JAMAICA-LINK MINISTRIES INC: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: JAMAICA-LINK MINISTRIES INC (EIN 80-0076802)
Tax period: 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed: 2016-06-28
IRS object ID: 201641809349300029
Schema version: 2015v2.1
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 F
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-06-28T13:25:58-04:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	273608906	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	James H Quist CPA PLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2425 Avon Ave SW	AddressLine1Txt
City	Wyoming	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	49519	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2015-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	800076802	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Jamaica-Link Ministries Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	JAMA	BusinessNameControlTxt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2124 Woodcliff Ave SE	AddressLine1Txt
City	Grand Rapids	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	49546	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Dennis Fields	PersonNm
Person Title	Chairman	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6162407922	PhoneNum
Signature	2016-06-27	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	false	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	James H Quist CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00958612	PTIN
Phone	6164435344	PhoneNum
Preparation	2016-06-28	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-09-27 15:27:22Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Dennis Fields	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3183 Sundance Drive	AddressLine1Txt
City	Burlington	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	27217	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$277,898	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.jamaicalink.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2003	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MI	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	To advance the gospel of Jesus Christ in Jamaica through humanitarian ministries.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	6	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	5	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	665	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$56,332	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$54,762	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$207,119	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$223,118	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$46	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$18	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$263,497	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$277,898	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$152,357	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$209,282	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$24,000	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$940	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$119,909	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$114,523	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$296,266	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$323,805	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$32,769	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$45,907	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$73,935	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$29,106	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$73,935	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$29,106	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	To advance the gospel of Jesus Christ in Jamaica through humanitarian ministries.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$292,017	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$209,282	GrantAmt
Revenue	$223,118	RevenueAmt
Desc	Jamaica-Link Ministries facilitates short term mission trips for volunteers to travel, work and learn in Jamaica. In 2015, 665 individuals traveled to Jamaica to volunteer. JLM has a relationship with a Bible college, Christian churches and orphanages in Jamaica. Volunteers assist and encourage these Jamaican organizations with financial support, building supplies and teacher training to improve and enhance their outreach and effectiveness.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$13,980	ExpenseAmt
Desc	JLM hosts a the Global Leadership Summit broadcast in Jamaica. This provides an educational opportunity for leaders and pastors to learn together. In 2015, 181 individuals participated in the Global Leadership Summit.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$305,997	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	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
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
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	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (true)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	Yes (true)	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 With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
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	2	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
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
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	6	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	5	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	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	false	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
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	MI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Lindsay Gustafson	PersonNm
Phone	2699782591	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2309 Aaronsway Dr	AddressLine1Txt
City	Belmont	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	49306	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (6 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Dennis Fields
Chairman	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mary Beadner
Vice Chair	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mary Kleis
Secretary	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Richard Farmer
Member	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Steve Benedict
Member	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joseph Falconer
Member	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$27,500

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$27,500	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
All Other Contributions	$54,762	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$54,762	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Jamaican Room & Board	Desc
Business	721000	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$223,118	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$223,118	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$223,118	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$18	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$18	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$277,898	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$223,136	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$209,282	TotalAmt
Program Services	$209,282	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,041	TotalAmt
Management And General	$10,041	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,035	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,095	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$940	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$69,039	TotalAmt
Program Services	$69,039	ProgramServicesAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,183	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,828	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,355	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,014	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,014	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$377	TotalAmt
Management And General	$377	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Program Supplies	Desc
Total	$1,834	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,834	ProgramServicesAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$323,805	TotalAmt
Program Services	$305,997	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,868	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$940	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$800	BOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$73,135	BOYAmt
EOY	$29,106	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$73,935	BOYAmt
EOY	$29,106	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowSFAS117Ind

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$73,935	BOYAmt
EOY	$29,106	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$73,935	BOYAmt
EOY	$29,106	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$73,935	BOYAmt
EOY	$29,106	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$45,907	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$1,078	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$24,191	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$44,164	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$49,947	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$56,332	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$54,762	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$229,396	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$251,479	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$192,094	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$274,721	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$206,963	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$223,118	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,148,375	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$275,670	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$236,258	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$324,668	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$263,295	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$277,880	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,377,771	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,306	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$7,364	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$9,670	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$7,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$11,750	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$5,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$13,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$44,250	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$7,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$11,750	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$5,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$8,806	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$20,364	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$53,920	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$1,323,851	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$284	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$55	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$56	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$46	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$18	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$459	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$284	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$55	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$56	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$46	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$18	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$459	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$275,954	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$236,313	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$324,724	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$263,341	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$277,898	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,378,230	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.96050	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.97420	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00040	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

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

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

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)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	Central America and the Caribbean	RegionTxt
Type Of Activities Conducted	Grant making	TypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services Provided	Support and Scholars	SpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Region Total Expenditures	$209,282	RegionTotalExpendituresAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Spent	$209,282	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$209,282	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (4 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Central America and the Caribbean	operational support	$10,750	checks
Central America and the Caribbean	church support	$7,000	ck & wire
Central America and the Caribbean	operations	$130,407	ck & wire
Central America and the Caribbean	church support	$11,280	ck & wire

Foreign Individuals Grants ForeignIndividualsGrantsGrp (2 entries)

Type Of AssistanceTypeOfAssistanceTxt	RegionRegionTxt	RecipientRecipientCnt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Pastoral Support	Central America and the Caribbean	1	$5,327	ck and wire
Pastoral Support	Central America and the Caribbean	1	$27,500	ck and wire

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	false	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Use of grant monitoring procedures (Part I, line 2)	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Frequent trips by both board members and other volunteers to Jamaica allow board members to survey the results of the grants as they are put to use by the various individuals and organizations operating in Jamaica.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Committee meeting documentation Part VI line 8b	Jamaica-Link Ministries does not utilize board committees.
Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11	The 990 has been reviewed by the accountant and each board member has received a copy before filing. No formal review has or will take place.
Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c	The conflict of interest policy is disclosed to each board member. Members are required to report in writing to the chairman as soon as any conflicts are discovered.
Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19	Governing documents are available upon request.