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Ed Block Courage Foundation Inc Formerly Ed Block Courage Award Fndt Inc

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$43k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$88kYouth Development$10kHousing & Shelter$10kAnimals$9k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $18,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $43,492 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $25,492 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$12,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$850k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PROVIDENCE HOUSE$12,500
ST VINCENT'S VILLACATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BALTIMORE$5,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE KEY PROGRAM: $10k → 8%GATEWAY LONGVIEW: $10k → 13%NEIGHBOR TO FAMILY INC: $10k → 12%NORTHWEST FAMILY YMCA: $10k → 14%PAWS4PEOPLE FOUNDATION: $9k → 12%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $10k → 16%ST VINCENT'S VILLACATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BALTIMORE: $6k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
IN
OH
NJ
CA
MD
TN
NC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Children's Bureau Inc

Empowering individuals to build stronger families and communities.

Human Services
2
The Child Center of Ny Inc

The child center of ny strengthens children and families with skills, opportunities, and emotional support to build healthy, successful lives.

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3
The Children's Home Society of Florida

Children's home society of florida mission statement:building bridges to success for children

Human Services
4
The Wichita Children's Home

To assure the safety and well-being of children and to create heathly families by providing: assessment and intervention services; a temporary home for children at risk of abuse, neglect, or homelessness; education, prevention and advocacy…

Human Services
5
Allies for Every Child Inc

All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)

Human Services
6
Concern - Professional Services for Children Youth and Families

Concern's mission: concern brings hope, offers opportunity, and inspires change. concern's vision: to encourage growth and promote positive healthy lives.

Human Services
7
St Vincent's Services Inc

For over 150 years, st. vincent's services, inc. (d/b/a heartshare st. vincent's services) has been a symbol of hope, compassion, and strength for vulnerable and under-resourced communities in new york city. (see on schedule o)

Human Services
8
Hope Center for Children

Hope center for children's mission is to build stable, healthy families in the upstate of sc by providing a safe place from abuse and neglect.

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9
Calvary Children's Home

Our purpose is to provide a safe, loving, Christian environment for children needing long-term care who lack a stable home environment due to circumstances beyond their control. We are committed to equipping each child to build meaningful…

Human Services
10
Childrens Homes of Cleveland County Inc

To provide services for Cleveland County children and families in which they have the opportunity to come together to learn, to grow and to develop in a safe, stable environment - because we care.

Human Services
11
Covenant House

In 34 cities across five countries, covenant house builds bridges to hope for young people facing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking. we meet their immediate needs for food, clothing, protection, and medical and mental health…

Human Services
12
Pathways Youth and Family Services Inc

Pathways' mission is: transforming lives, families and communities.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Key Program Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Young Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273). Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 12 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesChildren's Home Society of North Carolina IncNEIGHBOR TO FAMILY INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBOR TO FAMILY INCYoung Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273): $10,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273)THE KEY PROGRAM INCORPORATED: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE KEY PROGRAM INCORPORATEDGATEWAY-LONGVIEW INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesGATEWAY-LONGVIEW INCPAWS4PEOPLE INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesPAWS4PEOPLE INCASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $5,500 · Human ServicesASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INCPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $12,500 · OtherPROVIDENCE HOUSE INCCHILDHAVEN: $10,000 · OtherCHILDHAVENDEIDRE'S HOUSE: $10,000 · OtherDEIDRE'S HOUSEA PLACE CALLED HOME: $10,000 · OtherA PLACE CALLED HOMEGENE B GLICK FAMILY HOUSING FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterGENE B GL…
Human Services$64,500Other$42,500Housing & Shelter$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Home Society of North Carolina Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBOR TO FAMILY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273): $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KEY PROGRAM INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGENE B GLICK FAMILY HOUSING FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGATEWAY-LONGVIEW INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS4PEOPLE INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ed Block Courage Foundation Inc Formerly Ed Block Courage Award Fndt Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ed Block Courage Foundation Inc Formerly Ed Block Courage Award Fndt Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 86%
  • The Key Program Incorporated: 86% of income from government
  • Associated Catholic Charities Inc: 10% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Ed Block Courage Foundation Inc Formerly Ed Block Courage Award Fndt Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 12 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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