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Jen and Rick Puckett Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Jen and Rick Puckett Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$38k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$250kHuman Services$100kReligion$60kHealth$31kYouth Development$14kRecreation & Sports$9kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kScience & Tech$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $34k
$10,204
Median grant
4
States reached
$417k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Shiloh Christian Church$13,000
Summit Charter School Foundation$11,000
Patriot Legacy Fund$10,204
Elon university$1,500
Cashiers Historical Society$1,200
Individual grant recipient$1,026
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 80% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Cancer for College: $3k → 11%Cliffs CRO: $9k → 10%CRO-Vineyards: $2k → 16%Oconee Humane Society: $1k → 17%Boys and Girls Club: $5k → 9%Wounded Warriors of Collier: $11k → 10%Elon University: $2k → 13%Christ in Youth: $1k → 18%St jude: $1k → 17%Outer Banks Community Fund: $1k → 8%Friends in Focus: $2k → 10%Highlands Health Foundation: $5k → 12%Summit Charter School Foundation: $125k → 18%Patriot Legacy Fund: $15k → 9%American Charities: $5k → 6%Shiloh Christian Church: $12k → 12%Cancer for College: $1k → 11%Cliffs CRO: $8k → 10%Champions Boys and Girls Club: $1k → 9%Wounded Warriors of Collier: $3k → 10%Cystic Fibrosis: $1k → 13%Komen Charlotte: $10k → 10%Summit Charter School Foundation: $110k → 18%Patriot Legacy Fund: $10k → 9%Shiloh Christian Church: $12k → 12%Cliffs CRO: $3k → 10%Freedom waters foundation: $5k → 10%Komen Charlotte: $6k → 10%Shiloh Christian Church: $13k → 18%Patriot Legacy Fund: $10k → 9%Shiloh Christian Church: $12k → 12%Cashiers Historical Society: $1k → 10%Komen Charlotte: $2k → 10%HC Health Foundation: $4k → 18%Patriot Legacy Fund: $10k → 9%Summit Charter School Foundation: $11k → 12%Boys and Girls Club Plateau: $3k → 18%Patriot Legacy Fund: $10k → 9%Shiloh Christian Church: $10k → 12%Boys and girls club plateau: $3k → 18%Patriot Legacy Fund: $10k → 9%Bearcat Pride Foundation: $3k → 12%Asheville hurricane relief: $2k → 18%Patriot Legacy Fund: $10k → 9%Anderson County Boys Soccer: $1k → 12%Elon university: $2k → 18%Patriot Legacy Fund: $10k → 9%Cashiers Historical Society: $1k → 18%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
CA
MO
KY
VA
TN
NC
SC
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$427k · 8 repeat orgs$68k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
22

Total granted

$427k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+14%

Still filing today

38%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SC
    Summit Charter School Foundation
    2× · 2023–2024 · $236k · revenue -8%
  • PL
    PATRIOT LEGACY FUND INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $86k · revenue +32% · 30% of their budget
  • SC
    Shiloh Christian Church
    4× · 2021–2024 · $46k

Funded once

  • BA
    Boys and Girls Club
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • FW
    Freedom Waters Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue -65%
  • HH
    Highlands Health Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
South Carolina Ovarian Cancer Foundation

The south carolina ovarian cancer foundation (scocf) was created as an organization to support women diagnosed with ovarian cancer, to be a source of education and awareness about the disease to people across the state, and to support…

Health
2
Champions for Cures

Raising money for cancer research and supporting the fight against cancer.

Philanthropy
3
Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Conquer cancer funds research for every type of cancer to benefit every patient, everywhere. working in collaboration with a global network of top scientists and clinicians, and leading advocacy and research organizations, conquer cancer…

Health
4
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship

To advocate for quality cancer care for all people touched by cancer.

Health
5
Commonwealth Cancer Consortium Inc

Break through cancer is a foundation dedicated to supporting translational research in the most difficult to treat cancers. our partner organizations are among the top cancer research centers and together, represent some of the most…

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6
Breakthrough Bike Challenge

The organization raises funds for cancer research which will be donated to appropriate organizations exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code

Recreation & Sports
7
Chanticleer Athletic Foundation

Providing financial assistance to student athletes at coastal carolina university

Education
8
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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9
American Cancer Society Trust
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10
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
11
American College of Surgeons Foundation

The purpose of the foundation is to support the charitable and educational work of the acs.

Education
12
Children's Cancer Family Foundation of Ne Wi Inc

Raise money to support families and children suffering from childhood cancer.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Outer Banks Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
7/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Summit Charter School Foundation: $235,899 · EducationSummit Charter School FoundationPATRIOT LEGACY FUND INC: $85,927 · EducationPATRIOT LEGACY FUND INC+1 more: $1,500 · EducationShiloh Christian Church: $46,100 · OtherShiloh Christian ChurchIndividual grant recipient: $19,550 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $17,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSHILOH CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $13,000 · OtherSHILOH CHRISTIAN CHURCHWounded Warriors of Collier: $13,000 · OtherWounded Warriors of CollierSummit Charter School Foundation: $11,000 · OtherSummit Charter School FoundationBoys and Girls Club: $5,350 · Other+18 more: $34,094 · Other+18 moreFreedom Waters Foundation Inc: $5,181 · Recreation & SportsCANCER FOR COLLEGE: $4,200 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $260 · HealthCHALLENGE TO CONQUER CANCER: $250 · Health+1 more: $104 · HealthOCONEE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,270 · AnimalsOUTER BANKS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyCASHIERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$323,326Other$159,094Recreation & Sports$5,181Health$4,814Animals$1,270Philanthropy$1,000Arts & Culture$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSummit Charter School Foundation: $235,899 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetPATRIOT LEGACY FUND INC: $85,927 over 8y, 30% of budgetFreedom Waters Foundation Inc: $5,181 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICA'S CHARITIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER FOR COLLEGE: $4,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBEARCAT PRIDE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 60% of budgetElon University: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCONEE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,270 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOUTER BANKS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASHIERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHRIST IN YOUTH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $260 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHALLENGE TO CONQUER CANCER: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $104 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Summit Charter School Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PATRIOT LEGACY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Freedom Waters Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICA'S CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds CANCER FOR COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BEARCAT PRIDE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Elon University ↗
  • Who funds OCONEE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds OUTER BANKS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CASHIERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRIST IN YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHALLENGE TO CONQUER CANCER ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Duke Energy FoundationThe Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Duke Energy FoundationNC11.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Jen and Rick Puckett Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jen and Rick Puckett Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home