Players With Purpose

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
393492075
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Garfield, AR, USA
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Basketball

Reported finances

Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jerald Puckett (President)
  • Keysha Puckett (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Jerald Puckett (President)
  • Keysha Puckett (Vice President)
  • Leslie Jackson (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

At Players with Purpose we are dedicated to basketball. Our mission is to offer each child the chance to develop their basketball skills and life lessons while exposing them to top-tier competition and college scouts. We are committed to helping them unlock their full potential and once achieved pushing them to go even further. Our aim is to boost their confidence nurture their dreams and most importantly cultivate a lasting love for the game. Our vision is to become the most recognized youth basketball program in Arkansas where student athletes are eager to come and learn the game we love while also making a positive impact on the youth in their communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Youth Competitive Basketball & Skill Development Program Description of Services: The organization operates a year round competitive basketball program that provides structured practices league play and tournament participation for youth athletes. Services include certified coaching skill development training strength and conditioning team uniforms equipment and league tournament fees. The program emphasizes athletic development teamwork sportsmanship and discipline. Persons Benefited: Approximately 10 youth athletes ages 817 participated during the fiscal year. Additional Information: Over 30% of participants came from low to moderate income households.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: NotEnoughData
  • Sustainability: NotEnoughData
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 2 of 2 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.