Puckett Serves Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Flowood, MS EIN: 27-1391689

Puckett Serves Foundation is a private foundation, based in Flowood, MS. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $3K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 7 grants totaling $8K.

Puckett Serves Foundation at a glance

In short: Puckett Serves Foundation gave $8K across 7 grants in 2025 (avg $1K), mostly in Mississippi. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$8,335
-11.6% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
7
-12.5% vs 2024
Average grant
$1,191
+1.0% vs 2024
Median grant
$1,088
Total assets
$2,754
-77.3% vs 2024
Primary geography
Mississippi (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Puckett Serves Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 6 recipients in 2025

Christmas Fish Fries: $5K across 2 grantsChristmas Fish Fries$5K · 2 grantsNorthwood Church: $1KNorthwood Church$1KMississippi Baptist Convention Board: $1KMississippi Baptist ConventionBoard$1KThe Proclaimers: $1KThe Proclaimers$1KFirst Baptist Church Brandon: $150First Baptist Church Brandon$150Briar Hill Baptist Church: $113Briar Hill Baptist Church$113

The largest 2025 recipient was Christmas Fish Fries ($5K across 2 grants). Together the top 6 received $8K.

Grant Size Distribution

23 grants across all recorded years

23<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 23 grants of 23 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 7 itemized grants.

Cities

FlowoodJacksonBrandonCantonMizeRaymondGulfportPearlClintonFlorenceHuntsvillePetalRichland

How Puckett Serves Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 76% from 2022 to 2025. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out well above its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2.5K$5K$7.5K$10K9 grants2019 6 grants2020 0 grants2021 4 grants2022 4 grants2023 8 grants2024 7 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $3K (2020) to $9K (2024). In 2025 it made 7 grants totaling $8K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Christmas Fish Fries Flowood, MSChristmas Fish Fries$4,057
Northwood Church Gulfport, MSDonation$1,125
Mississippi Baptist Convention Board Jackson, MSDonation$1,125
The Proclaimers Mize, MSDonation$1,088
Christmas Fish Fries Flowood, MSChristmas Fish Fries$677
First Baptist Church Brandon Brandon, MSDonation$150
Briar Hill Baptist Church Florence, MSDonation$113
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$2,754—$9,365$8,3357$8,335—$239
2024$12,119$3$10,084$9,4348$9,434$3$707
2023$22,200$15,007$5,962$5,4124$5,412$7$518
2022$13,155$2$5,222$4,7474$4,747$2$691
2021$18,375—$475————$918
2020$18,850$5$3,408$2,9336—$5$928
2019$22,253$6$3,934$4,2099—$6$1,128

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Puckett Serves Foundation reported a distributable amount of $239 for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Puckett Serves Foundation is led by Richard H. Puckett, Chairman & President on every filing since 2019; none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Richard H. Puckett

    Chairman & President

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Hastings Puckett

    Secretary

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Putman

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (1)
  • Former: William E. Farlow Jr. (2019–2020) — Treasurer

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Puckett Serves Foundation

How much does Puckett Serves Foundation give each year?

Puckett Serves Foundation gave $8K across 7 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $9K across 8 grants.

What is Puckett Serves Foundation's typical grant size?

Puckett Serves Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $1,088, and its average grant was $1,191, across 7 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Where does Puckett Serves Foundation give grants?

Puckett Serves Foundation gives mostly in Mississippi: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Flowood, MS (2 grants).

Does Puckett Serves Foundation give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 7 grants with a stated purpose on Puckett Serves Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Donation" (5 grants).

Who are Puckett Serves Foundation's largest grantees?

Puckett Serves Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Christmas Fish Fries ($4,734 across 2 grants), Northwood Church ($1,125) and Mississippi Baptist Convention Board ($1,125), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 84% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Puckett Serves Foundation?

Puckett Serves Foundation reported $3K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $8K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $239 (roughly 5% of its investment assets).

What is Puckett Serves Foundation's EIN?

Puckett Serves Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 27-1391689. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 25, 2020)
  2. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 23, 2026)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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