Maine · Nonprofit
APEX YOUTH CONNECTION
APEX YOUTH CONNECTION (Maine) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,051,481 to it, the largest being Rural Futures Fund ($168,387). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $418k
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $787k
What Apex Youth Connection does
Mission
Apex is dedicated to enriching the lives of youth through hands-on activities and outdoor adventure, while fostering meaningful mentorships in an environment where every child feels safe and valued.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Apex Bike Programs is the umbrella term for all of Apex's cycling and biking initiatives, including Earn a Bike, Open Shop, the Apex Pre-Apprenticeship Program, Bike Bus, Summer Rides, and Mountain Bike Rides. These are among our most impactful offerings, allowing us to distribute hundreds of low- or no-cost bicycles to youth annually. Through these programs, young people gain access to positive mentorship, learn hands-on mechanical skills, develop community navigation abilities, and cultivate a lifelong appreciation for physical activity and nature. On average, these programs serve over 200 youth each year.
$266,209 spentof which $4,050 as grants$129,476 earned by the program100% of program spendingApex Aftercare is a completely free after-school program offered in partnership with the Biddeford and Saco school systems. Open to middle school students at both Biddeford Middle School and Saco Middle School, each site has a dedicated space within the school and can accommodate up to 25 youth. The program was developed in response to a clear need for accessible, affordable aftercare options for local families. Participants are cared for from school dismissal until 5:00 PM, with transportation home provided afterward.
Apex Summer Camp is a low-cost, high-impact summer program offering 15 spots each year for youth 5th grade and up. Running four days a week for eight weeks, the camp features a wide variety of enriching experiences, including educational classes, field trips, group activities, hiking, and sports. With a base cost of just $25 per week, the camp is intentionally designed to be accessible to families of all income levels. Apex uses the lowest-barrier financial aid approach possibleany participant who cannot afford part or all of the fee can simply speak with a staff member, and the cost will be waived, no questions asked. The program has reached full enrollment every year it's been offered, and with increased funding, we hope to expand capacity to serve even more youth.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $266,209.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.0M to $907k (−12%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2020 18% · 2023 9% · 2024 6% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of APEX YOUTH CONNECTION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Michael Chapman
Executive Director
Board chair
Adam Warfel
Chair, Treasurer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 13 funders, grant income fell $158k → $123k.
6 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 APEX YOUTH CONNECTION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. 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
APEX YOUTH CONNECTION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 27% · 2019 29% · 2020 18% · 2021 28% · 2022 18% · 2023 24% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
45% of APEX YOUTH CONNECTION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
76% of APEX YOUTH CONNECTION's grant income comes from Maine funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $87k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states 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
APEX YOUTH CONNECTION's revenue grew 67% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding APEX YOUTH CONNECTION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $750k on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$750k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like APEX YOUTH CONNECTION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for APEX YOUTH CONNECTION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds APEX YOUTH CONNECTION?
- APEX YOUTH CONNECTION (Maine) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,051,481 to it, the largest being Rural Futures Fund ($168,387). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does APEX YOUTH CONNECTION have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $1,051,481 in grants to APEX YOUTH CONNECTION, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of APEX YOUTH CONNECTION?
- Rural Futures Fund is the largest funder on record, with $168,387 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like APEX YOUTH CONNECTION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 38 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