BROTHERHOOD PRISON MINISTRIES INC

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $67K · expenses $70K · assets $239

EIN
42-1507141
Address
PO BOX 333, KALONA, IA 52247-0333
NTEE code
X90
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
November 2000 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
Principal officer
Lynn Helmuth (its 2025 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2025 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

PROVIDE RELIGIOUS SERVICES FOR PRISIONERS

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 4 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

4 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Stan Shetler PRESIDENT2010-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Firman Hershberger VICE PRES2010-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Lynn Helmuth TREASURER2010-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Marlin D Miller SECRETARY2010-2024 2 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STAN SHETLER PRESIDENT2 $0-- $01
FIRMAN HERSHBERGER VICE PRES2 $0-- $01
LYNN HELMUTH TREASURER2 $0-- $01
MARLIN D MILLER SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2023 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STAN SHETLER PRESIDENT2 $0-- $01
FIRMAN HERSHBERGER VICE PRES2 $0-- $01
LYNN HELMUTH TREASURER2 $0-- $01
MARLIN D MILLER SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2022 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STAN SHETLER PRESIDENT2 $0-- $01
FIRMAN HERSHBERGER VICE PRES2 $0-- $01
LYNN HELMUTH TREASURER2 $0-- $01
MARLIN D MILLER SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2021 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STAN SHETLER PRESIDENT2 $0-- $01
FIRMAN HERSHBERGER VICE PRES2 $0-- $01
LYNN HELMUTH TREASURER2 $0-- $01
MARLIN D MILLER SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2020 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STAN SHETLER PRESIDENT2 $0-- $01
FIRMAN HERSHBERGER VICE PRES2 $0-- $01
LYNN HELMUTH TREASURER2 $0-- $01
MARLIN D MILLER SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2019 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STAN SHETLER PRESIDENT2 $0-- $01
FIRMAN HERSHBERGER VICE PRES2 $0-- $01
LYNN HELMUTH TREASURER2 $0-- $01
MARLIN D MILLER SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2018 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STAN SHETLER PRESIDENT2 $0-- $01
FIRMAN HERSHBERGER VICE PRES2 $0-- $01
LYNN HELMUTH TREASURER2 $0-- $01
MARLIN D MILLER SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2017 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STAN SHETLER PRESIDENT2 $0-- $01
FIRMAN HERSHBERGER VICE PRES2 $0-- $01
LYNN HELMUTH TREASURER2 $0-- $01
MARLIN D MILLER SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2016 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STAN SHETLER PRESIDENT2 $0-- $01
FIRMAN HERSHBERGER VICE PRES2 $0-- $01
LYNN HELMUTH TREASURER2 $0-- $01
MARLIN D MILLER SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2015 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STAN SHETLER PRESIDENT2 $0-- $01
FIRMAN HERSHBERGER VICE PRES2 $0-- $01
LYNN HELMUTH TREASURER2 $0-- $01
MARLIN D MILLER SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2014 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STAN SHETLER PRESIDENT1 $0-- $01
FIRMAN HERSHBERGER VICE PRES1 $0-- $01
LYNN HELMUTH TREASURER1 $0-- $01
MARLIN D MILLER SECRETARY1 $0-- $01
2013 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STAN SHETLER PRESIDENT1 $0-- $01
FIRMAN HERSHBERGER VICE PRES1 $0-- $01
LYNN HELMUTH TREASURER1 $0-- $01
MARLIN D MILLER SECRETARY1 $0-- $01
2012 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STAN SHETLER PRESIDENT1 $0-- $01
FIRMAN HERSHBERGER VICE PRES1 $0-- $01
LYNN HELMUTH TREASURER1 $0-- $01
MARLIN D MILLER SECRETARY1 $0-- $01
2011 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STAN SHETLER PRESIDENT1 $0-- $01
FIRMAN HERSHBERGER VICE PRES1 $0-- $01
LYNN HELMUTH TREASURER1 $0-- $01
MARLIN D MILLER SECRETARY1 $0-- $01
2010 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STAN SHETLER PRESIDENT1 $0-- $01
FIRMAN HERSHBERGER VICE PRES1 $0-- $01
LYNN HELMUTH TREASURER1 $0-- $01
MARLIN D MILLER SECRETARY1 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$66,861$69,751 $239$239 $66,861- ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$66,384$68,089 $3,129$3,129 $66,384- ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$94,844$98,427 $4,834$4,834 $94,844- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$92,961$87,576 $8,417$8,417 $92,961- ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$87,408$83,195 $3,032$3,032 $87,408- ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$86,856$95,572 $0-$1,181 $86,856- ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$89,589$88,156 $7,535$7,535 $89,589- ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$101,653$96,135 $6,102$6,102 $101,653- ---
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$93,655$98,047 $584$584 $93,655- ---
2015 · Form 990EZ period ending 2015-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$98,692$95,671 $4,976$4,976 $98,692- ---
2014 · Form 990EZ period ending 2014-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$111,976$104,475 $5,836$5,836 $96,428- ---
2013 · Form 990EZ period ending 2013-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$51,754$55,309 $0-$1,665 $46,475- ---
2012 · Form 990EZ period ending 2012-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$51,318$51,392 $1,890$1,890 $47,727- ---
2011 · Form 990EZ period ending 2011-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$49,973$48,500 $1,987$1,987 $48,021- ---
2010 · Form 990EZ period ending 2010-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$68,225$68,202 $514$514 $68,225- ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $108,000 in all, tax years 2020 to 2021. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
HILLS BANK DONOR ADVISED GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2020-2021 2$108,000 2021$72,000
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Where the money went

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $69,751 spent · pay $43,743 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $43,743 62.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $25,698 36.8%
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2023 · Form 990EZ · $68,089 spent · pay $44,883 · grants $0 · events $0
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Fees to independent contractors $2,925 4.3%
Total$68,089100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $98,427 spent · pay $45,496 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
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Fees to independent contractors $28,200 28.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $24,731 25.1%
Total$98,427100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $87,576 spent · pay $54,539 · grants $0 · events $0
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Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $11,877 13.6%
Total$87,576100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $95,572 spent · pay $38,470 · grants $0 · events $0
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2018 · Form 990EZ · $88,156 spent · pay $37,334 · grants $0 · events $0
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Salaries, other pay and benefits $37,334 42.3%
Fees to independent contractors $30,210 34.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $20,612 23.4%
Total$88,156100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $96,135 spent · pay $48,894 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $48,894 50.9%
Fees to independent contractors $26,581 27.6%
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2016 · Form 990EZ · $98,047 spent · pay $48,867 · grants $0 · events $0
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Salaries, other pay and benefits $48,867 49.8%
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Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $22,070 22.5%
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2015 · Form 990EZ · $95,671 spent · pay $48,234 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $48,234 50.4%
Fees to independent contractors $29,295 30.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $18,142 19.0%
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2014 · Form 990EZ · $104,475 spent · pay $48,446 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $48,446 46.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $33,499 32.1%
Fees to independent contractors $22,530 21.6%
Total$104,475100%

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2013 · Form 990EZ · $55,309 spent · pay $30,882 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $30,882 55.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $24,427 44.2%
Total$55,309100%

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2012 · Form 990EZ · $51,392 spent · pay $33,339 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $33,339 64.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $18,053 35.1%
Total$51,392100%

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2011 · Form 990EZ · $48,500 spent · pay $37,222 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $37,222 76.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $11,278 23.3%
Total$48,500100%

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2010 · Form 990EZ · $68,202 spent · pay $40,425 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $40,425 59.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $27,777 40.7%
Total$68,202100%

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