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Eleanor Thornell Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Corsicana, Texas · EIN 204436413

Eleanor Thornell Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Corsicana, Texas. In tax year 2025 it gave $76,500 in 14 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $10,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $66,500 the year before.

39% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$65,35510$1.5 million
2024$66,50011$1.7 million
2025$76,50014$1.8 million

How to apply

ContactCommunity National Bank Trust
Attn Trust Department, PO Box 624, Corsicana, TX 75151
Phone or email(903) 654-4500
What to submitSubmit letter stating name of organization, brief history of organization, purpose of requested funds and amount requested.
DeadlinesCalander quarter

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Eleanor Thornell Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas14$76,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 14 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Corsicana Isd Education Foundation
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$10,000
Hope Center
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$10,000
Woman's Clubhouse Assoc of Nav Co
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$7,500
Camp of the Rising Sun
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$5,000
James L Collins Catholic School
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$5,000
Diamonds and Rubies Ranch
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$5,000
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Dall
Dallas, TX
Charitable operations$5,000
Navarro County Ambulatory Care Asso
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$5,000
Corsicana Navarro Co Public Health
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$5,000
First Methodist Church
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$5,000
Warehouse Living Arts Center
Cosicana, TX
Charitabe operations$5,000
Voice
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$4,000
Cisd Penguin Project
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operation$2,500
Individual
TX
Charitable operations$2,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Eleanor Thornell Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Calander quarter.

How much does Eleanor Thornell Charitable Foundation give?

$76,500 in tax year 2025, across 14 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Eleanor Thornell Charitable Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Community National Bank & Trust (Trustee).

What does Eleanor Thornell Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, faith communities and youth programs.

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