2025-03-21T12:33:59-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 992331961 ALAN OWEN MINISTRIES GROUP INC ALAN 2077054782 12 Stardust Lane Hermon ME 04401 Charles Owen Director 2077054782 2025-02-21 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X Charles Alan Owen 12 Stardust Lane Hermon ME 04401 51400 0 X X 2024 AL Religious organization engaging in evangelism and missionary activities. X 1 1 0 1 0 0 49552 51400 0 0 0 0 0 0 49552 51400 49552 51400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49552 51400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X Religious organization engaging in evangelism and missionary activities. 1 1 50000 0 50000 The organization was transferred a small collection of intellectual property consisting of a collection of eulogies and biographical tributes previously held by the now-dissolved U.K. charity, Owen Ministries Ltd. This intellectual property comprises written tributes honoring deceased children, which were provided at no cost to grieving families for use in funerals, obituaries, memorial services, and online publications. This program aligns with IRS-recognized charitable purposes under IRC Section 501(c)(3) as it: 1. Advances religion and charitable support by offering written memorial tributes that provide emotional comfort, spiritual healing, and remembrance to grieving families. 2. Provides literary and educational contributions by preserving the memory of deceased children through carefully crafted biographical tributes, ensuring that families have access to high-quality, meaningful memorials. 3. Relieves distress by supporting families navigating the grief process, offering compassionate, free-of-charge services that otherwise might require financial resources they do not have. 550 550 0 Donation of computer and technology equipment to a private, nonprofit, christian K-12 School. 0 0 0 The organization generated via work-for-hire intellectual property consisting of a collection of eulogies and biographical tributes. This intellectual property comprises written tributes honoring deceased children, which were provided at no cost to grieving families for use in funerals, obituaries, memorial services, and online publications. This program aligns with IRS-recognized charitable purposes under IRC Section 501(c)(3) as it: 1. Advances religion and charitable support by offering written memorial tributes that provide emotional comfort, spiritual healing, and remembrance to grieving families. 2. Provides literary and educational contributions by preserving the memory of deceased children through carefully crafted biographical tributes, ensuring that families have access to high-quality, meaningful memorials. 3. Relieves distress by supporting families navigating the grief process, offering compassionate, free-of-charge services that otherwise might require financial resources they do not have. The value of the intellectual property was $127,500 850 850 0 Donated to various pentecostal churches within the area in the form of offerings. 0 0 0 Established 3 subsidiary nonprofit organizations. They are incorporated in New Zealand, Canada, and Lithuania. This Corporation is the sole member of these nonprofits, effectively causing our ministry to function as a holdings company for the subsidiaries. We provided support and oversight of these subsidiaries. 850 850 0 51400 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 X Charles Alan Owen 2077054782 439 Foreside Road Topsham ME 04086 X Charles Alan Owen Director 25 3 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50000 0 1400 50000 51400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51400 0 0 0 1400 1400 50000 50000 51400 51400 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 49552 51400 100952 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49552 51400 100952 2522 1400 3922 0 0 0 0 0 0 2522 1400 3922 97030 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49552 51400 100952 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1 757678 0 757678 0 0 Schedule D, Part IV, Line 1b Consists of all of the remaining Intellectual Property not distributed to other charities from the U.K. dissolving charity which merged into our Corporation. Our Corporation never held rights to the I.P. but held onto the rights with the requirement of transferring the title to a trust upon its establishment. Therefore, as it was held in escrow, it was never reported as an asset of the Company in this filing. A Subsidiary entitled "Hope Beyond Horizons Ministry Inc." was established to receive the rights to the I.P. The subsidiary is a New Zealand Charitable Incorporated Trust which is wholly owned by this Corporation. Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) 0 0 Fundraising Received title from dissolving UK charity of intellectual property for charitable use. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Schedule F, Part IV Corporation has ownership interest in a trust established in New Zealand and governed by New Zealand law. However, due to the structure of the trust deed, it meets IRS Safe Harbor provisions to be treated as a domestic trust. 0 The intellectual property consisting of bibliographical tributes and eulogies was released to the public domain, meaning, it was no longer an asset of our corporation and value of the asset (as it was no longer an asset to anyone) became $0. This allowed the tributes to be used freely by the public for the public interest without requiring any approval by our Corporation, allowing families and interested persons to utilize the bibliographical tributes freely. 237 0 177500 Fair Market Value Intellectual Property of Eulogies and bibliographical tributes. Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 The $330 of equipment was installed by the church with the support of a volunteer of the Corporation. The $50,000 was not a grant, but is entered as an expense due to the release of the copyright rights to the Public Domain. X 1 50000 FMV 0 0 1 0 Intellectual Property consisting of eulogies and bibliographical tributes. 2024-12-31 50000 Fair market value based on average pricing online. Public Domain No Address Not Applicable ME 04401 0 0 0 0 Schedule N, Part I, Line 1 The copyright was released to the public domain. This means that the Corporation no longer reserved any rights to the intellectual property and released all rights to the general public. The Corporation decided, that since the IP doesn't provide any revenues to the Corporation, to release the tributes for public use. This action reduced the financial value of the Intellectual Property to 0. Form 990, Header, Line B Incorrectly reported assets held in escrow. Amended return to properly report the held assets. Form 990, Part III, Line 2 Corporation now functions as a holdings corporation for a variety of charitable subsidiaries that are nonprofit corporations which were incorporated outside of the United States, and primarily has been providing an assisting role in the operation of the subsidiaries. They are established as supporting organizations for the Corporation. Also, we received title to a small collection of intellectual property via a merger of a U.K. charity into our nonprofit, which consists of eulogies and bibliographical tributes for children that passed away. They were written and owned by the merging entity. We maintained ownership and maintained the publication of the tributes online while permitting the usage for obituaries and other online resources. Form 990, Part III, Line 3 In the previous fiscal year, we received a large donation of computer equipment. However, since the majority of the equipment was not usable by our nonprofit at the time, it was donated to Good Will. However, this was never intended to be a normal function of our ministry. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 4 Converted from a Kansas nonprofit to an Alabama Nonprofit Corporation. The Articles no longer contain language establishing us as an association of churches. We are now purely a religious nonprofit corporation that is publicly supported. We removed provisions constituting us as an association of churches as part of the application process for IRS recognition of charitable status. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 The Members of the Corporation exercises powers of the Board of Directors. The Articles of Incorporation, as authorized by Alabama Law, transfer the powers and duties of the Board of Directors directly to the membership class. It presently has one member. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a The Articles of the Corporation places the authority of the Board of Directors directly to the membership of the corporation. Members exercise the authority of the Board. The incorporator, Charles Alan Owen, per the Articles, has sole authority to appoint members into the Corporation. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The sole member which acts with board authority prepared and filed this 990. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c There was only one member on the board in this fiscal year. However, there is no salary or any matters that required the application of the conflict of interest policies. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All information has always been available upon request. Alan Owen Ministries Incorporated 310 Wall Street Saskatoon Saskatchewan CA S7K1N7 981730081 Evangelism CA 501(c)(3) 170(b)(1)(A)(i) Alan Owen Ministries Group Inc 1 ATGIMIMO IR SUSITAIKYMO TARNYSTE ARCHITEKTU G 56 101 VILNIUS VILNIUS LH LT-04111 320778951 Evangelism LH 501(c)(3) 170(b)(1)(A)(i) Alan Owen Ministries Group Inc 1 Hope Beyond Horizons Ministry Inc 12 Stardust Lane Hermon ME 04401 365124942 Evangelism and Spiritual Counseling ME Alan Owen Ministries Group Inc T 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Alan Owen Ministries Incorporated n 0 Shared same office space. ATGIMIMO IR SUSITAIKYMO TARNYSTE n 0 Shared same office space. Hope Beyond Horizons Ministry Inc n 0 Shared same office space. Hope Beyond Horizons Ministry Inc r 757678 Fair market value. Consists of all of the remaining Intellectual Property not distributed to other charities from the U.K. dissolving charity. Our Corporation never held rights to the I.P. but held onto the title with the requirement of transferring the title to the trust upon its establishment. Therefore, as it was held in escrow, it was never reported as an asset of the Company in this filing.