Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by SUSTAIN SOUTH CAROLINA INTERSECTION COMMERCE AND CONSERVATION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,113,749
- Total expenses
- $992,524
- Contributions and grants received
- $802,900
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $302,025
- Investment income
- $7,824
- Other revenue
- $1,000
- Total assets, end of year
- $908,616
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $293,307
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $615,309
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $981,882
- Management and general expenses
- $10,642
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $981,882
Program services were 98.9% 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)
$227,150
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$575,750
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2a · Program service revenue: Annual Event Sponsorships
total $88,675 · related or exempt $88,675
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2b · Program service revenue: Event Ticket Sales
total $2,000 · related or exempt $2,000
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2c · Program service revenue: LAWAP Mangement Fee
total $11,250 · related or exempt $11,250
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2d · Program service revenue: SLI Tuition
total $105,600 · related or exempt $105,600
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2e · Program service revenue: Sponsorships - Other Even
total $94,500 · related or exempt $94,500
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3 · Investment income
total $7,824 · related or exempt $7,824
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: Credit Card Rebates
total $1,000 · related or exempt $1,000
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11e · Other revenue, total
$1,000
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $510,050 · program services $510,050
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $22,572 · program services $22,572
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $39,779 · program services $39,779
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $137,482 · program services $137,482
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,891 · program services $1,891
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14 · Information technology
total $750 · program services $750
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $0
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17 · Travel
total $0
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $140,664 · program services $140,664
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $10,642 · management and general $10,642
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24a · Other expenses: Sustainability Leadership
total $66,259 · program services $66,259
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24b · Other expenses: Bad Debt Expense
total $35,840 · program services $35,840
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24c · Other expenses: Professional Membership
total $17,544 · program services $17,544
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24d · Other expenses: Subscriptions
total $3,038 · program services $3,038
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24e · All other expenses
total $6,013 · program services $6,013
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $334,611 · end of year $496,456
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $433,000 · end of year $412,160
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $193 · end of year $10,799
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19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $272,250
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $71,912 · end of year $10,258
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $695,506 · end of year $539,631
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
end of year $75,678
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
We are connecting the sustainability goals of business in South Carolina with local solutions for the benefit of our economy, environment, and people.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Sustain SC exists to build and grow a more sustainable future for South Carolina at the intersection of commerce and conservation. To do this, Sustain SC works with businesses to help them meet their sustainability goals.Sustain SC focuses on four pillars: grow our economy through economic development and recruitment; help organizations flourish in South Carolina; assist municipalities in improving resiliency; and educate decision makers on the economic importance of sustainability.
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Sustain SC exists to build and grow a more sustainable future for South Carolina at the intersection of commerce and conservation. To do this, Sustain SC works with businesses to help them meet their sustainability goals.Sustain SC focuses on four pillars: grow our economy through economic development and recruitment; help organizations flourish in South Carolina; assist municipalities in improving resiliency; and educate decision makers on the economic importance of sustainability.
Expenses $981,882 · Revenue $302,025
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Leslie Skardon
CEO
- Total calculated
- $163,750
- From this org
- $163,750
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $155,750
- Bonus
- $8,000
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $163,750
-
Cynthia Davis
Senior VP Commerce
- Total calculated
- $122,870
- From this org
- $122,870
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Kristen Gunter
Senior VP Conservation
- Total calculated
- $115,000
- From this org
- $115,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Emily Skaggs
Marketing & Events Coordinator
- Total calculated
- $101,643
- From this org
- $101,643
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Blaire Belk
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ashley McLeod
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Anna DeLage
Ex-Officio
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nancy Thompson
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Susie Shannon
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Maria Whitehead
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Norris Thigpen
Ex-Officio
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John Boyd
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sean Connolly
Ex-Officio
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ben Duncan
Ex-Officio
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Travis Tarbet
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Robert Etheridge
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kristy Ellenberg
Ex-Officio
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Shannon Bobertz
Ex-Officio
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Scott Phillips
Ex-Officio
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Trip Chavis
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Hope Lanier Freeman
Past Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John Lummus
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Danny Kassis
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dale Threatt-Taylor
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
None.
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 6 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202601269349300600
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