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Filing year 2024

Charleston Library Society

Charleston, South Carolina·EIN 57-0314372·3
Total revenue
$2.5M
Total assets
$15M
Total expenses
$2.2M
Reported officers
25
Mission

Our mission is to: Providing educational opportunities for all ages children through adults; Conserving, preserving, exhibiting and expanding its collections; Using technology to improve access to and understanding of the Librarys collections; (Continued on Schedule O) Offering lectures and programs on common literary and historical interests; Collaborating with other cultural institutions on subjects of common interest; Providing a literary and historical archival center for scholars, researchers and students; and Providing programs that offer life-long learning opportunities to the community.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2024

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Executive Director
$223k
$237k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 24 unpaid individuals.

Up 32%
from 2023

From $170k in 2023 to $223k in 2024.

$170k
2023
$223k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 28% in real terms$185k to $237k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

Charleston Library Society reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$2.4M
$1.9M
2023
$2.5M
$2.2M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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