Columbia Sc Local Chapter of Democratic Socialists of America Columbia Sc Local Chapter of Democratic Socialists of America

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
881160032
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Camden, SC, USA
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,648
Expenses
$12,141
Assets
$78
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Lee Golf (Chair)
  • Conor Rom (Treasurer)
  • Genevieve Rappold (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Columbia, South Carolina Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a member-driven social welfare organization operating under Section 501(c)(4). The organization promotes the common good and general welfare of the Columbia, SC community through civic engagement, public education, and issue-based advocacy. Its work focuses on expanding public understanding of local economic and social issues, including housing affordability, workers' rights, healthcare access, environmental sustainability, and equitable local governance. The organization conducts educational meetings, public forums, and community outreach to increase civic participation and inform residents about policies affecting their daily lives. It also engages in coalition-building and supports nonpartisan efforts to address community needs. All activities are conducted to promote social welfare and improve quality of life for residents of South Carolina in a nonpartisan and educational manner.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization conducts educational meetings, public forums, and community outreach to increase civic participation and inform residents about policies affecting their daily lives. It also engages in coalition-building and supports nonpartisan efforts to address community needs. All activities are conducted to promote social welfare and improve quality of life for residents of South Carolina in a nonpartisan and educational manner.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.2%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.