Thomas L Turner Charitable Trust
Mobile, AL · EIN 72-6179272. Reported 48 grants totalling $498,180 to 29 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Thomas L Turner Charitable Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,656 and $15,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $46,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarke County Historical Society | Grove Hill, AL | $86,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Washington County Library | Chatom, AL | $42,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of Thomasville Recreation Dept | Thomasville, AL | $41,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Stephens Historical Commission | St Stephens, AL | $36,134 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| West Bend Baptist Church | Coffeeville, AL | $32,100 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Town of Coffeeville | Coffeeville, AL | $31,782 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Archeology of Clark County | Grove Hill, AL | $31,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation of South Alabama | Mobile, AL | $31,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Grove Hill United Methodist Church | Grove Hill, AL | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alabama Society Sons of American Revolution | Crossville, AL | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Foundation of Southwest Alabama | Mobile, AL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Clarke County Kingdom Builders | Jackson, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ebenezer Methodist Church | Wagarville, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jackson Academy | Jackson, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Thomasville United Methodist Church | Thomasville, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Clarke Preparatory School | Grove Hill, AL | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clarke County High School Band Program | Grove Hill, AL | $6,780 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clarke County Prep School | Grove Hill, AL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thomasville Public Library Foundation | Thomasville, AL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Methodist Church of Thomasville | Thomasville, AL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grove Hill Public Library | Grove Hill, AL | $5,728 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grove Hill Arts Council | Grove Hill, AL | $5,656 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gainestown United Methodist Church | Gainestown, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grove Hill Fire & Rescue | Grove Hill, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pilots for Christ | Monroeville, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Southwest Alabama | Mobile, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Walker Springs Road Baptist Church | Jackson, AL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| White Smith Memorial Library | Jackson, AL | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys and Girls Club | Dothan, AL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
10 of 29 (34%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 46%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Clarke County Historical Society
ASSIST IN ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSES - City of Thomasville Recreation Dept
ASSIST IN ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSE - St Stephens Historical Commission
ASSIST IN ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSE - MAINTENANCE OF OLD COURTHOUSE - Community Foundation of South Alabama
ASSIST IN ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSES - SAR YOUTH PROGRAM - Alabama Society Sons of American Revolution
ASSIST IN ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSE - SAR MUSEUM SHIP - Grove Hill United Methodist Church
ASSIAT IN ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSES - AIR CONDITIONING
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 13 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | $98,280 | $6,000 |
| 2022 | 11 | $121,010 | $5,728 |
| 2023 | 11 | $164,500 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 13 | $114,390 | $7,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Alabama.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Thomas L Turner Charitable Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 11 N Water St 28TH Floor Rsa Tower, Mobile, AL, 36602. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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