Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by CHARLESTON LITERARY FESTIVAL INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,070,680
- Total expenses
- $1,010,162
- Contributions and grants received
- $886,098
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $180,182
- Investment income
- $11,583
- Other revenue
- -$7,183
- Total assets, end of year
- $539,560
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $89,516
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $450,044
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $793,667
- Management and general expenses
- $123,253
- Fundraising expenses
- $93,242
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $793,667
Program services were 78.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$53,634
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$832,464
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$26,369
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2a · Program service revenue: TICKETED LITERARY FESTIVAL
total $180,182 · related or exempt $180,182
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3 · Investment income
total $11,583 · excluded $11,583
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$4,817
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$12,000
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total -$7,183 · related or exempt -$7,183
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $75,163 · program services $56,372 · management and general $18,791
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11a · Fees: management
total $293,913 · program services $113,913 · management and general $90,000 · fundraising $90,000
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $275 · management and general $275
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11g · Fees: other
total $69,260 · program services $69,260
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $111,953 · program services $111,953
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13 · Office expenses
total $16,275 · program services $12,289 · management and general $3,986
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14 · Information technology
total $3,075 · management and general $3,075
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16 · Occupancy
total $7,634 · program services $3,817 · management and general $3,817
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17 · Travel
total $122,680 · program services $122,586 · management and general $94
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $131,141 · program services $131,141
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23 · Insurance
total $1,018 · program services $455 · management and general $563
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24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT AND VENUE RENT
total $108,897 · program services $108,897
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24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION COSTS
total $56,750 · program services $56,446 · fundraising $304
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24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS
total $12,128 · program services $6,538 · management and general $2,652 · fundraising $2,938
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $369,617 · end of year $163,514
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $100,789 · end of year $374,892
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $6,402
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15 · Other assets
end of year $1,154
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $55,850
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19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $33,666
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $476,808 · end of year $450,044
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
CHARLESTON LITERARY FESTIVAL, INC. PRODUCES A CURATED, ANNUAL PROGRAM OF EVENTS WITH A DISTINCTLY INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR IN THE HISTORIC SETTING OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)
Activities or mission (Part I)
CHARLESTON LITERARY FESTIVAL, INC. HOSTS AN ANNUAL CURATED PROGRAM OF EVENTS (LIVE AND VIRTUAL) WITH A DISTINCTIVE INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR CELEBRATING CHARLESTON'S TRADITION OF LITERARY AND ARTISTIC APPRECIATION.
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THE SEVENTH CHARLESTON LITERARY FESTIVAL TOOK PLACE FROM 3 - 12 NOVEMBER 2023. THE 2023 FESTIVAL WAS MOSTLY COMPRISED OF LIVE EVENTS, INCLUDING THREE PANELS AND THREE VIRTUAL SESSIONS, OF DIVERSE PROGRAMMING IN TERMS OF SPEAKERS AND TOPICS. THE MAJORITY OF THE 2023 FESTIVAL SESSIONS WERE FILMED AND RECORDED FOR LATER USE.
Expenses $793,667 · Revenue $180,182
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Deborah GageDEBORAH GAGE
FOUNDER AND
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Walter FiederowiczWALTER FIEDEROWICZ
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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Wenda Harris MillardWENDA HARRIS MILLARD
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Anne BlessingANNE BLESSING
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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James MarinoJAMES MARINO
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Summer AndersonSUMMER ANDERSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jasmine BurnsJASMINE BURNS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Sam EasleySAM EASLEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Paul GalvaniPAUL GALVANI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Laura GatesLAURA GATES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Belinda GergelBELINDA GERGEL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Deborah Kennedy KennardDEBORAH KENNEDY KENNARD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Dr Kim LongDR KIM LONG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Leigh McNairyLEIGH MCNAIRY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Victor YoungVICTOR YOUNG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Sarah MoriartySARAH MORIARTY
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $75,163
- From this org
- $75,163
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 14 May 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.0
- Source object
- 202441359349303869
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