2026-05-13T09:05:37-05:00 2025-12-31 205788602 Glaser and Company LLC 1859 Summerville Ave Suite 800 Charleston SC 29405 990 2025-01-01 383714959 Charleston Moves CHAR 8439407420 PO Box 30561 Charleston SC 29417 Katherine S Zimmerman Executive Director 8439407420 2026-05-13 1 Erik Glaser CPA P00724565 8438490179 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Katherine S Zimmerman PO Box 30561 Charleston SC 29417 394134 0 X https://charlestonmoves.org/ X 2005 SC Charleston Moves is a nonprofit organization advocating for a connected, safe, accessible and equitable Charleston County - where each of us has a choice in how we move from one place to another. 11 11 2 24 0 0 208062 365317 0 0 4652 19272 -5606 -3437 207108 381152 0 0 0 0 180742 155191 0 0 7247 40596 48907 221338 204098 -14230 177054 294558 468097 3914 0 290644 468097 X 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. 0 0 183334 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 183334 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 SC X X Lisa McDonald Metts 8439407420 PO Box 30561 Charleston SC 29417 Sarah Hays Chair 0.50 X X 0 0 0 Morgan Hughey Vice Chair 0.50 X X 0 0 0 Danielle Bowen Scheurer MSCR MD Secretary 0.25 X X 0 0 0 Scott Walker Treasurer 0.25 X X 0 0 0 Curtis Dayson Director 0.25 X 0 0 0 John Mitchell Director 0.25 X 0 0 0 LaToya Sulton Director 0.25 X 0 0 0 Morgan Grimes Director 0.25 X 0 0 0 Mary Martinich Tweel PLA Director 0.25 X 0 0 0 Amy Barrett Director 0.25 X 0 0 0 LeGrand Elebash rolled-off Director 0.25 X 0 0 0 Michelle Martin Director 0.25 X 0 0 0 Katherine S Zimmerman Executive Director 80.00 X 88000 0 7872 88000 0 7872 0 0 0 0 0 44522 320795 13606 365317 19272 19272 9545 44522 12982 -3437 -3437 381152 0 0 15835 88000 79200 4400 4400 41704 38785 2085 834 14716 13450 736 530 10771 9797 539 435 3340 3340 3865 3478 194 193 7452 7452 17100 15390 855 855 75 75 5364 4525 839 Education Events 10822 10822 Miscellaneous 529 529 Membership Dues 360 360 204098 183334 13517 7247 66575 223191 118691 118691 107967 124890 1325 1325 294558 468097 3914 3914 0 X 265634 441604 25010 26493 290644 468097 294558 468097 177054 399 0 X 0 0 0 X 205899 202628 247100 208062 365317 1229006 18 656 501 1175 205917 202628 247756 208563 365317 1230181 13195 13624 8640 7100 22166 64725 0 13195 13624 8640 7100 22166 64725 1165456 186 200 3789 4652 19272 28099 186 200 3789 4652 19272 28099 12833 12833 206103 215661 251545 213215 384589 1271113 0.91690 0.92730 0.02210 0.00910 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Pedal & Panache 54067 44522 9545 316 8280 1200 3186 54067 44522 9545 316 8280 1200 3186 12982 -3437 Form 990, Part III, Line 4a, Program Service Accomplishments - Continued: Our History In 1993, the Charleston Bicycle Advocacy Group (CBAG) was founded to elevate support for bicyclists in and around Charleston. The group campaigned for and successfully achieved bicycle lanes on Coleman Boulevard in Mount Pleasant, for bicycle racks on buses, and for improved cycling access to the Isle of Palms. CBAG served on the regional transportation board, voting for sidewalk improvements (especially near schools) and miles of bike paths near county parks. In the early 2000s, CBAG's lobbying efforts for bike and pedestrian access on the newly-proposed Ravenel Bridge met fierce opposition from the South Carolina Department of Transportation, but it also attracted wide support from high-profile individuals and institutions. Building a groundswell of support, the final bridge plan included a 12-foot wide bicycle and pedestrian path. It also helped shift the focus for CBAG, which changed its name to Charleston Moves in 2005, in recognition of a broader mission: to promote active modes of transportation such as biking and walking, and accessing the bus. In 2009, Charleston Moves launched the Battery2Beach Route initiative, working with multiple government agencies on a vision of 32 miles of continuous bike and pedestrian lanes connecting major beaches in the Charleston area with the iconic Battery at the foot of the Charleston peninsula. At least 40% of the route is complete, with more segments in the works. Charleston Moves continues to expand the notion of what transportation is, what it should be and what it can be by working with local municipalities, agencies and other organizations that share its vision of a community connected by mobility options. With a staff of two, Charleston Moves fights for the public's right to safe streets, paths and bridges. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The 990 is provided to the board of directors for a comment period. Upon completion of the comment period, and any comments are addressed, the Form 990 is efiled. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c The board of directors signs an annual conflict of interest attestation form. Further, the board is encouraged to discuss any changes during the year as they arise. Per Charleston Moves' Conflict of Interest Policy, after there has been disclosure of a potential conflict and after gathering any relevant information from the concerned director, officer or key person, the Governance Committee shall determine whether there is a conflict of interest. If the Governance Committee determines that there is a conflict of interest, it shall refer the matter to the Board of Directors. The board may seek information from the director, officer or key person with the conflict prior to beginning deliberation and reaching a decision on the matter. However, a conflicted person shall not be present during the discussion or vote on the matter. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The executive director's salary is evaluated periodically by the board of directors upon review of the budget. The board of directors reviews and approves all other employees' pay aspart of the budget process as developed by the Executive Director. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Governing documents are made available to the public upon request at the Organization's office.