbreviationFLStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP33618ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxtAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRtAverage Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRtIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorIndReportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmtReportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmtOther CompensationOtherCompensationAmtOfficerOfficerInd
Cecil Stokes
Director50Yes (X)$0$0$0
Geoff Rogers
President400Yes (X)$0$0$0Yes (X)
Kerri Rogers
Vice President100Yes (X)$0$0$0Yes (X)
Cherie Hollis
Treasurer50Yes (X)$0$0$0Yes (X)
Sarah Manson
Secretary50Yes (X)$0$0$0Yes (X)
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K0IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees ListedfalseFormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 KfalseTotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other SrcsfalseCompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K0CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions$590AllOtherContributionsAmt
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Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescFilm DistributionDesc
Business512000BusinessCd
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Related Or Exempt Func Income$1,441RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue$1,441TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$394TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income$394RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$0TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column$2,425TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income$1,835RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$750TotalAmt
Program Services$750ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$174TotalAmt
Program Services$174ProgramServicesAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$3,579TotalAmt
Program Services$3,579ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$927TotalAmt
Program Services$464ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$463ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$12TotalAmt
Program Services$12ProgramServicesAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$3,537TotalAmt
Program Services$3,537ProgramServicesAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$136TotalAmt
Program Services$136ProgramServicesAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescBusiness RegistrationDesc
Total$61TotalAmt
Fundraising$61FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$9,176TotalAmt
Program Services$8,652ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$463ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$61FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,459BOYAmt
EOY$4,449EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$31,054BOYAmt
EOY$22,449EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss$15,900LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec$15,090LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$946BOYAmt
EOY$810EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$34,459BOYAmt
EOY$27,708EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$34,459BOYAmt
EOY$27,708EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$34,459BOYAmt
EOY$27,708EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$34,459BOYAmt
EOY$27,708EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss-$6,751ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting CashYes (X)MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedfalseFSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2Yes (X)PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind
Support Sum$0SupportSumAmt
Other Support Sum$0OtherSupportSumAmt

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$35,950CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$58,358CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,483CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$280CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$590CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$97,661TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,789CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,131CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,320CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,409CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,441CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$8,090TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$37,739CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$59,489CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$3,803CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,689CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,031CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$105,751TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509$105,751PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$3CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$379CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$496CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$395CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$1,274TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$379CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$496CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$395CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$1,274TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$37,742CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$59,490CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$4,182CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$3,185CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,426CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$107,025TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY5090.98810PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY5090.99620PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY0.01190InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY0.00380InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct LiabfalseInclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$15,900OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$15,090DepreciationAmt
Book Value$810BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$810TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSchedule L Part IV Line 28CFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationGeoff Rogers and Kerri Rogers are family members.ExplanationTxt

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