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Pearl Thornell Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Corsicana, Texas · EIN 205112979

Pearl Thornell Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Corsicana, Texas. In tax year 2025 it gave $107,000 in 17 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 $93,465 the year before.

50% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$94,50013$2.1 million
2024$93,46513$2.4 million
2025$107,00017$2.5 million

How to apply

ContactCommunity National Bank Trust
Attn Trust Dept, PO Box 624, Corsicana, TX 75151
Phone or email(903) 654-4500
What to submitSubmit letter stating name of organization, brief history of organization, purpost of requested funds and amount requested. Include copy of IRS 501(c)(3) determination letter.
DeadlinesCalander quarter

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Pearl Thornell Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas17$107,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 17 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
TX
Charitable operations$10,000
Methodist Childrens Home of Waco
Waco, TX
Charitable operations$10,000
Corsicana Isd Education Foundation
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$10,000
Hope Center
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$10,000
Warehouse Living Arts Center
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$10,000
Wade Wellnes Services
Corsicana, TX
Charitable opreations$10,000
Womans Club House of Navarro Co
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operartions$7,500
Boys and Girls Club Greater Dallas
Dallas, TX
Charitable operations$5,000
Camp of the Rising Sun
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operation$5,000
The Inn Recovery Community
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$5,000
Navarro County Ambulatory Care Assn
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$5,000
Corsicana Navarro County Public Hea
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$5,000
First Medodist Church
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$5,000
James L Collins Catholic School
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$5,000
Individual
TX
Charitable operations$2,500
Voice
Corsicana, TX
Charitable operations$1,000
Individual
TX
Charitable operations$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Pearl Thornell Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

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

How much does Pearl Thornell Charitable Foundation give?

$107,000 in tax year 2025, across 17 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Pearl Thornell Charitable Foundation?

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

What does Pearl Thornell Charitable Foundation fund?

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

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