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US nonprofit · EIN 640953548 · Arlington, TXiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 640953548) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2012.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data
Exemption reinstated on 15 May 2010. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 May 2010 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.

Sowing Seeds of Joy Inc's network

11 people3 organisationsi11 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (11). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

11 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 11 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Lee Patterson ChairChairman2019
7 yrs
Andre WaitVice Chair2020
6 yrs
Chanel HolmesBoard Director2019
7 yrs
Keisha JosephDirector2020
6 yrs
Lori PearsonTreasurer2019
7 yrs
Ron Nelson (also filed as Ron Nelson)President2019
7 yrs
Star NelsonExecutive Dir.2019
7 yrs
Sharon PughCompany secretary2019
7 yrs
Sheila PattersonBoard Director2019
7 yrs
Steve HolmesBoard Director2019
7 yrs
Tamika MillerBoard Director2019
7 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 11 →

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Ron NelsonPresident2018
Star NelsonExecutive Director2018

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Ron NelsonPresident60$0
Star NelsonExecutive Dir.60$0
Sharon PughSecretary11$0
Lori PearsonTreasurer11$0
Steve HolmesBoard Director11$0
Chanel HolmesBoard Director11$0
Andre WaitVice Chair11$0
Melissa CrockerDirector0$0
Christopher CrockerDirector0$0
Tamika MillerChairman11$0
Dennis WebbDirector0$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Sowing Seeds of Joy Inc
EIN
640953548
Address
Po Box 181115, Arlington, TX, 76096-1115
State
Texas
Mission
To connect, equip, train and mobilize all people with a special emphasis on people of color, to advance God's Kingdom through global missions and outreach. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
X20 Religion-related
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Religion-Related
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2007
Principal officer
Star Nelson (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 April 2012
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsLee Patterson
≥7years on the filingsChanel Holmes
≥7years on the filingsLori Pearson
≥7years on the filingsRon Nelson

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$289k
Total liabilities
$111k
Net assets or fund balances
$178k
Contributions and grants received
$67k
Program service revenue
$162k
Employees
2
Volunteers
10

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
Sowing Seeds Of Joy, Inc likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, entity data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
Texas
Status
Not stated
Formed
Not stated
Registered agent
Not stated

This register does not publish officers or directors.