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J Tom Eady Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Corsicana, Texas · EIN 756604134

J Tom Eady Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Corsicana, Texas. In tax year 2025 it gave $617,785 in 44 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $100,000. 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 $552,115 the year before.

26% 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$558,90042$12.1 million
2024$552,11540$13.1 million
2025$617,78544$13.9 million

How to apply

ContactJarod Gordon
Community National Bank Trust, PO Box 624, Corsicana, TX 75151
Phone or email(903) 654-4500, jgordan@mybanktx.com
What to submitInclude name of organization, purpose for requested funds, copy of IRS determination letter. For schloraships, see application.
DeadlinesNone for scholarships, see attached.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What J Tom Eady Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas44$617,785

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 44 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Navarro College Foundations
Corsicana, TX
Capital improvements$100,000
First Methodist Church
Corsicana, TX
Capital improvements$89,400
Corsicana YMCA
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$87,500
United Way of Navarro County
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$50,000
Humane Society of Navarro County
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$25,000
Palace Theatre
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$20,000
Hope Center
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$20,000
Navarro County Youth Exposition
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$20,000
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Dall
Dallas, TX
Charitable operations$15,000
Individual
TX
Charitable operations$15,000
Navarro County Ambulatory Care Assn
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$15,000
Corsicana Navarro County Public Hea
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$15,000
Individual
TX
Charitable operations$12,035
Christmas in Action Navarro County
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$10,000
Voice
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$8,000
Individual
TX
Scholarship$7,500
Individual
TX
Scholarship$5,000
Individual
TX
Scholarship$5,000
Individual
TX
Scholarship$5,000
Individual
TX
Scholarship$5,000
Individual
TX
Scholarship$5,000
Individual
TX
Scholarship$5,000
Individual
TX
Scholarship$5,000
Individual
TX
Scholarship$5,000
Individual
TX
Scholarship$5,000
Individual
TX
Scholarship$5,000
Individual
TX
Scholarship$5,000
Individual
TX
Scholarship$5,000
City of Corsicana
Corsicana, TX
Charitable & capital$5,000
City of Goodlow
Kerens, TX
Charitable operations$5,000
Corsicana Area Chamber Foundation
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$4,850
Coyote Squadron of Corsicana
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$3,500
Individual
TX
Scholarship$2,500
Individual
TX
Scholarship$2,500
Individual
TX
Scholarship$2,500
Individual
TX
Scholarship$2,500
Individual
TX
Scholarship$2,500
Individual
TX
Scholarship$2,500
Individual
TX
Scholarship$2,500
Individual
TX
Scholarship$2,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does J Tom Eady Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: None for scholarships, see attached..

How much does J Tom Eady Charitable Trust give?

$617,785 in tax year 2025, across 44 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs J Tom Eady Charitable Trust?

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

What does J Tom Eady Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and youth programs.

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