Liabilities / Assets
60th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
EIN 26-3254664 • 501(c)3 • Dallas, TX
Profile
Religious Services that are Christian based and influenced in three major areas of evangelism, instruction, and mercy ministries. Evangelism is traditional proclamation and written communication of the Gospel of Jesus. Instruction is the impartation of both sacred and secular information to those who want more knowledge in either the Christian faith or another area of life. Mercy Ministries, is a broad range of services or events that are done for no cost to the recipient.
Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.
Liabilities / Assets
60th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Liabilities / Revenue
62nd percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
20th percentile
Higher net margin than 20% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
93rd percentile
Higher top officer pay than 93% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 51.5% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
14th percentile
Faster asset growth than 14% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
25th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 25% of similar nonprofits.
Assets
Down$8,327
Down $26,544 (-76%) from 2023
Liabilities
Flat$0
Flat from 2023
Net Assets
Down$8,327
Down $26,544 (-76%) from 2023
Revenue
Down$93,594
Down $47,483 (-34%) from 2023
Expenses
Down$120,138
Down $6,745 (-5.3%) from 2023
Net Income
Down-$26,544
Down $40,738 (-287%) from 2023
Most recent year
2024 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
| Balance Sheet | Operations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Assets | Liabilities | Net Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Net Income |
| 2024Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year. | $0.08 | $0.00 | $0.08 | $0.94 | $1.20 | $0.27 |
| 2023XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending. | $0.35 | $0.00 | $0.35 | $1.41 | $1.27 | $0.14 |
Religious Services that are Christian based and influenced in three major areas of evangelism, instruction, and mercy ministries. Evangelism is traditional proclamation and written communication of the Gospel of Jesus. Instruction is the impartation of both sacred and secular information to those who want more knowledge in either the Christian faith or another area of life. Mercy Ministries, is a broad range of services or events that are done for no cost to the recipient.
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| In the course of calendar year 2024 Sow the Love Ministries (STLM) brought either evangelism, instruction, or mercy ministries (or a combination of the three) to various location in the US, Panama. The main focus of the religious services were provided in the Nueces County area- Corpus Christi TX and Port Aransas. STLM partnered with and engaged through YWAM Ships of Corpus Christi and local churches to provide ministerial services of prayer ministry, instruction, group leadership, public proclamation or street evangelism as well as pulpit ministry at a church in Port Aransas TX. through these efforts the number of people impacted is estimated to be around 825 individuals. | $0 | $0 |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Schmidt | President | FT | $48,180 | - | $48,180 |
| Holly Schmidt | Vice President | FT | $17,095 | - | $17,095 |
| Andrea Cooper | Secretary | - | $0 | - | - |
| Kim Tijerina | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
“Line 16 Other Expenses: Bank Charges & Fees 596.97. Books, library access, eBooks 32.46. Car & Truck 484.15. Donor Relations 65.93. Auto Insurance 942.71. Meals & Entertainment 800.51. Membership Fees 899.00. Office Supplies & Software 247.93. Other Expenses 5,310.84. Supplies 500.00 Telecommunications 961.74 Travel 14,009.30. Other changes in net assets or fund balances:”
“Line 20, Line 24(A), Line 24(B) Other changes in net assets or fund balances: On our 2023 990-EZ, 2,516 was mistakenly classified as an asset. It should have been classified as benevolence expense. For the 2024 990-EZ, net assets decreased 2,516 and benevolence expense increased 2,516 as of December 31, 2024”
This appendix keeps the raw XML leaves available for debugging and edge-case review. The human report above is the primary experience.
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| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 0 | Line 16 Other Expenses: Bank Charges & Fees 596.97. Books, library access, eBooks 32.46. Car & Truck 484.15. Donor Relations 65.93. Auto Insurance 942.71. Meals & Entertainment 800.51. Membership Fees 899.00. Office Supplies & Software 247.93. Other Expenses 5,310.84. Supplies 500.00 Telecommunications 961.74 Travel 14,009.30. Other changes in net assets or fund balances: |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 1 | Line 20, Line 24(A), Line 24(B) Other changes in net assets or fund balances: On our 2023 990-EZ, 2,516 was mistakenly classified as an asset. It should have been classified as benevolence expense. For the 2024 990-EZ, net assets decreased 2,516 and benevolence expense increased 2,516 as of December 31, 2024 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 0 | Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 1 | Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 |
| ReturnHeader/BuildTS | 0 | 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z |
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| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/SignatureDt | 0 | 2025-10-14 |
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| ReturnHeader/ReturnTs | 0 | 2025-11-04T14:15:01-07:00 |
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| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodBeginDt | 0 | 2024-01-01 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodEndDt | 0 | 2024-12-31 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxYr | 0 | 2024 |
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