Texas · Private foundation
Les and Mary Puckett Childrens 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.
- $188k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 27
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Les and Mary Puckett Childrens Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $188k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $225k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $213k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $220k | 46% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $350k | 12% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $230k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $130k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $103k | 15% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Bend Children's Discovery Center LLC | $180,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Texas Lions Camp Inc | $147,000 | 9 | 1% |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | $94,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Childrens Coalition of Aransas Co | $58,500 | 4 | 11% |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $53,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Mid Coast Construction Academy Trust | $44,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Texas Baptist Men Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First United Methodist Church of Rockport | $26,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Brazosport College Foundation | $21,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Camp Aranzazu Inc | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Bend Children's Discovery Center LLC | $180,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Texas Lions Camp Inc | $147,000 | 9 | 1% |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | $94,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Childrens Coalition of Aransas Co | $58,500 | 4 | 11% |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $53,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Mid Coast Construction Academy Trust | $44,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Texas Baptist Men Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First United Methodist Church of Rockport | $26,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Brazosport College Foundation | $21,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Camp Aranzazu Inc | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fairfield Library Association | $11,500 | 8 | 4% |
| Champions Kids Camp Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coalition to Combat Human Trafficki | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Caney City Library | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Pool | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Les and Mary Puckett Childrens Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Les and Mary Puckett Childrens Foundation
- How much does Les and Mary Puckett Childrens Foundation give?
- Les and Mary Puckett Childrens Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $188,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Les and Mary Puckett Childrens Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (25%), Recreation & Sports (18%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are Les and Mary Puckett Childrens Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Fort Bend Children's Discovery Center LLC ($180k), Texas Lions Camp Inc ($147k), University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc ($94k).
- Does Les and Mary Puckett Childrens Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Les and Mary Puckett Childrens Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Les and Mary Puckett Childrens Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shell USA Company Foundation, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Texas Instruments Foundation.
- Where is Les and Mary Puckett Childrens Foundation based?
- Les and Mary Puckett Childrens Foundation is based in TX.
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