CHARLESTON MOVES

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

57 CANNON ST SUITE 2, CHARLESTON, SC 29403-6045

In care of

% KATHERINE ZIMMERMAN

Mailing address (990-N for 2012)

PO Box 21625, Charleston SC 29413

Principal officer (990 for 2025)

Katherine S Zimmerman, PO Box 30561, Charleston, SC 29417

Principal officer (990-N for 2012)

Thomas Bradford, 18 State Street, Charleston SC 29401

Signed the 990

Katherine S Zimmerman, Executive Director

Phone

(843) 940-7420

Website

www.charlestonmoves.org

Return prepared by

Glaser and Company LLC

Mission

Charleston Moves is a nonprofit organization that advocates for bicycle, pedestrian and public transit infrastructure and policies across Charleston County. We envision a connected community where safe transportation choice enhances access to essential resources like food, healthcare and employment, fostering equity and well-being for all. We envision strong, diverse neighborhoods where school children, folks in wheelchairs, and people with canes cross streets safely in their own time. We see streets lined with homes, bustling shops and restaurants. We see bridges and waterways where people on bicycles and on foot travel alongside buses and cars on their way to work, to the doctor, to the grocery store freely and safely.

Program accomplishments

• We believe in a connected Charleston. That's why we speak out to councils, committees, agencies, and even the State House, advocating for sound policies. Why we push to flourish, not stagnate. Why we work with urban planners, engineers and citizen groups. Study, audit and document the dangers and issues of our intersections, corridors and bridges and work to make them better, safer and more accessible. This is our determined, continuous commitment to remake systems and power enduring change.Because the streets belong to everyone. Pedestrians and school kids. People on bicycles and people on buses. Citizens in wheelchairs and with canes. (See Schedule O)All of us moving. Safely. Together. For the 2025 year, $.90 cents of every dollar spent went to our charitable programs.What We Are Doing:Bridges Front-and-Center Bridges should serve as connectors instead of barriers. For the new Ashley River Bicycle & Pedestrian Bridge, we have continued to watchdog the project, the construction of which is moving quickly with the western approach platform in place, and pile work continuing in the river. Collaborating with our coalition and Charleston County, we assisted with the County's fourth federal grant application to USDOT for a Better North Bridge. Our work included many hours of community outreach and engagement, compiling letters of support, and research for the grant application, encouraged the County to vote in favor of applying, and participated in the grant debriefing with federal staff. We coordinated public comment in support of SCDOT's addition of the North Bridge to their State Bridge Program, as well as a resolution from the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments' Charleston Area Transportation Study (CHATS) Policy Committee requesting an upgrade of the North Bridge crossing, preferably with a replacement, to prioritize access for people walking and bicycling over the river.We continued to watchdog bike/ped access in the Main Road Segment A project that includes the Limehouse Bridge. We engaged with SCDOT and City of Charleston on options to retrofit the James Island Connector and Wappoo Cut Bridge. We coordinated letters of support to SCDOT's addition of the Ben Sawyer Bridge to their State Bridge Program. We participated in ribbon-cutting events for: North Charleston's Cosgrove Avenue Extension protected multi-use path, connecting Spruill Avenue and the old Navy Base redevelopment; North Charleston's Palmetto Commerce Interchange protected multi-use path connecting neighborhoods across I-26; Mount Pleasant's Coleman Boulevard bike lanes, with green paint at conflict points, across the Shem Creek Bridge. Complete Streets We mobilized and advocated for robust multi-modal space and design in key projects, and our engagement led to improved designs, additional funding and/or leveraged opportunities.We participated in SCDOT's Road Safety Audit for Ladson Road, and continued engaging the public and SCDOT on their Folly Road Safety Audit. We celebrated SCDOT's groundbreaking for the Ashley Phosphate Road Safety Audit construction. Charleston Moves has formally supported Mount Pleasant Way, a planned town-wide bicycle and pedestrian system. We have engaged in a safety workshop for a redesign of Whipple Road, encouraged public input during comment sessions, and encouraged participation in community meetings, including projects that are part of the Town's Safety Action Plan. We have continued to coordinate with agencies around improved designs for the redevelopment of Union Pier's street network, the Lowline, Meeting Street Road, Hagood Avenue, King Street, Morrison Drive, Rivers Avenue, Spruill Avenue, Riverland Drive, Folly Road, Harborview Road, various pathways in the City of Folly Beach, Long Point Road, River Road, Maybank Highway, Albemarle Road, Sam Rittenberg Boulevard, and Old Towne Road. Policy UpdatesWe successfully encouraged the Town of Mount Pleasant to compromise on their bicycle/e-bike ordinance so that cyclists can still access bike lanes and pathways in a safe and reasonable manner. Working with our partners, we presented a Transportation Sales Tax proposal to Charleston County that reasonably accommodated investment in a countywide bicycle and pedestrian plan, as well as important public transit updates. We coordinated with and supported the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments (BCDCOG) Safety Action Planning process, the City of North Charleston's Safety Action Planning application, and three Safety Action Plan infrastructure grant applications from the City of Charleston, the City of Folly Beach, and the Town of Mount Pleasant. We submitted a support letter to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the region's Lowcountry Rapid Transit (LCRT) project. We submitted comments to SCDOT for their Momentum 2050 statewide transportation plan. LeadershipCharleston Moves provides strong leadership and resources for several proposed projects and plans throughout the county, ensuring people who ride bikes, walk and take public transit are represented throughout the planning, designing and funding processes. In addition to what is listed in specific aforementioned projects, we participate on the following committees and working groups:> Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments (BCDCOG) Charleston Area Regional Transit Authority (CARTA) Now & Next Technical Advisory Committee> BCDCOG Charleston Area Transportation Study (CHATS) Transportation Enhancement Committee + Safety Action Plan Technical Advisory Committee> BCDCOG Lowcountry Rapid Transit (LCRT) Stakeholder Committee> BCDCOG Regional Climate Action Plan Community Working Group> BCDCOG TriCounty Link Transit Study Technical Advisory Committee> City of Charleston Safety Action Plan Technical Advisory Committee> City of North Charleston Community Engagement Academy Focus Group> Palmetto Air Quality Collaborative transportation workgroup> Rethink Folly Road Steering Committee> SCDOT Road Safety Audit Stakeholder Committees Many of these committees address portions of our signature 32-mile Battery2Beach (B2B) route.Critical MassWe rallied public participation in a broad array of project proposals, including but not limited to:> West Ashley: Sam Rittenberg redesign public input> Isle of Palms: mobility survey> North Charleston: Comprehensive Plan updates survey > Mount Pleasant: Comprehensive Plan updates> Regional: Charleston County Transportation Sales Tax (TST) proposal; City of Charleston's Safety Action Plan survey and meetings; TriCounty Link survey and open houses; Long Range Rural Transportation Plan open houses and surveys; SCDOT Modernization hearings hosted by the SC House of Representatives; Palmetto Air Quality Collaborative (PAQC) survey; CARTA Now & Next open housesWe hosted our annual Mobility Month program, with an impressive number of participants. May's Mobility Month events are aimed at bringing the community together to elevate multi-modal accomplishments, provide updates on our priority projects, and offer calls to action, as well as volunteer opportunities, to advance our people-powered movement. Critical mass is of critical importance as we work to build widespread, diverse community support and demonstrate how safe, equitable infrastructure that works for all, benefits all. We tied our events to our 20th anniversary celebration, as well as advocacy around the Ashley River Bridge, downtown street improvements, and our safety data collection activities. Mobility Month 2025 had 430 event participants, the distribution of 50 free bike light sets and "ride safe" educational cards, almost 23 hours donated by volunteers, 20 collaborating partner organizations, and 14 mobility initiatives elevated in the community. We also hosted our annual gala, Pedal & Panache, elevating our movement through action and a celebration of progress.Our progress map, which shows our achievements towards a connected network, can be found here: charlestonmoves.org/projects
  Expenses $183,334

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

38-3714959

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

2005

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Recreation and sports (N60)

Assets (IRS master file)

$468,097

Income (IRS master file)

$394,134

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 38-3714959).

Questions about CHARLESTON MOVES

What is the EIN of CHARLESTON MOVES?

The employer identification number (EIN) of CHARLESTON MOVES is 38-3714959.

Is CHARLESTON MOVES tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2005.

Are donations to CHARLESTON MOVES tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does CHARLESTON MOVES file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of CHARLESTON MOVES due?

The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did CHARLESTON MOVES last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.

Who is the principal officer of CHARLESTON MOVES?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Katherine S Zimmerman.

Who are the officers and directors of CHARLESTON MOVES?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 13 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $88,000 (Katherine S Zimmerman, Executive Director).

How much revenue does CHARLESTON MOVES have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $381,152, expenses of $204,098 and total assets of $468,097 at year end.

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