South Carolina Library Association

Overview

Mission

Promotion of libraries

What it reported doing in 2025

Member services, website support, delegate and committee activities

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 82% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237078610
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Headquarters
Columbia, SC, USA
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

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The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Available reserves provide a limited financial cushion.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: NotEnoughData
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.9%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 91.4%; rating input score 91

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Public monitoring controls: Limited
  • Public policy transparency: Limited
  • Public financial transparency: Limited
  • Impact reporting controls: Limited
  • Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 0.38; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.9% of revenue deployed · 91.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $109K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 annual filings from 2013 to 2025