Funding search · EIN 472289510 · Coatesville, PA

The Pearl Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

43
grants reported
$78,350
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Chester County Library Trust6 grants · $17,800
  • Chester County Library7 grants · $17,450
  • Olney Theatre Center4 grants · $7,000
  • Steel River Playhouse4 grants · $7,000
  • Immaculata University Symphony2 grants · $4,850
  • Immaculata University3 grants · $4,000
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra2 grants · $4,000
  • Green Valleys Watershed Association4 grants · $3,950
  • Baltimore Symphony2 grants · $3,000
  • The Woodlynde School1 grant · $2,500

Giving over time

$16,350
2022
$17,000
2023
$20,000
2024
$25,000
2025

Grant history

All 43 reported grants, largest first.

  • $6,200

    Chester County Library Trust · Exton, PA · 2025

    Education

  • $4,850

    Chester County Library · Exton, PA · 2023

    Education

  • $3,900

    Chester County Library Trust · Exton, PA · 2025

    Support

  • $3,600

    Chester County Library Trust · Exton, PA · 2024

    Support

  • $3,600

    Chester County Library · Exton, PA · 2023

    Support

  • $3,600

    Chester County Library · Exton, PA · 2022

    Support

  • $2,850

    Immaculata University Symphony · Immaculata, PA · 2025

    Support

  • $2,500

    The Woodlynde School · Strafford, PA · 2024

    Support

  • $2,000

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    Education

  • $2,000

    Downingtown Library · Downingtown, PA · 2025

    Education

  • $2,000

    Green Valleys Watershed Association · Pottstown, PA · 2025

    Support

  • $2,000

    Olney Theatre Center · Olney, MD · 2025

    Education

  • $2,000

    Steel River Playhouse · Pottstown, PA · 2025

    Creative exploration

  • $2,000

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $2,000

    Immaculata University Symphony · Immaculata, PA · 2024

    Support

  • $2,000

    Olney Theatre Center · Olney, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $2,000

    Steel River Playhouse · Pottstown, PA · 2024

    Creative exploration

  • $2,000

    Immaculata University · Immaculata, PA · 2022

    Support

  • $1,800

    Chester County Library · Exton, PA · 2022

    Education

  • $1,600

    Chester County Library Trust · Exton, PA · 2024

    Education

  • $1,600

    Chester County Library · Exton, PA · 2023

    Education

  • $1,500

    Chester County Library Trust · Exton, PA · 2024

    Education

  • $1,500

    Baltimore Symphony · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    Education

  • $1,500

    Olney Theatre Center · Olney, MD · 2023

    Education

  • $1,500

    Steel River Playhouse · Pottstown, PA · 2023

    Creative exploration

  • $1,500

    Baltimore Symphony · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    Education

  • $1,500

    Olney Theatre Center · Olney, MD · 2022

    Education

  • $1,500

    Steel River Playhouse · Pottstown, PA · 2022

    Creative exploration

  • $1,050

    Green Valleys Watershed Association · Pottstown, PA · 2024

    Support

  • $1,000

    Camphill Village Kimberton Hills · Kimberton, PA · 2025

    Education

  • $1,000

    Chester County Library Trust · Exton, PA · 2024

    Education

  • $1,000

    Chester County Library · Exton, PA · 2023

    Education

  • $1,000

    Immaculata University · Immaculata, PA · 2023

    Support

  • $1,000

    Chester County Library · Exton, PA · 2022

    Education

  • $1,000

    Friends of the Library Quince · Gaithersburg, MD · 2022

    Support

  • $1,000

    Immaculata University · Immaculata, PA · 2022

    Support

  • $1,000

    Penn State Extension · West Chester, PA · 2022

    Education

  • $600

    Friends of the Library Montgomery C · Rockville, MD · 2025

    Education

  • $450

    Green Valleys Watershed Association · Pottstown, PA · 2025

    Stem scholarship

  • $450

    Green Valleys Watershed Association · Pottstown, PA · 2024

    Stem scholarship

  • $450

    Green Valleys Watershed Assoc · Pottstown, PA · 2023

    Stem scholarship

  • $450

    Green Valleys Watershed Assoc · Pottstown, PA · 2022

    Stem scholarship

  • $300

    Friends of the Library Montgomery C · Rockville, MD · 2024

    Education

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.