2020-01-15T10:44:24-06:00 2019-08-31 205788602 GLASER AND COMPANY LLC 149 E BAY ST SUITE 200 CHARLESTON SC 294013134 990 2018-09-01 813123725 CHARLESTON TO CHARLESTON INC CHAR 8436193000 PO BOX 1825 CHARLESTON SC 29402 WALTER FIEDEROWICZ SECRETARY/DIRECTOR 8436973833 2020-01-14 true ERIK M GLASER CPA P00724565 8438490179 2020-01-15 162.217.140.173 2020-01-15 10:44:24 CS P C7502B9BE47F9B8354F737866145CBAECF522AE1 C7502B9BE47F9B8354F737866145CBAECF522AE1 2018 2020-11-06 18:47:13Z THE CHARLESTON TO CHARLESTON DEBORAH GAGE PO BOX 1825 CHARLESTON SC 29402 365368 false X WWW.CHARLESTONTOCHARLESTON.COM X 2016 SC THE CHARLESTON TO CHARLESTON LITERARY FESTIVAL AIMS TO INSPIRE RATIONAL AND HUMANE DISCOURSE AND A CULTURE OF LIFELONG LEARNING BY CREATING A WORLD- CLASS, INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE AND IDEAS IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. PAIRING INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS IN UNIQUE COMBINATIONS IN A CITY RICH WITH HISTORY AND CULTURE, THE FESTIVAL'S SECOND YEAR WAS MET WITH ACCLAIM FROM SPEAKERS, ATTENDEES, BOARD AND STAFF ALIKE. 10 10 0 25 0 123930 280979 118956 84121 3 268 0 242889 365368 0 0 0 0 35408 164785 265811 164785 265811 78104 99557 105953 205510 0 105953 205510 X THE CHARLESTON TO CHARLESTON LITERARY FESTIVAL AIMS TO INSPIRE RATIONAL AND HUMANE DISCOURSE AND A CULTURE OF LIFELONG LEARNING BY CREATING A WORLD- CLASS, INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE AND IDEAS IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. PAIRING INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS IN A CITY RICH WITH HISTORY AND CULTURE, THE FESTIVAL COMPLETED ITS FIRST YEAR IN NOVEMBER 2017 TO HIGH ACCLAIM AND EXCITEMENT. false false 190069 84121 THE SECOND CHARLESTON TO CHARLESTON LITERARY FESTIVAL TOOK PLACE FROM NOVEMBER 8-11, 2018, AND WAS CONSIDERED A RESOUNDING SUCCESS. FEATURING A LINEUP OF SPEAKERS THAT INCLUDED PULITZER PRIZE WINNING PHOTOGRAPHER LYNSEY ADDARIO, BESTSELLING AUTHOR MADELINE MILLER, BRITISH NOBLEMAN AND HISTORIAN CHARLES SPENCER, LEGENDARY MAGAZINE EDITOR TINA BROWN, AND MANY OTHERS, IT WAS A WEEKEND FULL OF CONVERSATIONS, DEBATES, AND EXCITEMENT. THE FESTIVAL HOSTED 14 EVENTS OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR DAYS AND TOPICS RANGED FROM BRITISH ART TO GREEK GODS AND GODESSES, FROM AN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE POET TO THE DECADENT 1980S. THE GROWTH EXPERIENCED BY THE FESTIVAL FROM ITS FIRST YEAR WAS IMPRESSIVE, WITH ATTENDEES DOUBLING IN NUMBER. A GROUP OF 50 STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA TRAVELED TO CHARLESTON TO ATTEND THREE EVENTS, AND THEY MET WITH BRITISH POLITICAL PLAYWRIGHT SIR DAVID HARE FOR A PRIVATE DISCUSSION AND RECEPTION FOR WHAT WAS CONSIDERED A FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHT BY ALL INVOLVED. JEWISH HISTORIAN AND ACTIVIST DEBORAH LIPSTADT LED A DISCUSSION ON HOLOCAUST DENIAL THAT WAS MET BY THE FESTIVAL'S FIRST STANDING OVATION, AND WAS FOLLOWED BY THE SECOND WHEN LOCAL FEDERAL JUDGE RICHARD GERGEL SPOKE ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST JUDGE J. WATIES WARING AND HIS IMPACT ON OUR COUNTRY'S QUEST FOR EQUAL RIGHTS. ATTENDEE JAY ROBISON CALLED THE FESTIVAL THE SINGLE MOST INTELLECTUALLY STIMULATING EVENT I HAVE ATTENDED IN MANY YEARS. EXPENSES FOR YEAR TWO MOSTLY CENTERED AROUND AIRFARE AND LODGING FOR SPEAKERS, AS WELL AS MODEST HONORARIA FOR ALL SPEAKERS AND MODERATORS. 190069 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 10 0 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 10 10 false false false false false false false true true true false true true true true false false false false false SC X LEAH RHYNE 8436973833 791 BENT HICKORY ROAD CHARLESTON SC 29414 X DEBORAH GAGE CHAIR AND PR 4.00 X X 0 0 0 WALTER FIEDEROWICZ SECRETARY/DI 10.00 X X 0 0 0 LYNN HANLIN TREASURER/DI 3.00 X X 0 0 0 ROBERT BURNETT TERM ENDED DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ANNE BLESSING DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL FARTHING DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 EUGENE MASSAMILLO DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 WENDA HARRIS MILLARD DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 VIRGINIA NICHOLSON DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 CAROL SANFORD DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN TAYLOR IKE WILLIAMS DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 false false false 280979 14404 280979 ADMISSIONS - SESSION EVENTS 711190 84121 84121 84121 268 268 365368 84121 268 99656 57472 20186 21998 2500 2500 1000 1000 19532 17576 1956 34604 32508 173 1923 1095 155 936 4 2162 1947 215 8593 8532 61 6798 2744 2196 1858 36092 27780 31 8281 2773 2773 SPEAKER TRAVEL 43622 42902 720 BANK FEES 7090 200 5761 1129 VOLUNTEER AND INTERNS 243 200 43 TAXES AND LICENSES 51 51 265811 190069 40334 35408 105953 91107 114403 105953 205510 0 0 X 105953 205510 105953 205510 105953 205510 99557 X false false false X 123930 280979 404909 123930 280979 404909 150198 254711 3 268 271 405180 203077 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990, PAGE 1, ITEM C THE CHARLESTON TO CHARLESTON LITERARY FESTIVAL FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION THE CHARLESTON TO CHARLESTON LITERARY FESTIVAL AIMS TO INSPIRE RATIONAL AND HUMANE DISCOURSE AND A CULTURE OF LIFELONG LEARNING BY CREATING A WORLD- CLASS, INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE AND IDEAS IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. PAIRING INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS IN A CITY RICH WITH HISTORY AND CULTURE, THE FESTIVAL COMPLETED ITS FIRST YEAR IN NOVEMBER 2017 TO HIGH ACCLAIM AND EXCITEMENT. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A THE SECOND CHARLESTON TO CHARLESTON LITERARY FESTIVAL TOOK PLACE FROM NOVEMBER 8-11, 2018, AND WAS CONSIDERED A RESOUNDING SUCCESS. FEATURING A LINEUP OF SPEAKERS THAT INCLUDED PULITZER PRIZE WINNING PHOTOGRAPHER LYNSEY ADDARIO, BESTSELLING AUTHOR MADELINE MILLER, BRITISH NOBLEMAN AND HISTORIAN CHARLES SPENCER, LEGENDARY MAGAZINE EDITOR TINA BROWN, AND MANY OTHERS, IT WAS A WEEKEND FULL OF CONVERSATIONS, DEBATES, AND EXCITEMENT. THE FESTIVAL HOSTED 14 EVENTS OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR DAYS AND TOPICS RANGED FROM BRITISH ART TO GREEK GODS AND GODESSES, FROM AN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE POET TO THE DECADENT 1980S. THE GROWTH EXPERIENCED BY THE FESTIVAL FROM ITS FIRST YEAR WAS IMPRESSIVE, WITH ATTENDEES DOUBLING IN NUMBER. A GROUP OF 50 STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA TRAVELED TO CHARLESTON TO ATTEND THREE EVENTS, AND THEY MET WITH BRITISH POLITICAL PLAYWRIGHT SIR DAVID HARE FOR A PRIVATE DISCUSSION AND RECEPTION FOR WHAT WAS CONSIDERED A FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHT BY ALL INVOLVED. JEWISH HISTORIAN AND ACTIVIST DEBORAH LIPSTADT LED A DISCUSSION ON HOLOCAUST DENIAL THAT WAS MET BY THE FESTIVAL'S FIRST STANDING OVATION, AND WAS FOLLOWED BY THE SECOND WHEN LOCAL FEDERAL JUDGE RICHARD GERGEL SPOKE ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST JUDGE J. WATIES WARING AND HIS IMPACT ON OUR COUNTRY'S QUEST FOR EQUAL RIGHTS. ATTENDEE JAY ROBISON CALLED THE FESTIVAL THE SINGLE MOST INTELLECTUALLY STIMULATING EVENT I HAVE ATTENDED IN MANY YEARS. EXPENSES FOR YEAR TWO MOSTLY CENTERED AROUND AIRFARE AND LODGING FOR SPEAKERS, AS WELL AS MODEST HONORARIA FOR ALL SPEAKERS AND MODERATORS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES AS AN INDEPENDENT, STAND-ALONE ORGANIZATION, WITH ITS OWN INDEPENDENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF. THE ORGANIZATION WAS CONCEIVED AS A RESULT OF DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE CHARLESTON LIBRARY SOCIETY, A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT MEMBERSHIP-SUPPORTED LIBRARY AND RESEARCH CENTER (SEE WWW.CHARLESTONLIBRARYSOCIETY.ORG) AND THE CHARLESTON TRUST, A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION BASED IN SUSSEX, ENGLAND, THAT HOSTS PERHAPS THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS LITERARY AND IDEAS FESTIVAL IN EUROPE FEATURING INNUMERABLE WELL-KNOWN AUTHORS, CREATORS AND THINKERS (SEE WWW.CHARLESTON.ORG.UK). THE ORGANIZATION'S BY-LAWS SPECIFY THAT FOR CERTAIN FUNDAMENTAL- OR RESERVED' MATTERS, SUCH AS A MERGER OR SALE OF SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE ORGANIZATION'S ASSETS AND ANY OTHER ACTIONS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY DAMAGE THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX-EXEMPT STATUS, THE UNANIMOUS VOTE OF DIFFERENT CLASSES OF DIRECTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESIGNATED BY THE CHARLESTON LIBRARY SOCIETY AND THE CHARLESTON TRUST, RATHER THAN A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE, WOULD BE REQUIRED TO CONSTITUTE AUTHORIZATION OF ACTION BY THE BOARD. THE BY-LAWS (ARTICLE IV) PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THAT HAS BROAD AUTHORITY, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN ARTICULATED EXCEPTIONS, TO EXERCISE THE POWERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BETWEEN MEETINGS OF THE BOARD. THE ORGANIZATION'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF THE CHAIR AND TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ARE REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED TO THE FULL BOARD AT ITS NEXT MEETING, WITH THE BOARD HAVING THE AUTHORITY TO RATIFY OR DISAPPROVE OF THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 9 MICHAEL FARTHING FROG FIRLE BARN, WITEWAY, ALFRISTON EAST SUSSEX, UK BNC26 5TT VIRGINIA NICHOLSON COURT HOUSE, BARCOMBE EAST SUSSEX, ENGLAND BN85TS, UK JOHN TAYLOR (IKE) WILLIAMS 9 ORCHARD STREET CAMBRIDGE , MA 02140 FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE CHAIR OF THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCE COMMITTEE AND ITS FINANCIAL MANAGER ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GATHERING THE KEY COMPONENTS AND SUPPORTING SCHEDULE INFORMATION FOR THE FORM 990. THE ORGANIZATION'S INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS ASSIST IN THE PREPARATION OF THE FORM 990 AND THEN IT GOES THROUGH A REVIEW PROCESS TO ENSURE IT IS COMPLETED ACCURATELY. THE DRAFT FORM 990 IS THEN RETURNED TO THE ORGANIZATION WHERE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REVIEW THE DOCUMENT. PRIOR TO FILING, THE APPROVED DRAFT RETURN IS CIRCULATED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR FINAL REVIEW. THE ORGANIZATION'S INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM THEN ELECTRONICALLY FILES THE FINAL INFORMATIONAL RETURN WITH THE IRS. THE FINAL FORM 990 IS ALSO AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST IN THE ORGANIZATION'S CORPORATE OFFICE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATION TO FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH THIS POLICY AND TO COMPLY AND TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE OF RELATED PARTIES WITH IT. IN ADDITION TO THE DISCLOSURES REQUIRED BY THIS POLICY, ANNUALLY EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND EACH OFFICER OF THE ORGANIZATION IS PROVIDED WITH A STATEMENT TO COMPLETE AND RETURN INDICATING THAT THEY HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND AND ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS POLICY. THOSE STATEMENTS ARE RETAINED WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S CORPORATE RECORDS. THESE STATEMENTS OF COMPLIANCE ARE REVIEWED BY THE CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD. THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL REPORT TO THE BOARD AT LEAST ONCE ANNUALLY CONCERNING ANY DISCLOSURES OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST MADE TO THEM, AND ANY OTHER CONFLICTS-OF-INTERESTS, WHICH HAVE OCCURRED. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS WHO KNOWINGLY OR UNKNOWINGLY VIOLATE THIS POLICY ARE SUBJECT TO CENSURE OR REMOVAL, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. EMPLOYEES WHO KNOWINGLY OR UNKNOWINGLY VIOLATE THIS POLICY WILL BE SUBJECT TO DISCIPLINARY ACTION, INCLUDING POSSIBLE DISMISSAL. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION HAS MADE AVAILABLE THE FOLLOWING DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS UPON REQUEST: 1. THE ORGANIZATION'S CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY 2. FORM 990 INFORMATIONAL TAX RETURNS FOR THE PAST FISCAL YEAR.