Puckett Serves Foundation
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
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
The most common grant size was under $50K: 23 grants of 23 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 7 itemized grants.
States
Cities
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
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
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Christmas Fish Fries Flowood, MS | Christmas Fish Fries | $4,057 |
| Northwood Church Gulfport, MS | Donation | $1,125 |
| Mississippi Baptist Convention Board Jackson, MS | Donation | $1,125 |
| The Proclaimers Mize, MS | Donation | $1,088 |
| Christmas Fish Fries Flowood, MS | Christmas Fish Fries | $677 |
| First Baptist Church Brandon Brandon, MS | Donation | $150 |
| Briar Hill Baptist Church Florence, MS | Donation | $113 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,754 | — | $9,365 | $8,335 | 7 | $8,335 | — | $239 |
| 2024 | $12,119 | $3 | $10,084 | $9,434 | 8 | $9,434 | $3 | $707 |
| 2023 | $22,200 | $15,007 | $5,962 | $5,412 | 4 | $5,412 | $7 | $518 |
| 2022 | $13,155 | $2 | $5,222 | $4,747 | 4 | $4,747 | $2 | $691 |
| 2021 | $18,375 | — | $475 | — | — | — | — | $918 |
| 2020 | $18,850 | $5 | $3,408 | $2,933 | 6 | — | $5 | $928 |
| 2019 | $22,253 | $6 | $3,934 | $4,209 | 9 | — | $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
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 25, 2020)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 23, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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