Maryland · Nonprofit
ALEX POPECK NEVER BACK DOWN FOUNDATION
ALEX POPECK NEVER BACK DOWN FOUNDATION (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,216 to it, the largest being HARRY AND ZOE POOLE FOUNDATION ($5,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $23k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $184k
What Alex Popeck Never Back Down Foundation does
Mission
Awarding scholarships to graduating high school seniors
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Awarding scholarships to graduating highs school seniors
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $86.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ALEX POPECK NEVER BACK DOWN FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ALEX POPECK NEVER BACK DOWN FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
ALEX POPECK NEVER BACK DOWN FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $216 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ALEX POPECK NEVER BACK DOWN FOUNDATION receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,573 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2017
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In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALEX POPECK NEVER BACK DOWN FOUNDATION?
- ALEX POPECK NEVER BACK DOWN FOUNDATION (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,216 to it, the largest being HARRY AND ZOE POOLE FOUNDATION ($5,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALEX POPECK NEVER BACK DOWN FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $5,216 in grants to ALEX POPECK NEVER BACK DOWN FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALEX POPECK NEVER BACK DOWN FOUNDATION?
- HARRY AND ZOE POOLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALEX POPECK NEVER BACK DOWN FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing