PEARLS FOR LIFE: Form 990EZ, tax year 2025

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Organization: PEARLS FOR LIFE (EIN 32-0574265)
Tax period: 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31
Filed: 2026-04-24
IRS object ID: 202641149349201434
Schema version: 2025v4.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule G
Schedule O
Transfer Prsnl Bnft Contracts Decl

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2026-04-24T15:26:16-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2025-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	760488832	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MCCONNELL & JONES LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1230 BROOKSTONE CENTRE PKWY	AddressLine1Txt
City	COLUMBUS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	GA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	31904	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2025-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	320574265	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PEARLS FOR LIFE FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	PEAR	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7065365279	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 12232	AddressLine1Txt
City	COLUMBUS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	GA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	31907	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DOLLY BAKER	PersonNm
Person Title	TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7065365279	PhoneNum
Signature	2026-04-24	SignatureDt

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	WILLIAM A TAYLOR	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00246721	PTIN
Phone	7064943802	PhoneNum
Preparation	2026-04-24	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2025	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Schedule B Not Required	Yes (X)	ScheduleBNotRequiredInd
Website Address	HTTPS://PFLFINC.CLUBEXPRESS.COM/CONTENT.ASPX?PAGE	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts	$131,970	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Fundraising Gross Income	$131,970	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Special Events Direct Expenses	$84,724	SpecialEventsDirectExpensesAmt
Special Events Net Income Loss	$47,246	SpecialEventsNetIncomeLossAmt
Total Revenue	$47,246	TotalRevenueAmt
Grants And Similar Amounts Paid	$23,000	GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaidAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct	$2,468	FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Printing Publications Postage	$836	PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total	$11,997	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$38,301	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	$8,945	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$103,528	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$112,473	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$103,528	BOYAmt
EOY	$112,473	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$103,528	BOYAmt
EOY	$112,473	EOYAmt

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$103,528	BOYAmt
EOY	$112,473	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Primary Exempt Purpose	PEARLS FOR LIFE FOUNDATION, INC. IS A 501 3 ORGANIZATION INCORPORATED IN 2019. THE FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED BY A GROUP OF LIKE MINDED PROFESSIONAL WOMEN TO PLACE FOCUS ON COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT THE TRI-CITY COMMUNITY. THE GOAL IS TO ENRICH THE COMMUNITY AND YOUNG LIVES BY PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO DESERVING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. ADDITIONALLY, PEARLS FOR LIFE FOUNDATION HAS MADE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT QUALIFY AS 501(C)(3) TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS THAT MEET WITH THE CORE VALUES OF OUR ORGANIZATION. WITHIN THE PAST FEW YEARS OF PFLF HAS SOUGHT TO ESTABLISH A SOLID FOOTPRINT INTO THE COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION TO SCHOLARSHIPS, OTHER PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BENEFITED FROM OUR SERVICE HAVE INCLUDED THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, SALVATION ARMY, WEST GA. CANCER COLLATION AND CASA.TO FURTHER IMPACT THE COMMUNITY POSITIVELY, PEARLS FOR LIFE FOUNDATION, INC. WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICE, GLOBAL LEADERSHIP, UNITY AND COLLABORATION, ACCOUNTABILITY, FAIR AND	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description Program Srvc Accom	SCHOLARSHIPS	DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt
Grants And Allocations	$0	GrantsAndAllocationsAmt
Program Service Expenses	$23,000	ProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$23,000	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (6 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt	Employee Benefit ProgramEmployeeBenefitProgramAmt	Expense Account Other AllwncExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
DOLLY BAKER
TREASURER	0.00	$0	$0	$0
SHAKALA SMOAKS
FINANCIAL SECRETARY	0.00	$0	$0	$0
LESHA CROCKER
PRESIDENT	0.00	$0	$0	$0
VALERIE ALEXANDER
SECRETARY	0.00	$0	$0	$0
CYNTHIA JORDAN
CHAPLAIN	0.00	$0	$0	$0
TERESA BRANCH
PARLIAMENTARIAN	0.00	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part V	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVInd
Activities Not Previously Rpt	0	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	0	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	0	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	0	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Direct Indirect Pltcl Expend	$0	DirectIndirectPltclExpendAmt
Made Loans To From Officers	0	MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Tax Imposed Under IRC4911	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4911Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4912	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4912Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4955	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4955Amt
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Tax Imposed On Organization Mgr	$0	TaxImposedOnOrganizationMgrAmt
Tax Reimbursed By Organization	$0	TaxReimbursedByOrganizationAmt
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DOLLY BAKER	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 12232	AddressLine1Txt
City	COLUMBUS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	GA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	31907	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	7065365279	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds	0	DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided	0	TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof Srvc	NONE	PartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule A	Yes (1)	FiledScheduleAInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$90,631	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$124,075	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$131,970	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$346,676	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$90,631	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$124,075	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$131,970	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$346,676	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$346,676	PublicSupportTotal170Amt
Total Support	$346,676	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	1.00000	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	1.00000	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	0	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	PIB GALA BALL	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$131,970	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$131,970	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$84,724	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$131,970	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$131,970	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$84,724	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$84,724	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$47,246	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (16 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID	ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: SCHOLARSHIP. GRANTEE NAME: TAYVEON MOORE. AMOUNT GIVEN: 2,500.
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID	ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: SCHOLARSHIP. GRANTEE NAME: MADELINE PARK. AMOUNT GIVEN: 2,500.
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID	ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: SCHOLARSHIP. GRANTEE NAME: TRENTON LATHAM. AMOUNT GIVEN: 2,000.
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID	ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: SCHOLARSHIP. GRANTEE NAME: TARAJI SHARP. AMOUNT GIVEN: 2,000.
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID	ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: SCHOLARSHIP. GRANTEE NAME: TRISTIAN PATTERSON. AMOUNT GIVEN: 1,600.
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID	ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: SCHOLARSHIP. GRANTEE NAME: JAILA PRIER. AMOUNT GIVEN: 1,600.
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID	ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: SCHOLARSHIP. GRANTEE NAME: JHAYLIN TAYLOR. AMOUNT GIVEN: 1,600.
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID	ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: SCHOLARSHIP. GRANTEE NAME: ALEXANDRA GREENFIELD. AMOUNT GIVEN: 1,600.
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID	ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: SCHOLARSHIP. GRANTEE NAME: LAUREN JENKINS. AMOUNT GIVEN: 1,200.
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID	ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: SCHOLARSHIP. GRANTEE NAME: ELIZABETH FERGUSON. AMOUNT GIVEN: 1,200.
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID	ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: SCHOLARSHIP. GRANTEE NAME: DEMARION LEE. AMOUNT GIVEN: 1,200.
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID	ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: SCHOLARSHIP. GRANTEE NAME: RI'NIYAH GRAY. AMOUNT GIVEN: 1,000.
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID	ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: SCHOLARSHIP. GRANTEE NAME: JOURDIN BROWN. AMOUNT GIVEN: 1,000.
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID	ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: SCHOLARSHIP. GRANTEE NAME: JAHLAN BILLINGSLEY. AMOUNT GIVEN: 1,000.
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID	ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION: SCHOLARSHIP. GRANTEE NAME: ALEXANDRIA LOFTON. AMOUNT GIVEN: 1,000. TOTAL INCLUDED ON FORM 990-EZ, LINE 10: 23,000.
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES	DESCRIPTION: INSURANCE. AMOUNT: 382. DESCRIPTION: BANK CHARGES. AMOUNT: 246. DESCRIPTION: DONATIONS. AMOUNT: 9,115. DESCRIPTION: SUBSCRIPTIONS. AMOUNT: 2,254. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 11,997.

Transfer Prsnl Bnft Contracts Decl TransferPrsnlBnftContractsDecl

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Declaration	THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.	DeclarationDesc