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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-5370462

Ella Mae Brown Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Sherman, TX. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $49,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Sheri Scribner
600 E Taylor St Suite 4007
Sherman, TX 75090
(903) 893-7878
Form and materials
Complete application
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Grants only for increasing quality of human life.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $49,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,059,681
  • Tax year 2023

    $46,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,052,504
  • Tax year 2022

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,077,533
  • Tax year 2021

    $52,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,107,438
  • Tax year 2020

    $50,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,003,610
  • Tax year 2019

    $49,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $995,531
  • Tax year 2018

    $51,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $992,586

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Masterkey Ministries Grayson CountySherman, TX

    Indigent nutrition

    $11,000
  2. Meals on WheelsDenison, TX

    Senior nutrition

    $10,000
  3. Boys and Girls Club of ShermanSherman, TX

    Youth afterschool programs

    $9,000
  4. Casa of Grayson CountySherman, TX

    Child advocacy

    $9,000
  5. Women Rock IncSherman, TX

    Breast cancer awareness

    $5,000
  6. DFPS Silver Star RoomsSherman, TX

    Eldercare supplies & SVCS

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Civil rights1 grant $9,00064% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $5,00036% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas6 grants $49,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Sheri ScribnerPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Dawn CordellVP Hours 0Pay $0
  • Sheila SheaSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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