California · Nonprofit
Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc
Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,505 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($19,505). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $393k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $32k
- Net assets
- $-23350
What Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc does
Mission
Provides a quality youth football and cheer program with emphasis on developing athletes while promoting safety, fun and participation for all; to advocate good sportsmanship, respect, and to honor the game.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
[Football Program] The organization provides youth football league, including training inculcating in them the spirit of sportsmanship and discipline. The organizations teams compete against other Pop Warner teams throughout the world for the National title. Experience coaches and tools are provided to help them succeed
$350,456 spent$337,936 earned by the program86% of program spending[CHEER:Cheerleading program that combines elements of dance, gymnastics and team spirit to support the football teams as well as entertain the spectators
$57,911 spent$55,013 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $408,367.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $163k to $24k (−86%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $2k → $10k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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 Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc’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
Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% 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
62% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 60% — 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.
Where its funders are
62% of Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $12k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k 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.
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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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc: 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 Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc?
- Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,505 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($19,505). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $31,505 in grants to Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc?
- THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $19,505 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 3 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing