Civic Intelligence

Charleston Sister Cities International

EIN 47-3876514 • 501(c)3 • Charleston, SC

Profile

Promote the charleston region and enhances international understanding contributing to a more peaceful and prosperous world.

334 East Bay Street Unit 208Charleston, SC 29401

www.charlestonsistercities.org

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.

Liabilities / Assets

Score unavailable

No value available

Liabilities-to-assets requires both liabilities and assets on the latest valid filing.

Source year 2023

Liabilities / Revenue

Score unavailable

No value available

Liabilities-to-revenue requires both liabilities and revenue on the latest valid filing.

Source year 2023

Net Margin

51st percentile

2.2%

Higher net margin than 51% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2023

Top Officer Pay

84th percentile

$7,055

Higher top officer pay than 84% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 39.0% of source-year revenue.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2023

Asset Growth

100th percentile

40200%

Faster asset growth than 100% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2022 to 2023

Revenue Growth

23rd percentile

-39%

Faster revenue growth than 23% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2022 to 2023

Balance Sheet
Liabilities / AssetsScore unavailable

Assets

Up

$403

Up $402 (+40200%) from 2022

Liabilities

-

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Net Assets

Up

$403

Up $1,644 (+132%) from 2022

Operations
Liabilities / RevenueScore unavailableNet Margin51st percentile

Revenue

Down

$18,076

Down $11,424 (-39%) from 2022

Expenses

Down

$17,679

Down $18,000 (-50%) from 2022

Net Income

Up

$397

Up $6,576 (+106%) from 2022

Trend Graphs

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset Growth100th percentile

Grouped bars show assets, liabilities, and net assets across loaded filings.

$20K$15K$10K$5.0K$0-$5.0KAssets 2019: $7,596Liabilities 2019: $0Net Assets 2019: $7,5962019Assets 2020: $17,482Liabilities 2020: $0Net Assets 2020: $17,4822020Assets 2021: $4,938Liabilities 2021: $0Net Assets 2021: $4,9382021Assets 2022: $1Liabilities 2022: $1,241Net Assets 2022: -$1,2412022Assets 2023: $403Net Assets 2023: $4032023

Highlighted filing

2023

Assets$403
Liabilities-
Net Assets$403
Open 2023 Filing

Operations Trend

Revenue Growth23rd percentile

Revenue, expenses, and net income by year, with the latest filing highlighted.

$150K$100K$50K$0-$50KRevenue 2019: $100,567Expenses 2019: $93,065Net Income 2019: $7,5022019Revenue 2020: $93,325Expenses 2020: $83,439Net Income 2020: $9,8862020Revenue 2021: $74,188Expenses 2021: $86,732Net Income 2021: -$12,5442021Revenue 2022: $29,500Expenses 2022: $35,679Net Income 2022: -$6,1792022Revenue 2023: $18,076Expenses 2023: $17,679Net Income 2023: $3972023

Highlighted filing

2023

Revenue$18,076
Expenses$17,679
Net Income$397
Open 2023 Filing

Filings

Most recent year

2023 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.

Open filing
Assets
$403
Liabilities
-
Net assets
$403
Revenue
$18,076
Expenses
$17,679
Net income
$397
Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2023Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.00$0.00$0.18$0.18$0.00
2022XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.00$0.01$0.01$0.30$0.36$0.06
2021Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.05$0.00$0.05$0.74$0.87$0.13
2020Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.17$0.00$0.17$0.93$0.83$0.10
2019Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.08$0.00$0.08$1.01$0.93$0.08
Latest Filing Detail
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Signed
Jun 17, 2025
Return Version
2023v6.0
Gross Receipts
$18,076
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

Charleston sister cities international globally promotes the charleston region and enhances international understanding through trade missions and economic development, urban development, environmental resiliency and sustainability initiatives, educational, healthcare advancement, humanitarian, arts, cultural, sports and tourism exchanges with csci partners abroad.

Csci globally promotes the charleston region and enhances our communitys international understanding through trade missions, and civic, cultural, educational and humanitarian engagement with partners abroad - contributing to a more peaceful and peoperous worls.

Program Services

DescriptionGrantsExpenses
CSCI HOSTED A NUMBER OF DIPLOMATIC EVENTS IN 2023 AIMED AT PROMOTING AND GENERATING BUSINESS FOR THE CHARLESTON AREA .--
Compensation and Service Providers
Top Officer Pay84th percentile

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
NEITA WIESESecretary/Acting President CEOFT$7,055-$7,055
HARRY B CHIP LIMEHOUSEPresident/Treasurer-$0--
JAMES LIVINGSTONVice- President-$0--
ALAN AHAOBoard Member-$0--
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
Charleston Sister Cities International Inc
EIN
47-3876514
Address
334 EAST BAY STREET UNIT 208, CHARLESTON, SC 29401

Signing Officer

Name
Neita Wiese
Title
President
Signed
2025-06-17
Discuss with paid preparer
Yes

Preparer

Firm
Brian D Kurtz Pc
Address
PO BOX 2046, MT PLEASANT, SC 29465
Preparer
Brian D Kurtz
Phone
8439715866
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses

“Meals and entertainment 239”

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses

“Telephone 452”

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses

“Bank and merchant fees 218”

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses

“PROMOTIONAL 315”

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses

“MARKETING 341”

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses

“SUBSCRIPTION 206”

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses

“SUPPLIES/MATERIALS 621”

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses

“TRAVEL 4,655”

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses

“Computer and internet expenses 246”

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16, Other Expenses

“EVENT FEES 484”

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20, Net Assets

“EQUIPMENT 1,247”

Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26, Liabilities

“BBT Beginning of year 1,241, End of year 0”

Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line 1

“Charleston sister cities international globally promotes the charleston region and enhances international understanding through trade missions and economic development, urban development, environmental resilliency and sustainability initiatives, educational healthcare advancement, humanitarian, arts, cultural, sports and tourism exchanges with csci partners abroad.”

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20

“Office equipment acquired by csci.”

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 1

“The organizations financial statements and other public documents are made available for inspection by request or where required available through various government department such as the south carolina secretary of state website.”

Raw XML Appendix159 raw XML fields

This appendix keeps the raw XML leaves available for debugging and edge-case review. The human report above is the primary experience.

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