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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-4257146

Tillery Perpetual Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Charleston, SC. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $18,900 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), 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

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $18,900

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $108,767
  • Tax year 2024

    $12,200

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $107,354
  • Tax year 2023

    $20,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $101,234
  • Tax year 2022

    $16,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $103,284
  • Tax year 2021

    $16,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $119,743
  • Tax year 2020

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $123,538
  • Tax year 2019

    $16,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $144,287

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. East Cooper Baptist ChurchMt Pleasant, SC

    Charitable services

    $8,000
  2. Samaritans PurseBoone, NC

    Disaster relief

    $3,000
  3. Hillsdale CollegeHillsdale, MI

    Campus ministry

    $1,500
  4. Alliance Defending FreedomScottsdale, AZ

    Legal charity work

    $1,200
  5. Global Outreach Intn'l IncPontotoc, MS

    Evangelism

    $1,000
  6. Living Water InternationalStafford, TX

    Humanitarian relief

    $1,000
  7. Low Country Pregnancy CtrNorth Charleston, SC

    Cultural impact

    $900
  8. Campus Outreach ServeHouston, TX

    Campus evangelism

    $600
  9. Concerned Women for AmericaWashington, DC

    Cultural impact

    $500
  10. International Justice MissionArlington, VA

    Cultural awareness

    $500
  11. World VisionTacoma, WA

    Humanitarian relief

    $500
  12. St JudeMemphis, TN

    Cancer research

    $200

Where the money goes

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

  1. Religion1 grant $3,00042% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $1,50021% of the total
  3. Civil rights1 grant $1,20017% of the total
  4. Human services1 grant $1,00014% of the total
  5. International aid1 grant $5007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. South Carolina2 grants $8,900
  2. North Carolina1 grant $3,000
  3. Texas2 grants $1,600
  4. Michigan1 grant $1,500
  5. Arizona1 grant $1,200
  6. Mississippi1 grant $1,000
  7. District of Columbia1 grant $500
  8. Virginia1 grant $500
  9. Washington1 grant $500
  10. Tennessee1 grant $200

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Ronald TilleryTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Diane TilleryTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Ryan TilleryTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Bruce TilleryTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • John TilleryTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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