Public Charity

Charleston Literary Festival Inc

Based in Charleston, SC, Charleston Literary Festival Inc operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $2.1M in revenue, $1.6M in expenses, $1.4M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 25 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $499K.

EIN: 813123725 Charleston, SC Arts & Culture NTEE: A20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2.1M
Total Expenses$1.6M
Total Assets$1.4M
Grant Records25
Funding Total$499K
Filing Years2021–2025

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. It brings together world class authors and speakers on a variety of topics to build conversations around some of today's most important and inspiring books and ideas.

Officers & Directors

Secretary Anne Blessing
Director Belinda Gergel
Founder and Director Deborah Gage - Term Ended
Director Deborah Kennedy Kennard
Treasurer James Marino
Director Jasmine Burns

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Top Grant Purposes

For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$298,750 8 grants
LITERARY FESTIVAL
$36,000 3 grants
General
$27,000 2 grants
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$25,500 2 grants
CARES, ARP, CULTURAL
$19,700 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2.1M $1.6M $1.4M
2024 $1.7M $1.3M $926K
2023 $1.1M $1.0M $540K
2022 $379K $380K $477K
2021 $428K $292K $306K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $428K to $2.1M (+384%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.4M.

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