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The Charles C Matthews Foundation: 27 grants to organizations, $814,300 (tax year ended December 2025)

The Charles C Matthews Foundation, a private foundation in Carthage, TX, paid 27 grants to organizations totaling $814,300 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 14, 2026. The largest was $300,000 to Panola College Panola College in Carthage, TX for endowment.

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EIN
752741045
Based in
Carthage, TX
Assets
$21,089,489
Grants paid
$814,300
Tax year ended
December 2025

Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025

From the Form 990-PF filed May 14, 2026, IRS object ID 202621349349100142. It reported $814,300 in grants paid; 27 grants to organizations are listed.

RecipientLocationPurposeCauseAmountSource
Panola College Panola CollegeCarthage, TXEndowment$300,000apps.irs.gov
Panola College Panola CollegeCarthage, TXEnergy building$150,000apps.irs.gov
Carthage Isd Foundation Carthage Isd FoundationCarthage, TXScholarships$100,000apps.irs.gov
Baylor University Baylor UniversityWaco, TXSchlorships$60,000apps.irs.gov
Beckville Isd Foundation Beckville Isd FoundationBeckville, TXDonation$30,000apps.irs.gov
Panola Co Cancer Coalition Panola Co Cancer CoalitionCarthage, TXDonation$25,000apps.irs.gov
Palm Beach Atlantic University Palm Beach Atlantic UniversityWest Palm Beach, FLScholarship$21,550apps.irs.gov
Gary Independent School District Gary Independent School DistrictGary, TXScholarships$20,000apps.irs.gov
St Jude's Children Research Center St Jude's Children Research CenterMemphis, TNDonation$15,000apps.irs.gov
Carthage Isd Athletic Dept Carthage Isd Athletic DeptCarthage, TXDonation$11,000apps.irs.gov
Shriner's Children's Hospital Shriner's Children's HospitalTampa, FLDonation$10,000apps.irs.gov
Panola Co Cattlemen's Assoc Panola Co Cattlemen's AssocCarthage, TXScholarships$7,500apps.irs.gov
Cisd Tsa Booster Club Cisd Tsa Booster ClubCarthage, TXDonation - scholarship fundraiser$6,500apps.irs.gov
Beckville Fire Dept Beckville Fire DeptBeckville, TXDonation$5,000apps.irs.gov
Carthage Fire Dept Carthage Fire DeptCarthage, TXDonation$5,000apps.irs.gov
Clayton Volunteer Fire Dept Clayton Volunteer Fire DeptClayton, TXDonation$5,000apps.irs.gov
Community FDN of TX Hill Country Community FDN of TX Hill CountryKerrville, TXFlood relief$5,000apps.irs.gov
Community Four Fire Dept Community Four Fire DeptDeberry, TXDonation$5,000apps.irs.gov
First United Methodist Church First United Methodist ChurchCarthage, TXDonation - building fund$5,000apps.irs.gov
Flatwoods Fire Dept Flatwoods Fire DeptCarthage, TXDonation$5,000apps.irs.gov
Gary Fire Dept Gary Fire DeptGary, TXDonation$5,000apps.irs.gov
Inter-Community Fire Dept Inter-Community Fire DeptDeberry, TXDonation$5,000apps.irs.gov
Panola County Shrine Club Panola County Shrine ClubCarthage, TXDonation$5,000apps.irs.gov
Woods Fire Dept Woods Fire DeptTenaha, TXDonation$5,000apps.irs.gov
Beckville Youth Sports Association Beckville Youth Sports AssociationBeckville, TXDonation - baseball complex$2,000apps.irs.gov
Etx Hitman Baseball Etx Hitman BaseballCarthage, TXEducational gift$500apps.irs.gov
Panola Soil & Water Conservation Panola Soil & Water ConservationTemple, TXDonation - local tim boone$250apps.irs.gov

Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024

From the Form 990-PF filed May 5, 2025, IRS object ID 202531259349101653. It reported $710,994 in grants paid; 18 grants to organizations are listed.

RecipientLocationPurposeCauseAmountSource
Panola College Panola CollegeCarthage, TXEnergy building$350,000apps.irs.gov
Carthage Isd Foundation Carthage Isd FoundationCarthage, TXScholarships$100,000apps.irs.gov
Beckville Isd Foundation Beckville Isd FoundationBeckville, TXNew scoreboard & clock$67,832apps.irs.gov
Panola Cnty Hist & Genelogical Scty Panola Cnty Hist & Genelocial SocietyCarthage, TXDonation$30,500apps.irs.gov
Beckville Isd Foundation Beckville Isd FoundationBeckville, TXDonation$30,000apps.irs.gov
Panola College Panola CollegeCarthage, TXEndowment$26,000apps.irs.gov
Panola College Panola CollegeCarthage, TXIron works$22,305apps.irs.gov
Baylor University Baylor UniversityWaco, TXSchlorships$20,000apps.irs.gov
Gary Independent School District Gary Independent School DistrictGary, TXScholarships$20,000apps.irs.gov
Clayton Volunteer Fire Dept Clayton Volunteer Fire DeptClayton, TXBrush truck gift$10,607apps.irs.gov
Panola Co Cancer Coalition Panola Co Cancer CoalitionCarthage, TXDonation$10,000apps.irs.gov
First United Methodist Church First United Methodist ChurchCarthage, TXDonation - building fund$5,000apps.irs.gov
Panola County Shrine Club Panola County Shrine ClubCarthage, TXDonation$5,000apps.irs.gov
St Jude's Children Research Center St Jude's Children Research CenterMemphis, TNDonation$5,000apps.irs.gov
Panola Co Cattlemen's Assoc Panola Co Cattlemen's AssocCarthage, TXScholarships$4,000apps.irs.gov
Carthage Isd Athletic Dept Carthage Isd Athletic DeptCarthage, TXDonation$3,500apps.irs.gov
Panola College Panola CollegeCarthage, TXScholarships$1,000apps.irs.gov
American Jr Golf Association American Jr Golf AssociationBraselton, GAAce grant$250apps.irs.gov

States funded

Recipient stateGranted
Texas$1,473,494
Florida$31,550
Tennessee$20,000
Georgia$250

Updated May 14, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.