STREAMS OF MERCY INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: STREAMS OF MERCY INC (EIN 47-0930787)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-08-08
IRS object ID: 201212219349301266
Schema version: 2011v1.2
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	2012-08-08T14:04:05-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DOWNING & ASSOCIATES INC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1400 DIVIDEND DR	AddressLine1
City	SPRINGDALE	City
State	AR	State
ZIP Code	727646942	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	470930787	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	STREAMS OF MERCY INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	STRE	NameControl
Phone	2034445300	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 3220	AddressLine1
City	MCKINNEY	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	75070	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	WILSON NEASE	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	2034445300	Phone
Date Signed	2012-04-26	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	DAN DOWNING EA	Name
Phone	4797516615	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-04-30	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	WILSON NEASE	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 3220	AddressLine1
City	MCKINNEY	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	75070	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	296418	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.STREAMSOFMERCY.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2003	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	TX	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	STREAMS OF MERCY INC IS A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO UPHOLDING THE VALUE OF HUMANITY BY PROVIDING RELIEF EFFORTS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CARE FOR CHILDREN IN IMPROVERSIHED AND UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS OF THE WORLD.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	3	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	3	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	252123	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	296418	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Current Year	0	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	252123	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	296418	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Current Year	0	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	18402	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	238412	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	285246	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	238412	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	285246	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	13711	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	11172	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	48499	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	54624	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	9032	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	3985	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	39467	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	50639	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	STREAMS OF MERCY INC IS A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO UPHOLDING THE VALUE OF HUMANITY BY PROVIDING RELIEF EFFORTS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CARE FOR CHILDREN IN IMPROVERSIHED AND UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS OF THE WORLD.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Description	STREAMS OF MERCY INC IS A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION TO UPHOLDING THE VALUE OF HUMANITY BY PROVIDING RELIEF EFFORTS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CARE FOR CHILDREN IN IMPROVERSIHED AND UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS OF THE WORLD.	Description

Activity Other ActivityOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	242512	Expense
Description	STREAMS OF MERCY INC IS A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO UPHOLDING THE VALUE OF HUMANITY BY PROVIDING RELIEF EFFORTS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CARE FOR CHILDREN IN IMPOVERSHIED AND UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS OF THE WORLD.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Other Program Service Exp	242512	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceExp
Total Program Service Expense	242512	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	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
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	false	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	false	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
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
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	3	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	3	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	false	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	false	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	WILSON NEASE	NamePerson
Telephone Number	9725480003	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	P O BOX 3220	AddressLine1
Address Line2	P O BOX 3020	AddressLine2
City	MCKINNEY	City
State	TX	State
ZIP Code	75070	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	X	NoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (2 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
JAMES DOHERTY
TREASURER	10.00	X	X	0	0	0
JIM EHRMAN
SECRETARY	5.00	X	X	0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Federated Campaigns	1	FederatedCampaigns
All Other Contributions	296417	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	296418	TotalContributions

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	296418	TotalRevenueColumn

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1825	Total
Management And General	1825	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	813	Total
Management And General	813	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1658	Total
Management And General	1658	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	34919	Total
Program Services	15269	ProgramServices
Management And General	7508	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	12142	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2320	Total
Program Services	2320	ProgramServices

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	755	Total
Management And General	755	ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	290	Total
Program Services	290	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
ORPHANAGE EXPENSE	221189	221189
OFFICE EXPENSE	5431		5431
WEB DESIGN	3587			3587
TELEPHONE	3327		3327

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9132	Total
Program Services	3444	ProgramServices
Management And General	3015	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2673	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	285246	Total
Program Services	242512	ProgramServices
Management And General	24332	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	18402	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	47987	BOY
EOY	54402	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	3974	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	3752	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	512	BOY
EOY	222	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	48499	BOY
EOY	54624	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	9032	BOY
EOY	3985	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	9032	BOY
EOY	3985	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	39467	BOY
EOY	50639	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	39467	BOY
EOY	50639	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	48499	BOY
EOY	54624	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	11172	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited

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 Minus4 Years	50518	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	137699	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	199400	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	252123	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	296417	CurrentTaxYear
Total	936157	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	50518	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	137699	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	199400	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	252123	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	296417	CurrentTaxYear
Total	936157	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	936157	PublicSupportTotal170
Total Support	936157	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	1.00000	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	1.00000	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	3974	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	3752	Depreciation
Book Value	222	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	222	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	STREAMS OF MERCY INC IS A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO UPHOLDING THE VALUE OF HUMANITY BY PROVIDING RELIEF EFFORTS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CARE FOR CHILDREN IN IMPROVERSIHED AND UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS OF THE WORLD.
ALL OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT DESCRIPTION	FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D	STREAMS OF MERCY INC IS A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO UPHOLDING THE VALUE OF HUMANITY BY PROVIDING RELIEF EFFORTS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CARE FOR CHILDREN IN IMPOVERSHIED AND UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS OF THE WORLD.
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC