SONS OF MARY MOTHER OF MERCY: Form 990, tax year 2025

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Organization: SONS OF MARY MOTHER OF MERCY (EIN 01-0875178)
Tax period: 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31
Filed: 2026-05-01
IRS object ID: 202601219349302310
Schema version: 2025v4.1
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2026-05-01T18:27:33-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2025-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	383630616	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	STEVE TAX PREPARER	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	14897 KENTFIELD STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	Detroit	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	48223	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2025-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	010875178	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SONS OF MARY MOTHER OF MERCY SMMM	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% REV FR MARCELINU EKENEDO	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	SONS	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5594107696	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	567 SOUTH 6TH STREET PO BOX 375	AddressLine1Txt
City	Kerman	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	93630	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	REV FR MARCELINU EKENEDO	PersonNm
Person Title	REGIONAL BURSAR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	5594107696	PhoneNum
Signature	2026-05-01	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	false	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	STEPHEN NDUKWE	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01248503	PTIN
Phone	3138708971	PhoneNum
Preparation	2026-05-01	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2025	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PUBLIC CHARITY	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	REV FR REMIGUS ONWUAMANAM	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	900 DASPIT STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	Alexandria	CityNm
State Abbreviation	LA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	71302	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,115,482	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Other	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationOtherInd
Other Organization Dsc	MISSIONARY	OtherOrganizationDsc
Formation	2010	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	OUR MISSION AS CATHOLIC PRIESTS, ARE TO PROVIDE THE WORK OF CHARITY AND LOVE TO HUMANITY CHISTIANITY, RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	4	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	0	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	4	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$988,000	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,115,482	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$988,000	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,115,482	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$998,750	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,119,605	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$998,750	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,119,605	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$10,750	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$4,123	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets EOY	$0	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$0	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	OUR MISSION AS CATHOLIC PRIESTS, ARE TO PROVIDE THE WORK OF CHARITY AND LOVE TO HUMANITY CHISTIANITY, RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,119,605	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$1,115,482	RevenueAmt
Desc	AS CATHOLIC PRIESTS OUR PURPOSE ACHIEVEMENTS ARE BAPTISMS, BIBBLE TEACHINGS, CHARITABLES, WEDDINGS, YOUTH GAMES AND DEVELOPMENTS, FUNERALS,SCIENCES, AND OTHER CHRISTIANITY WORKS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,119,605	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	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
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
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	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	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 With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
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	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
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
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	4	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	0	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	Yes (true)	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	false	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
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	REV FR MARCELINUS EKENEDO	PersonNm
Phone	5594107696	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	567 SOUTH 6TH STREET PO BOX 375	AddressLine1Txt
City	Kerman	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	93630	ZIPCd

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

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
REV JOHN AGWU
REGIONAL SUPERIOR	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
REV MARCELINUS EKENEDO
REGIONAL BURSAR	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
REV HENRY AGUWA
REGIONAL SECRETARY	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
REV FR REMIGUS ONWUAMANAM
PRINCIPAL OFFICER	40.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	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	$1,115,482	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,115,482	TotalContributionsAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,115,482	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,119,605	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,119,605	ProgramServicesAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,119,605	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,119,605	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

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

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

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

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$4,123	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$4,123	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
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)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$536,472	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$625,258	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$988,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,115,482	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,265,212	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$536,472	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$625,258	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$988,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,115,482	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,265,212	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$3,265,212	PublicSupportTotal170Amt
Total Support	$3,265,212	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$1,161,730	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	1.00000	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	1.00000	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11	N/A
Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19	N/A
List of other fees for services expenses Part IX line 11g	N/A
List of other expenses Part IX line 24e	N/A